Round One: Sicilian Defense, Sozin Attack
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Liam Putnam (USCF 2110), Westfield NJ 6/3/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Qf3 Bd7 12.f5 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Bf2 Bc6 15.g4 Rad8
16.g5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxg5 18.Qg4 Bh6 19.f6 Qd7 20.Qxd7 Rxd7 21.fxg7 Bxg7 22.Ng3 d5 23.Nf5 Re8 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.Bh4 Re6 26.Rf5 Rg6+ 27.Bg3 f6 28.Raf1 Kf7 29.Rxe5 Kg7 30.Ref5 d4
31.Rxf6 Rxf6 32.Be5 Rdd6 33.Rxf6 Rxf6 34.Bxd4 Kg6 35.Bxf6 Kxf6 36.Kf2 Ke5 37.Ke3 b5 38.c3 h6 39.Bg8 a5 40.b4 axb4 41.cxb4 Bb7 42.Bh7 Ba8 43.Bd3 Bc6 44.h4 Bd7 45.a3 Bc6 46.Be2 Bd7 47.Kd3 Bc6 48.Kc3 Ke4 49.Bh5 Ke3
50.Bg6 Bd7 51.h5 Bc6 52.Bf7 Bd7 53.Bg6 Bc6 54.Bf5 Be8 55.Bd3 Bc6 56.a4 bxa4 57.b5 Bb7 58.Bc4 a3 59.Kb4 Kd4 60.Bf7 Ba8 61.Kxa3 Kc5 62.Ka4 Kb6 63.Kb4 Bf3 64.Be8 Be2 65.Kc3 Bxh5 66.Bxh5 Kxb5, draw.
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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Taran Idnani (USCF 2152) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 6/3/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nb3 e5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O O-O 10.a4 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rfc8
14.Rac1 Nf8 15.f3 Ng6 16.Qf2 Bd8 17.Nd2 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Be4, draw.
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Round Three: Pribyl Defense
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Peter Radomskyj (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 6/3/2018
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.f5 b5 12.O-O Bc5+ 13.Kh1 h5
14.Be3 Qb6 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Qf2 Qxf2 17.Rxf2 Nc5 18.b4 Nxd3 19.cxd3 Rd8 20.Rd1 h4 21.a4 a6 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ra2 O-O 24.Ra6 Rc8 25.d4 exd4 26.Rxd4 c5 27.bxc5 Rxc5 28.Nd5 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 Nxd5 30.exd5 Rc4
31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.Rc6 Rd8 33.Rxc4 Rxd5 34.Rxh4 Rxf5, draw.
