Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Jonathan Lang (USCF 1843) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/25/2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Bh5+ g6 8.e6 Nf6 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 gxh5 11.Nf7 Bxe6 12.Ne5 Ng4 13.Nxg4 hxg4 14.O-O Nd7 15.Nc3 c6 16.Bf4 O-O-O
17.Na4 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Qd4 Nh5 21.Qxa7 Nf4 22.Rad1 Qb4 23.a3 Qe7 24.Na4 Kc7 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Rfe1 Rf8 27.Rxe4 Qf6 28.Na6+ Kd7 29.c4 Qf5 30.Nb8+ Kc7 31.Re7+ Kd6
32.Nxc6 Kxc6 33.b4 dxc4 34.Qd4 Qd5 35.Qxd5+ Nxd5 36.Rxh7 Nf6 37.Rh6 Kb5 38.h3 gxh3 39.gxh3 Ka4 40.h4 Kxa3 41.b5 c3 42.Kf1 Kb2 43.Re1 c2 44.Re2 Kb1 45.Rxc2 Kxc2 46.f4 b6 47.h5 Nxh5 48.Rxh5 Rxf4+, and Black wins in ? moves.
Final Position
Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Victor Chen (USCF 2082), Marshall Chess Club 8/25/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.f4 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Qc7 11.a3 Nbd7 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.f5 e5 14.Nde2 Nb6 15.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 16.Kh1 a5
17.Ng3 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rac8 21.Ne4 Qd4 22.Rfe1 Qxb2 23.Ra7 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Bg5 25.Qg4 Qc3 26.Rf1 Bf6 27.h3 Ra8 28.Rb7 Rfb8 29.Rxb8+ Rxb8 30.Qe4 Ra8
31.Qc4 Qxc4 32.Bxc4 e4 33.Re1 Re8 34.g4 e3 35.Re2 Bd4 36.Kg2 Rc8 37.Bb3 Kf8 38.Kf3 Ke7 39.Ke4 Bc5 40.Kf4 Ra8 41.Re1 h6 42.h4 g6 43.g5 hxg5+ 44.hxg5 gxf5 45.Kxf5 Rh8 46.Re2 Rh4 47.Rg2 Rh1
48.Ke4 Ra1 49.Bc4 Rc1 50.Bb3 Rd1 51.Kf3 Rd2 52.Rxd2 exd2 53.Ke2 Be3 54.c3 Bxg5 55.cxb4 Kd7 56.Kd3 Kc7 57.Kc4 Kb6 58.Bd1 f5 59.Be2 Be3 60.Bf3 f4 61.Bh5, draw.
Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Delayed Alapin
Jason Li (USCF 2044) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/25/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nc6 10.d3 Rb8 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Nd2 b5 13.Rac1 b4
14.Nc4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Nde5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Qg3 Nc6 18.f4 Qa5 19.Bd2 Qxa2 20.Red1 Rb2 21.Be3 Rfb8 22.d4 cxd4 23.cxd4 Rb1 24.Bc4 Rxc1 25,Bxa2 Rxd1+ 26.Kh2 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Qf3 Rd2 29.Bc4 Rbb2
30.Bf1 Bc5 31.e5 Rf2 32.Qd3 Rxf4 33.Be2 Rd4 34.Qa6 Rxe2 35.Qxe2 dxe5 36.Qb5 Bd6 37.g4 e4+ 38.Kg2 Rd2+ 39.Kf1 e3 40.Qg5 e2+ 41.Ke1 Bg3+ 42.Kxd2 e1=Q+ 43.Kc2 Qe5
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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Sumit Dhar (USCF 2130), Marshall Chess Club 8/25/2018
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 h5 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Bb3 Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5
15.g4 hxg4 16.h5 Nxh5 17.Nd5 Re8 18.Rxh5 gxh5 19.Qh2 Rxd5 20.Bxd5 Qc7 21.Qxh5 e6 22.Bb3 Rc8 23.Rh1 Ng6 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Bh6 Bxh6+ 26.Qxh6+ Ke7 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Ke7 29.Qg5+ Kf8, draw.
44.Qd2 Qc5+ 45.Kb3 Qb6+ 46.Kc4 Bd6 47.Qg2 Qc5+ 48.Kb3 Qa3+ 49.Kc4 Qb4+ 50.Kd3 Qb3+ 51.Kd4 e5+, White resigns.
Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Sumit Dhar (USCF 2130), Marshall Chess Club 8/25/2018
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 h5 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Bb3 Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5
15.g4 hxg4 16.h5 Nxh5 17.Nd5 Re8 18.Rxh5 gxh5 19.Qh2 Rxd5 20.Bxd5 Qc7 21.Qxh5 e6 22.Bb3 Rc8 23.Rh1 Ng6 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Bh6 Bxh6+ 26.Qxh6+ Ke7 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Ke7 29.Qg5+ Kf8, draw.
