Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Kaden Pollard (USCF 1726), Marshall Chess Club 5/28/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O e6 9.f4 Nbd7 10.f5 e5 11.Nde2 Nc5 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Kh1 Nfxe4
14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Qb7 16.Qxb7 Nxb7 17.Bd5 Nxg5 18.Bxb7 Ra7 19.Bc6+ Kd8 20.h4 Rc7 21.Bd5 Rc5 22.Ba8 Rxc2 23.Ng3 h6 24.hxg5 hxg5+ 25.Kg1 d5 26.Rfd1 Bc5+ 27.Kf1 d4 28.Rac1 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Be7 30.Bb7 Kd7 31.Bxa6 Rb8
32.Ne4 Rb6 33.Bc8+ Kd8 34.f6 gxf6 35.Bf5 Rb8 36.a3 Ke8 37.Ke2 Kf8 38.Rc8+ Rxc8 39.Bxc8 b4 40.axb4 Bxb4 41.Nxf6 Bd6 42.g4 Ke7 43.Ne4 f6 44.Kd3 Bb4 45.Kc4 Be1 46.b4 Kd8 47.Bf5 d3 48.Nxf6 d2 49.Bc2 Bg3 50.Ne4 Bf4 51.Kd3 Kc7 52.Nxd2 Kb6
53.Ba4 Ka6 54.Ne4 Kb6 55.Kc4 Ka6 56.Kc5 Kb7 57.b5 Kc7 58.b6+ Kb7 59.Bc6+ Kc8 60.Kd6 Be3 61.b7+ Kb8 62.Kxe5 Ba7 63.Nxg5 Kc7 64.Bd5 Kd7 65.Ne4 Ke7 66.g5 Bb8+ 67.Kf5 Kf8 68.Kf6 Ba7 69.g6 Bd4+ 70.Kf5 Ba7 71.Nf6 Bb8
72.Nd7+ Ke7 73.Nxb8 Kf8 74.Nc6 Kg7 75.b8=Q Kh6 76.Qh8#.
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Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit
Bingjie Liu (USCF 1989) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/28/2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh4 hxg5 9.Bxg5 Qc7 10.f4 Qf7 11.O-O Be7 12.exf5 Bxg5 13.fxg5 gxf5 14.Qh6 Qg6 15.Qxg6 Rxg6 16.h4 Na6
17.Nd2 Be6 18.Nf3 Ke7 19.h5 Rg7 20.h6 Rg6 21.Rae1 Rh8 22.Kf2 Nb4 23.Re2 Bd5 24.a3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Nd5 26.Rg1 Nf4 27.Ree1 Nh3+ 28.Ke3 Nxg1 29.Rxg1 Rhxh6 30.f4 exf4+ 31.Kxf4 Rh2 32.Kxf5 Kf7 33.c4 Kg7
34.b4 Rf2+ 35.Kg4 Ra2 36.Rg3 b5 37.cxb5 cxb5 38.d4 d5 39.Kf5 Re2 40.Rc3 Rf2+ 41.Ke5 Rxg5+ 42.Kd6 Rf6+ 43.Kc5 a6 44.Re3 Kf7 45.Rh3 Kg7 46.Re3 Rf7 47.Re6 Rc7+ 48.Kb6 Rc3 49.Kxa6 Rxa3+ 50.Kxb5 Rd3
51.Kc5 Rc3+ 52.Kb6 Rg6 53.Rxg6+ Kxg6 54.b5 Rc4 55.Kb7 Rxd4 56.Kc6 Rb4 57.b6 Rxb6+ 58.Kxb6 d4 59.Kc5 d3 60.Kc4 d2 61.Kc3 d1=Q 62.Kc4 Kf5 63.Kc5 Ke6 64.Kc4 Ke5 65.Kc5 Qc2+ 66.Kb5 Kd6 67.Kb4 Kd5 68.Kb5 Qb3+ 69.Ka6 Kc6 70.Ka5 Qb5#.
