Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Paul Kraft (USCF 1866), Marshall Chess Club 6/9/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Qc7 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 b5 10.a3 O-O 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.Qf3 Nc5 13.f5 e5 14.Nde2 Bb7 15.Ng3 Rad8
16.Rad1 Nxb3 17.cxb3 Rd7 18.Rc1 Bc6 19.Nh5 Qb7 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Rfd1 Rfd8 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Rc7 24.Rxc7 Qxc7 25.Qd1 g6 26.g4 gxf5 27.gxf5 Kh8 28.Kh1 Qe7 29.Bb6 Rg8 30.Rxd6 Bh4
31.Be3 Bg3 32.f6 Qb7 33.Qd5 Qc8 34.Bh6 Re8 35.Qxf7, Black resigns.
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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Ed Kopiecki (USCF 2090) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 6/9/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 O-O-O
13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Qxg7 Rdf8 15.Qg3 b4 16.Na4 Rhg8 17.Qf2 Nd7 18.Kb1 Kb8 19.c3 Nc5 20.Bc2 bxc3 21.Nxc3 Bf6 22.g3 h5 23.Re3 h4 24.Nb3 hxg3 25.hxg3 Rd8 26.Nxc5, draw.
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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Christian Goldammer (USCF 2081), Marshall Chess Club 6/9/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.f5 Bd7 10.Qf3 e5 11.Nde2 h6 12.Ng3 Bc6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.O-O Be7 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Nh5 O-O
17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bd5 Rfd8 19.Kh1 Qb6 20.Rab1 Qb4 21.a3 Qa5 22.h3 Rab8 23.Rfd1 Be8 24.Qf2 Qc7 25.Ba2 Rd4 26.Nd5 Qc6 27.Qf3 b5 28.c3 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 c4 30.Bb1 Qd6 31.Bc2 Bc6 32.Nb4 Qc5 33.Nxa6 Qb6 34.Nxb8 Qxb8
35.Re1 Qb6 36.Qe3 Qb7 37.Qc5 Kh7 38.Qd6 Qb6 39.Re2 h5 40.a4 h4 41.axb5 Qxb5 42.Qb4 Qa6 43.Qa3 Qb6 44.b4 cxb3 45.Qxb3 Qa6 46.c4 Qa1+ 47.Bb1 Bg5 48.Qb2 Qa7 49.Qxe5 Bf6 50.Qd6 Qa1 51.Qd3 Be5 52.Ra2, Black resigns.
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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Eric Fleischman (USCF 2235), Marshall Chess Club 6/9/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.O-O-O Rfc8 13.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.Bd4 Be6 17.Rhe1 a6
18.e5 dxe5 19.Bxe5 Qc8 20.Nd4 b5 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 22.g4 b4 23.Nd5 Qxd5 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Rxd5 Rac8 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rd2 R8c7 28.Re3 h5 29.Rg2 Rf4 30.b3 Kf6 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Re4 Rxe4 33.fxe4 Rc5
34.Kc1 Re5 35.Re2 Ke6 36.Kd2 f5 37.exf5+ Kxf5 38.Rxe5+ Kxe5 39.c4 bxc3+ 40.Kxc3 Ke4 41.b4 e5 42.a4 Kd5 43.b5 axb5 44.axb5 Kc5 45.Kd3 Kxb5 46.Ke4 Kc6 47.Kxe5 Kd7 48.Kf5 Ke7 49.Kg5 Kf7 50.Kxh5 Kg7, draw.
