Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Noah Fawer (USCF 1709) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/23/2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7
12.Ng4 Nxg4 13.Bxg4 Nf6 14.Be2 Be6 15.Bb4 Rf7 16.b3 Qd7 17.c4 c6 18.Qd2 Re8 19.Rad1 Bg4 20.h3 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Qf5 22.Qe3 Qg6 23.Bd2 Nh5 24.Qg5 Qxg5 25.Bxg5 h6 26.Be3 Nf4 27.Rfe1 Ref8
28.Rd2 Rf6 29.Rc1 Nd3 30.Rcc2 Rg6 31.cxd5 cxd5 32.Rc7 Rf7 33.Rdc2 Rgf6 34.Rxf7 Rxf7 35.Rc8+ Rf8 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Kh2 Nb4 38.Bd2 Nc2 39.Be3 Kf7 40.Kg3 Ke6 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.h4 g6
43.Kg4 h5+ 44.Kf4 b5 45.Bd2 b4 46.Be3 a5 47.g3 Ne1 48.g4 Nd3+, draw.
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Round Two: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Nkosi Nkululeko (USCF 1875), Marshall Chess Club 8/23/2018
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Qb6 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Rc8 10.Qb3 Be7 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfe1 Rfd8
14.h3 Bh5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Nd7 17.Bh2 Bg6 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Nf3 b5 20.a3 Nb6 21.Re2 Nc4 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Rc6 24.Rae1 Bd6 25.Bxd6 Rcxd6 26.f4 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3 Kd7 29.Kd3 Kc6
30.Kc2 Rh8 31.Rf1 Rh4 32.Rf3 Rd8 33.g4 Rdh8 34.Ree3 Kd6 35.Kb3 Rc8 36.f5 gxf5 37.gxf5 Re4 38.fxe6 Rxe3 39.Rxe3 fxe6 40.Rg3 Rc7 41.Rg6 Re7 42.Kb4 Rf7 43.Kxb5 Rf2 44.b3 Rf3 45.Kb4 Rf7 46.a4 b6
47.h4 Ra7 48.h5 Rf7 49.Kb5 Rf3 50.Rxg7 Rxc3 51.b4 Rb3 52.h6 Rh3 53.Kxb6 Rxh6 54.Rg4 Rh8 55.b5 Rh2 56.a5 Ra2 57.a6 Ra4 58.Kb7 e5, Black resigns.
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Round Three: Larsen's Opening
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Mark Dedona (USCF 1989), Marshall Chess Club 8/23/2018
1.b3 e6 2.Bb2 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.a4 a5 8.Na3 O-O 9.Nc4 d6 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Qc1 Nc5 12.e4 e5 13.Re1 Qd7
14.Ba3 Ne6 15.Ncxe5 dxe5 16.Bxf8 Nxf8 17.Nxe5 Qe6 18.Nc4 N6d7 19.Rb1 Bc3 20.Rf1 Nc5, draw.
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Round Four: King's Indian Defense
Daniel Yassky (USCF 2003) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/23/2018
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.g3 Qf6 12.Nb3 b6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.Qxh5 a4 16.Nc1 Nb4 17.Qe2 a3
18.bxa3 Na6 19.Nb5 Qg6 20.Bd2 f5 21.Nb3 fxe4 22.Nc3 Nc5 23.Nxc5 bxc5 24.a4 Bxa4 25.Nxa4 Rxa4 26.O-O Rfa8 27.Bc3 Qf5 28.Kg2 Qf3+ 29.Qxf3 exf3+ 30.Kh2 Rxc4 31.Rfc1 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 e4 33.Rcc1 Bxa1 34.Rxa1 Ra3
35.g4 Kf7 36.Kg3 Kf6 37.Kf4 Ra4 38.h4 e3+ 39.Kxf3 exf2 40.Kxf2 Rxg4 41.a4 Rxh4 42.a5 Ke5 43.a6 Rf4+ 44.Ke3 Rf8 45.a7 Ra8, White resigns.
