Round Two: Vienna Game
Luca Johnson (USCF 1601) - Jim West (USCF 2211), Marshall Chess Club 1/9/2016
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Be7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.d3 Nd4 9.Qf2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Be3 b5 12.Bb3 a5
13.a3 Nxb3 14.cxb3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nd7 16.d4 Nb6 17.Rae1 a4 18.b4 Nc4 19.Nd1 Bf6 20.e5 dxe5 21.dxe5 Bh4 22.g3 Be7 23.Ne3 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Qd7 25.Re2 Qe6 26.Ref2 Rad8 27.Qf3 Rd5 28.Qh5 c5
29.Kh2 cxb4 30.axb4 Bxb4 31.Bg5 Rxe5 32.Rf4 Re2+ 33.Kg1 Bc5+ 34.Kh1 Re1 35.Kg2 Qe2+ 36.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 37.Kh1 Rxb2 38.Rf5 Bd6 39.h4 f6 40.Be3 Re8, White resigns.
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Round Three: Sicilian Defense
Alexander Crump (USCF 2232) - Jim West (USCF 2211), Marshall Chess Club 1/9/2016
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.e4 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Nc3 a6 10.h3 Rb8 11.Be3 b5
12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bb7 14.Qd3 Nd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd4+ Kg8 17.Rae1 Qb6 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.Kh2 Rbc8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rfe8 22.f4 Nc4 23.Qc1 Qd4 24.c3 Qd2 25.Qxd2 Nxd2 26.Rf2 Nc4 27.Rfe2 Kf8
28.Bf3 Nb6 29.Kg2 Na4 30.Bg4 f5 31.Bf3 Nc5 32.Re3 Na4 33.R1e2 Rc7 34.g4 fxg4 35.Bxg4 Rb8 36.a3 a5 37.Rf2 Kg7 38.f5 Rf8 39.Ref3 Nb6 40.fxg6 Rxf3 41.Rxf3 Nxd5 42.gxh7 Nf6 43.Bf5 Nxh7 44.Rg3+ Kh8 45.Be6 Nf6
46.Rg5 b4 47.axb4 axb4 48.cxb4 Rc2+ 49.Kf3 Rxb2 50.Rb5 Kg7 51.Rb7 Kg6 52.b5 Nh7 53.h4 Kf6 54.Bd5 Rb4 55.Kg3 Nf8 56.Bc6 Ng6 57.Rb8 Nxh4 58.b6 Nf5+ 59.Kf2 Rb2+ 60.Ke1 Nd4 61.Bd7 Ne6
62.Bc6 Nc5 63.b7 Nxb7, draw.
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Round Four: French Defense
Jim West (USCF 2211) - Jose De Villa (USCF 1913), Marshall Chess Club 1/9/2016
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nf3 c6 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.h4 e5 12.Bd3 exd4
13.Ng5 g6 14.h5 Ne5 15.hxg6 Nxd3+ 16.cxd3 Qxg6 17.Nxh7 Rd8 18.Rh6 Qxg2 19.Nf6+ Kg7 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.Rh8+, Black resigns.