On Saturday, I won my quad at Hamilton with a score of 2-0-1.
Round One: Dutch Defense
Gregory Nolan (USCF 2217) - Jim West (USCF 2208), Hamilton NJ 10/22/2011
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 a5 5.O-O b6 6.c4 Bb7 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 O-O 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.Qc2 d6 12.Rfe1 Nd7 13.Nd2 Ndf6
14.f3 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Qe7 16.e4 fxe4 17.fxe4 e5 18.d5 a4 19.b4 axb3 20.Nxb3 Ra4 21.Nc1 Rfa8 22.Nd3 Bc8 23.Qb3 R4a5 24.Nb4 Bd7 25.Bf3 Qe8 26.Qc3 Qg6 27.Kh1 Rf8 28.Bg2 Raa8 29.Ra2 Ng4 30.Kg1 h5 31.Nd3 Qh6 32.Nf2 Nxf2 33.Rxf2 Rxf2 34.Kxf2 Rf8+ 35.Kg1 h4
36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Bxf1 hxg3 38.hxg3 Be8 39.Bg2 Bg6 40.Kf2 Qg5 41.Qe3 Qxe3+ 42.Kxe3 Kf7 43.Bf3 Kf6 44.Bg2 Kg5 45.Bh3 Be8 46.Kd3 Ba4 47.Kd2 Bb3 48.Kd3 Bd1 49.Kd2 Bg4 50.Bg2 Bd7 51.Bf3 Bh3 52.Ke2 Bc8 53.Kd3 Bg4 54.Bg2 Bh5 55.Bh3 Bf3
56.Ke3 Bd1 57.Kd2 Bb3 58.Kc3 Ba2 59.Kd3 Bb1+ 60.Ke3 Bc2 61.Bd7 Bb3 62.Kd3 Bd1 63.Bh3 Bg4 64.Bg2 Kf6 65.Bf1 Ke7 66.Kc3 Kd8 67.Kd3 c5 68.Kc3 Kc7 69.Kc2 Kb7 70.Kc3 Ka6 71.Bd3 Ka5 72.Kb2 Bd1 73.Kc1 Bb3 74.Kb2 Bd1 75.Kc1 Bf3 76.Kc2 Ka4 77.Kb2 Bd1
78.Bf1 Ka5 79.Kc1 Bf3 80.Bd3 Bg4 81.Kb2 Bd7 82.Kb3 Ba4+ 83.Kc3 b5 84.cxb5 Bxb5 85.Bc2 Ba4 86.Bd3 Bd1 87.Bc4 Bf3 88.Bd3 Ka4 89.Kb2 Bd1 90.Bc4 Bf3 91.Bd3 Ka5 92.Kc3 Bh5 93.Kc2 Ka4 94.Kb2 Bg6 95.Bc2+ Kb5 96.Kc3 Be8 97.Bb3 Ka5 98.Bc2 Ba4 99.Bd3 Bd1 100.Kb2 Ka4 101.Bc4 Bf3
102.Bd3 c4 103.Bc2+ Kb5 104.Kc3 Be2 105.Kd2 Bg4 106.Kc3 Kc5 107.Bb1 Bd1 108.Ba2 Bb3 109.Bxb3 cxb3 110.a4 b2 111.Kxb2 Kb4 112.a5 Kxa5 113.Ka3 Kb5 114.Kb3 Kc5 115.Kc3 g6, White resigns.
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Round Two: Sicilian Defense
Jim West (USCF 2208) - Dragan Milovanovic (USCF 2243), Hamilton NJ 10/22/2011
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Nf5 a6 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.O-O Qc6 10.Ng3 h6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Qc7 13.a4 Be7 14.a5 O-O 15.Be3 f5
16.Bb6 Qc4 17.b3 Qh4 18.Ra4 Qg5 19.f4 Qg6 20.Rc4 exf4 21.Nh5 Bg5 22.Nxf4 Bxf4 23.Rfxf4 Rf7 24.h3 Bd7 25.Rc7 Re8 26.Kh2 Bc8 27.Rfc4 Rxc7 28.Rxc7 f4 29.Qf3 Bf5 30.Bd4 Be4 31.Qf2 Qg3+ 32.Qxg3 fxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Bxd5 34.Rxg7+ Kf8 35.Rg6 Re2
36.Rxd6 Bxg2 37.c3 h5 38.Rh6 Bd5 39.Rh8+ Ke7 40.b4 Bf7 41.Rb8 Bd5 42.c4 Bxc4 43.Rxb7+ Ke6 44.Bc5 Re4 45.Rh7 h4+ 46.Rxh4 Rxh4 47.Kxh4 Kf6 48.Kg4 Kg6 49.h4 Be2+ 50.Kf4 Kh5 51.Be7 Bb5 52.Ke5 Bf1 53.Kd4 Kg4 54.Kc5 Kh5 55.Kb6 Kg4, draw.
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Round Three: French Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2208) - Luis Rodriguez (USCF 1971), Hamilton NJ 10/22/2011
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.Nbd2 c6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 Nbd7 12.Rae1 Re8
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Qc7 15.Bg3 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Nh4 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Re8 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.Qe2 Ndf6 21.Nf5 Qf4 22.g3 Qc7 23.Qe7 Qxe7 24.Nxe7+ Kf8 25.Nc8 a6 26.Nb6 Nd6 27.a4 Ke7 28.a5 Nd7 29.Nxd7 Kxd7 30.Kf1 Ke6 31.Ke2 Kf6 32.f4 Ke6
33.g4 f5 34.gxf5+ Nxf5 35.Bxf5+ Kxf5 36.Kf3 g5 37.fxg5 Kxg5 38.Kg3 Kg6 39.Kg4 h5+ 40.Kf4 Kf6 41.h4 Kg6 42.Ke5 Kh7 43.Kf6 Kh6 44.b3 Kh7 45.Kg5 Kg7 46.Kxh5 Kf6 47.Kg4 Kg6 48.h5+ Kf6 49.h6 Kg6 50.h7 Kxh7 51.Kf5 Kh6 52.Ke6 Kg5 53.Kd6 Kf4 54.Kc7 Ke4
55.Kxb7 Kd3 56.Kxc6 Kxc3 57.Kxd5 Kxb3 58.Kc5 Ka4 59.Kb6, Black resigns.