Round Three: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Ed Kopiecki (USCF 2011), Marshall Chess Club 11/25/2017
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Nh4 Bxd1 13.Nxg6 Nxg6 14.Rxd1 O-O-O 15.e6 fxe6
16.Re1 Bc5 17.Nb3 Bd4 18.Nxd4 Rxd4 19.f3 Rhd8 20.Be3 R4d6 21.Kf1 e5 22.Ke2 Nf4+ 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Rad1 Rg6 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Rd1+ Ke7 27.Kf2 Rd6
28.Rd3 c5 29.Rxd6 cxd6 30.c4, draw.
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Round Four: English Opening
Glenn Cabasso (USCF 1899) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/25/2017
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.exd4 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be2 Rc8 13.b3 a6 14.Rc1 h6 15.Be3 h5 16.h3 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qc7
18.f4 Ned7 19.f5 Ne5 20.Qc2 b5 21.Ne4 bxc4 22.fxg6 fxg6 23.Ng5 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 c3 25.Be1 Bh6 26.h4 Qe3 27.Bf2 Qd2 28.Qxd2 cxd2 29.Rcd1 Bxg5 30.hxg5 Ne4
31.Kg1 Nxf2 32.Rxf2 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Rc2 34.Ke3 Rxa2 35.Rxd2 Rxd2 36.Kxd2 a5, draw.
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Round Five: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Schuster Tanger (USCF 1746), Marshall Chess Club 11/25/2017
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Re8 11.h4 h5 12.O-O-O a5 13.Kb1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 a4
15.Bd5 a3 16.b3 Bc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Bxe5 Kh7 20.Qxd8 Rexd8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Nd5 23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 25.Bxg7 Kxg7
26.b4 Kf6 27.c3 e5 28.Kc2 Ke6 29.g4 f5 30.gxh5 gxh5 31.Kd3 Kd6, draw.
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Round Six: Philidor Counter Gambit
Vikram Rajmohan (USCF 1754) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/25/2017
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bd2 a5 9.Ng5 d5 10.Qxe5 Qd7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Be3 Na6 14.d4 b5 15.a3 a4 16.Ba2 b4
17.Nxa4 Qb7 18.O-O bxa3 19.bxa3 Ng4 20.Nf3 Bxa3 21.Bxd5+ cxd5 22.Rxa3 Qb4 23.Rfa1 Nc7 24.Rb3 Qd6 25.Qe1 Bxc2 26.Rb6 Qe7
27.Nc5 Rxa1 28.Qxa1 Nxe3 29.fxe3 Qxe3+ 30.Kh1 Be4 31.Nxe4 dxe4, draw.
