Round Three: Center Counter Defense
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Asher Mandel (USCF 1818), Parsippany NJ 2/18/2018
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.Qe2 e6 10.O-O-O Bd6 11.g4 Bg6 12.g5 Nd5 13.Ne5 Bf5 14.Kb1 Bxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7 17.f4 O-O
18.h4 b5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Be2 a5 21.Be3 b4 22.Bd3 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Rfe8 24.h5 Re6 25.b3 Kf8 26.Rc1 a4 27.c4 axb3 28.axb3 d4 29.Bxd4 c5 30.Bb2 Ke7 31.Rcd1 Ra7 32.Rd6 g6 33.Rxe6+ Kxe6 34.hxg6 hxg6
35.Rd6+ Kf5 36.Bc1 Ke4 37.Kb2 Kf5 38.Bd2 Ke4 39.e6 fxe6 40.Rxe6+ Kf5 41.Rd6 Rc7 42.Bc1 Ra7 43.Rc6 Ra5 44.Be3 Ke4 45.Re6+ Kf5 46.Re7 Ra7 47.Bxc5 Nxc5 48.Rxa7 Nd3+ 49.Kc2 Nxf4 50.Ra5+ Ke6
51.Rb5 Nh3 52.Kd2 Nf2 53.Ke3 Nh3 54.Kf3 Ng1+ 55.Kg4 Ne2 56.Rxb4 Nd4 57.Rb6+ Kf7 58.b4 Ne6 59.Rxe6 Kxe6 60.Kf4 Kd6 61.Ke4, Black resigns.
Round Four: King's Indian Defense
Daniel Girsh (USCF 1969) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Parsippany NJ 2/18/2018
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nbd7 10.O-O Qa5
11.Bh4 Rae8 12.Rb1 e5 13.b4 Qc7 14.Qc2 a6 15.a4 h6 16.c5, draw.
