On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at Westfield.
Round One: Sicilian Defense
David Zhurbinsky (USCF 2093) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Westfield NJ 11/18/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 a6 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.b3 Re8 14.Rac1 Nd7
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd4+ Kg8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Qb6 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.Rfd1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8 23.f4 Kf8 24.e5 Nb6 25.Bf3 Nd7 26.e6 Nc5 27.g4 Nd3 28.f5 Nc1 29.Be4 Nxa2 30.g5 Nc3
31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Bf3 a5 33.Kf2 a4 34.bxa4 Nxa4 35.Ke3 Nc5 36.Kd4 Kg7 37.h4 Na6 38.Be2 Nc7 39.Bc4 Kf8 40.Bb3 Ne8 41.Bc2 Ng7 42.Kc4 Nf5 43.Be4 Nxh4 44.Kb5 Nf5 45.Kb6 Kg7 46.Kxb7 h6 47.gxh6+ Nxh6
48.Kc6 Kf6 49.Kd7 g5 50.Bf3 g4 51.Bg2 g3 52.Ke8 Ng4 53.Kd7 Ne3 54.Bf3 g2 55.Bxg2 Nxg2 56.Kc7 Nf4 57.Kc6 Nxe6, White resigns.
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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2202) - Alexander Hu (USCF 1959), Westfield NJ 11/18/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Qc7 9.O-O Nc5 10.Qf3 Be7 11.f5 O-O 12.Be3 e5 13.Nde2 b5 14.Nd5 Qd8
15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bd5 Rb8 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.b4 Na4 19.Bb3 Nb2 20.Rd2 Bb7 21.Ng3 Be7 22.Nh5 Nc4 23.Bxc4 Qxc4 24.f6 Bxe4 25.Qg4 g6 26.fxe7 Rfc8 27.Nf6+ Kg7 28.Qxe4, Black resigns.
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Round Four: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Tejas Rama (USCF 2162) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Westfield NJ 11/18/2018
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nd2 Bb4 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Rd5 b6 12.e3 Bb7 13.Be2 Rad8 14.O-O Nb8
15.Rd2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qxe5 17.Qxe5 Rxe5 18.Rfd1 d6 19.Kf1 Nd7 20.g3 Nf6 21.Bg2 a5 22.h4 g6 23.Rd4 Rde8 24.Ke2 h5 25.Bf3 Kg7 26.Bc6 R8e7 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Ng8 29.R4d3 Nh6 30.f4 R5e6 31.Bd5 Rf6 32.e4 Ng4
33.Ra1 Nh6 34.Ra7 Kh7 35.Kd2 Ng8 36.Rda3 g5 37.hxg5 Rg6 38.Ra8 f6 39.Rxg8 Rxg8 40.gxf6 Rd7 41.Be6 Rdd8 42.Bxg8+ Rxg8 43.e5 dxe5 44.fxe5 Kg6 45.Ke3 Kf5 46.Ra7 Kxe5 47.Rxc7 Rxg3+ 48.Ke2 Rg6 49.f7 Rf6
50.Rc6 Rxf7 51.Rxb6 Kd4 52.c5 Kd5 53.Ke3 Ra7 54.Kf4 Rg7 55.Rb8 Kc6 56.Ke5 Rg5+ 57.Ke6 h4 58.Rb6+ Kc7 59.Rd6 Rh5 60.Rd2 h3 61.Rh2 Kc6 62.b5+ Kxc5 63.Kf6 Kxb5 64.Kg6, draw.
