Round One: Petroff Defense
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Mark Kernighan (USCF 2260), Westfield NJ 6/24/2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7 9.Nc3 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.O-O-O c6 12.d4 d5 13.Bd3 Nf8 14.Rhe1 Ne6 15.Bg3 Nh5
16.Be5 Nhf4 17.Bf1 f6 18.Bxf4 Nxf4 19.Re3 Kf7 20.Rde1 Bd6 21.Kb1 Bg4 22.h3 Bd7 23.a3 h5 24.Ne2 Ng6 25.Nc1 Ne7 26.Bd3 h4 27.Nb3 Nf5 28.R3e2 Bc8 29.Na5 Ne7 30.c4 b6 31.Rxe7+ Bxe7 32.Nxc6 Bd6 33.cxd5 Bd7
34.Nce5+ fxe5 35.dxe5 Bc5 36.e6+ Ke7 37.exd7+ Kxd7 38.Ne5+ Kc7 39.Rc1 Kb7 40.d6 Bxd6 41.Nf7 Bc5 42.Be4+ Ka6 43.Bd3+ Kb7 44.Be4+ Ka6 45.Bd3+, draw.
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Round Three: Trompovsky Attack
Peter Radomskyj (USCF 2200) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 6/24/2018
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Qb6 4.Bc1 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nbd7 11.a4 a6 12.O-O Rab8 13.Re1 Qc7
14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Rxb6 16.Be2 Ra8 17.Ra2 Ne8 18.Bf1 Qb8 19.Na4 Rb7 20.b3 Nb6 21.Bb2 Nxa4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rxa4 Rba7 24.Bxa6 Nc7 25.Bf1 Rxa4 26.bxa4 Rxa4 27.e5 Rd4 28.Qa1 Qa8 29.exd6 Qxa1 30.Rxa1 exd6 31.c4 Ne8
32.Ra8 Nf6 33.f3 Nd7 34.Rd8 Ne5 35.Rxd6 Nxc4 36.Bxc4 Rxc4 37.Rc6 Kf8 38.Rc7, draw.
