Round One: King's Indian Attack
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Mark Kernighan (USCF 2282), Westfield NJ 7/8/2018
1.Nf3 Nf6 2,g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 d4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Re1 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxd2 12.Qxd2 O-O
13.Nh4 Ne8 14.f4 exf4 15.Nf5 fxg3 16.Nxd4 h5 17.Nf5 h4 18.Qf4 g5 19.Qg4 Ng7 20.d4 Nxf5 21.Qxf5 Re8 22.e5 Nf8 23.c3 Re6 24.Re4 Rg6 25.Rf1 Qd7 26.Rg4 Qe7 27.Be4 c5 28.d5 Re8 29.d6 Qe6
30.Qxe6 Rgxe6 31.Rxg5+ Ng6 32.Bxg6 fxg6 33.Rf4 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Rxe5 35.Rxh4 Rd5 36.Rg4 Rxd6 37.Rxg3 Kg7 38.Rf3 Rd1+ 39.Kg2 Rd2+ 40.Rf2 Rxf2+ 41.Kxf2 Kf6 42.c4 Kf5 43.Kf3, draw.
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Round Two: Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
Sean Colure (USCF 2227) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 7/8/2018
1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.c4 d5 8.d3 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.a3 d4 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Nf1 Rfe8 14.e3 e5
15.exd4 exd4 16.Bc1 Bd6 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Re1 Rxe1 20.Nxe1 h6 21.Bc1 Nf6 22.Qe2 Na5 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Qd1 Qe7 25.Bd2 Nc6 26.f4 Qd7 27.Qf3 Ne7 28.Kg2 Qc6 29.h3 Qxf3+ 30.Nxf3 Nc6
31.g4 Kf8 32.Ng3 Ne7 33.Nh4 Bc7 34.Kf3 Ne8 35.Nhf5 Nxf5 36.Nxf5 Nf6 37.Be1 h5 38.Bh4 hxg4+ 39.hxg4 Ng8 40.Ng3 g6 41.f5 Bxg3 42.Bxg3 gxf5 43.gxf5 Ne7 44.Ke4 Ke8 45.Ke5 Kd7 46.Kf6 Ke8 47.Bd6 Nc6
48.Bf4 Na5 49.Bb8 Nc6 50.Bd6 Na5 51.b4 Nb7 52.Bb8 cxb4 53.axb4 a5 54.bxa5 bxa5 55.Ke5 a4 56.Kxd4 a3 57.Kc3 a2 58.Kb2 Nc5 59.Kxa2 Nxd3 60.Kb3 Ke7 61.Kc3 Nc5 62.Be5 f6 63.Bf4 Kd7 64.Kd4 Kc6
65.Bg3 Nb3+ 66.Kc3 Nc5 67.Kd4 Nb3+ 68.Kc3 Nc5 69.Bf4 Ne4+ 70.Kd4 Nc5 71.Be3 Nb7 72.Bf4, draw.
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Round Three: King's Indian Attack
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Peter Radomskyj (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 7/8/2018
1.e4 Nc6 2.d3 e5 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nbd2 Bc5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O h6
8.c3 dxe4 9.dxe4 Be6 10.b4 Bd6 11.a4, draw.