Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit
Adi Murgescu (USCF 1603) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2015
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Nh6 13.O-O-O Bg4 14.Qd2 Bxd1 15.Qxd1 Ne7 16.Qd2 c6 17.Be2 Rxh8 18.Rf1 Qe5
19.g3 Kb8 20.Kb1 Nhf5 21.Rf4 h5 22.Na4 g5 23.Rf1 d4 24.exd4 Nxd4 25.Nc3 Nd5 26.Nxd5 cxd5 27.Rd1 Nxe2 28.Qxe2 g4 29.Qd2 Rd8 30.c3 e3 31.Qe2 Qe4+ 32.Ka1 Qf3 33.Re1 Qxe2 34.Rxe2 d4 35.cxd4 Rxd4
36.Kb1 Rd1+ 37.Kc2 Rh1 38.Kd3 Kc7 39.Kxe3 Rf1 40.Rc2+ Kd7 41.Rd2+ Kc7 42.Rc2+ Kb6 43.Rf2 Rc1 44.Rf6+ Kc7 45.Rf7+ Kb6 46.Rf6+ Kc7 47.Rf7+ Kd6 48.Rxb7 Rc2 49.Rxa7 Rxb2 50.Ra6+ Kc7 51.a4 Rxh2
52.a5 Ra2 53.Kf4 Ra3 54.Ra8 Kb7 55.Rh8 Rxa5 56.Rh7+ Kc6 57.Rh6+ Kd7 58.Rg6 Ke7 59.Rh6 Kf7 60.Rd6 Kf8 61.Rh6 Kg7 62.Rb6 Ra3 63.Rd6 Rf3+ 64.Kg5 Rxg3 65.Rd7+ Kf8 66.Kxh5 Rg1 67.Rd5 g3
68.Rg5 Rh1+ 69.Kg6 Rh8 70.Kf5 Rg8 71.Rxg8+ Kxg8 72.Kf4 g2 73.Ke4 g1=Q, White resigns.
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Round Four: Pirc Defense
Wesley Hellner (USCF 1994) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2015
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh6 f5 14.Bg5 Nf6 15.Rae1 Qd7
16.Re2 c6 17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Qh6 Qg7 22.Qh5 Qg6 23.Qf3 e4 24.Qe3 d5 25.Qc5 f4 26.f3 Bxc3 27.bxc3 e3 28.Rb1 Rfb8 29.Rb3 a5 30.a4 Rxb3 31.cxb3 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qxb3 33.Qxc6 Rf8
34.Qe6+ Rf7 35.Qe8+ Rf8 36.Qe6+ Rf7 37.Qe8+, draw.
