On Wednesday evening, these games were played at Chess Mates.
Round One: Smith-Morra Gambit
Michael O'Connor (USCF 1771) - Stanislav Busygin (USCF 2313), Rahway NJ 6/5/2013
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bg5 d6 9.Bb3 Qd7 10.Rc1 Ng6 11.Be3 b5
12.Nd5 exd5 13.Bxd5 Bb7 14.Ng5 Nd8 15.Bb6 Bxd5 16.Rc7 Bc4 17.Rxd7 Kxd7 18.Re1 Be7 19.Bxd8 Raxd8 20.b3 Be6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Qd4 Ra8 23.Rc1 Rhc8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.g3 Rc5 26.Qxg7 Nf8 27.Qd4 e5 28.Qd1 Kc7 29.Qh5 Kd8 30.a4 b4 31.Qf7 Nd7 32.Qxh7 Rc1 33.Kg2 Nc5
34.Qg8+ Kd7 35.h4 Nd3 36.Qg4+ Ke8 37.Qh5+, draw.
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Round One: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Ronald Lukacs (USCF 1497), Rahway NJ 6/5/2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 O-O-O
9.hxg4 hxg4 10.Nh2 Nh6 11.Nc4 b5 12.Nxg4 Nxg4 13.Qxg4+ Kb7 14.Na5+ Kb6 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Be3+ c5 17.f3 Rh4 18.Qf5 Qxf5 19.exf5 Rdh8 20.Kf2 Rh2 21.Rg1 R8h5 22.Nd2 Rxf5 23.Rh1 Rfh5 24.Rxh2 Rxh2 25.Kg1 Rh7
26.b4 Kc6 27.bxc5 f5 28.a4 Bf6 29.axb5+ axb5 30.Ra6+ Kb7 31.Re6 c6 32.Nb3 Bd8 33.Rxe5 g6 34.Re6 g5 35.Nd4 f4 36.Bf2 Rc7 37.Be1 Rc8 38.Nf5 Ra8 39.Nd6+ Kc7 40.Nf7 Kd7 41.Rd6+ Kc7 42.Nxd8 Rxd8 43.Ba5+, Black resigns.