Round One: Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
Jim West (USCF 2206) - Mauricio Camejo (USCF 2100), Westfield NJ 4/3/2016
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.dxe5 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nc5 8.c3 Be7 9.h3 Bd7 10.Be2 Be6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bf1 d4
13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Qc2 Rfd8 16.Nf3 Qd7 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qc4 Bd3 19.Qc3 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Ne6 21.Qb3 c5 22.Rfd1 Qc6 23.a4 b6 24.Qc4 Rac8 25.b3 h6 26.Kf1 Nc7 27.Nd4 Qe4 28.Nf3 Qxc4 29.bxc4 Ne6
30.Rd5 Nc7 31.Rdd1 Rxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Rd8 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.a5 Na6 35.axb6 axb6 36.Ke2 Kf8 37.Kd3 Ke7 38.Ke4 Ke6 39.Nd2 h5 40.g3 g6 41.Nb1 Nb4 42.Nc3 Nc6 43.f4 Na5 44.Kd3 Kf5 45.Nb5 Ke6
46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 g5 48.Nd6 Be7 49.f5+ Kxe5 50.Nxf7+ Kf6 51.Nh8 Bd6 52.Bxg5+ Kxg5 53.Nf7+ Kxg4 54.Nxd6 Kg5 55.Ke4 Kf6 56.Kd5 Ke7 57.Nc8+ Kf6 58.Nxb6, draw.
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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation
Peter Radomskyj (USCF 2212) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Westfield NJ 4/3/2016
1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.Qe2 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Kh1 Nc6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Rac1 Rfc8
14.b3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 b6 16.f4 Qb7 17.Kh2 d5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qe2 Bc5 22.Rfe1 Bxd4 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Bxd4 Bb5, draw.
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Round Three: Franco-Benoni Defense
Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2068) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Westfield NJ 4/3/2016
1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.exd5 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 a6 9.a4 Qc7 10.b3 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Nbd7 14.Bg3 Bf8 15.Qd2 g6
16.Bc4 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Re8 18.Rxe8 Nxe8 19.Ne4 Ndf6 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Bh4 Bg7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Be2 Qe7 24.c4 Bc8 25.Bd3 a5 26.Qe3 Qxe3 27.fxe3 Bd7 28.Kf2 h5 29.Nd2 Kg7 30.Kf3 Be5 31.Ne4 Bf5
32.Nf2 Bd7 33.Ke2 h4 34.Be4 Bg3 35.Nh1 Be5 36.Nf2 Bg3 37.Nd3 f5 38.Bf3 g5 39.Nf2 Bxf2 40.Kxf2 Kf6 41.g3 hxg3+ 42.Kxg3 Ke5 43.Kf2 f4 44.exf4+ Kxf4 45.Bg2 Bf5 46.Bf1 Bc2, White resigns.
