On Sunday, I finished with a score of 0-0-4 in the tournament at Westfield.
Round One: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Gary Leschinsky (USCF 1957), Westfield NJ 3/17/2019
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Na3 e6 9.Nb5 Qd7 10.Bf4 Rc8 11.a4 a6 12.Na3 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.O-O Nf6 15.Qd2 O-O
16.Qf4 Qd7 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Nc2 Na5 20.Ne3 Ne8 21.Ne2 Nd6 22.Nc1 b6 23.Nd3 Rfd8 24.Ne5 Qc7 25.Qg4 Nac4 26.Qe2 Nxe5 27.dxe5 Nc4 28.Nxc4 Qxc4 29.Qxc4 Rxc4 30.Rfd1 Rdc8
31.f3 f6 32.exf6 gxf6 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke3 R8c5 35.Rd4 Rxd4 36.Kxd4 e5+ 37.Kd3 Ke6 38.Re1, draw.
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Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Gregory Nolan (USCF 2032) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 3/17/2019
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 b6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.Qxc3 a5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.Bf4 Nd4 10.Qd3 Ne6 11.Be3 Bc5 12.Nf3 O-O
13.g3 Bxf3 14.exf3 f6 15.Bg2 fxe5 16.O-O Rb8 17.Rad1 Bxe3, draw.
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Round Three: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Roman Rychkov (USCF 2039), Westfield NJ 3/17/2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bd7 10.Be3 b6 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.a4 Bc6
13.Rxd8+ Kxd8 14.a5 Bb7 15.f3 Kc8 16.axb6 cxb6 17.Na4 Kc7 18.Bf4+ Kc6 19.Rd1 Be7 20.Nc3 h5 21.Nd5 Bc8 22.h4 Kb7 23.c4 Be6 24.Be3 Kc6 25.Nc1 f5 26.e5 Bxh4 27.Nf4 Bf7 28.b4 Be7 29.bxc5 bxc5 30.e6 Be8
31.Nb3 Rh6 32.Ra1 g5 33.Nd5 Rxe6 34.Rxa6+ Kd7 35.Rxe6 Kxe6 36.Nxe7 Kxe7 37.Bxg5+ Nf6 38.Nxc5 Bf7, draw.
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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Errol Singh (USCF 1990) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 3/17/2019
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bf3 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Be3 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Rd2 b5 14.a3 Nb6
15.Bxb6 Qxb6 16.g4 h6 17.h4 Nh7 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.h5 Ng5 20.Bg2 Ne6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Nf4 23.Qe3 Qc7 24.Be4 Bg5 25.Qf3 a5 26.c3 Ra8 27.Bb1 Rdb8 28.Qe4 g6 29.Kh2 Qc4 30.hxg6 fxg6 31.Qc2 b4
32.cxb4 Qxc2 33.Rxc2 axb4 34.axb4 Rxb4 35.Nd2 Rd4 36.Rdc1 Rxd2 37.Rxd2 Nxd5 38.Rxd5 Bxc1 39.Rxd6 Rb8 40.b3 Kf8 41.Rf6+ Ke7 42.Rxg6 Rxb3 43.Bf5 Bf4+ 44.Kg2 Rc3 45.Re6+, draw.
