These two games were played yesterday at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Ryan Tam (USCF 1759) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Marshall Chess Club 6/11/2011
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3 Bg4 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Bc5
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 g5 15.a5 h5 16.Be6 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Rdg8 20.Qf5 Rg7 21.Rfd1 Rhg8 22.Ne2 Rxg2+ 23.Kf1 Rxf2+ 24.Ke1 f3 25.Nd4 exd4 26.Bxd4 Re2+ 27.Kf1, White resigns.
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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit
Andrew Bykhovsky (USCF 1823) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Marshall Chess Club 6/11/2011
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Ne7 8.Qb3 Nd7 9.a4 g5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.g3 Ng6
12.h3 Nc5 13.Qc2 Bxh3 14.Rd1 Bg4 15.Be2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 fxg3 17.Bg2 Qxf2+ 18.Qxf2 gxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Nb3 20.Ra2 Nxc1 21.Rxc1 Bc5+ 22.Kg3 O-O 23.b4 Be3 24.Rd1 Bf4+ 25.Kg4 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.b5 Nh4 28.Bf1 Kg7 29.Bc4 Kg6 30.Rb2 h5+ 31.Kh3 Rd1 32.Rh2 Bxh2 33.Kxh2 Rxb1, White resigns.