Round One: Larsen's Opening
Jim West (USCF 2202) - Brandon Nydick (USCF 2064), Westfield NJ 9/30/2012
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 c5 9.Na3 a6 10.Qe1 Qe7 11.d3 Bg6
12.Ne5 Ne8 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.e4 dxe4 15.dxe4 e5 16.f5 g5 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Qg3 Nd6 19.Nxd6 Bxd6 20.Rad1 Bc7 21.Bc4 Rae8 22.Bd5 Rb8 23.c4 Rfd8 24.Bc1 Nf6 25.Bxg5 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qh4 bxc4 28.bxc4 Rb3 29.Rb1 Rdb8 30.Rxb3 Rxb3 31.Bxf6 Qxf6 32.Qxf6 gxf6
33.Ra1 Rb8 34.Ra7 Rc8 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Kf3 Kf8 37.Kg4 Kg7 38.h4 Kg8 39.h5 Kg7 40.Kh4 Kg8 41.h6 Kh7 42.Kh5 Kg8 43.g4 Kf8 44.g5 fxg5 45.f6 g4 46.h7 Ke8 47.h8=Q+ Kd7 48.Bc6+ Kxc6 49.Qxc8 g3 50.Qxc7#.
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Round Two: King's Indian Defense
Leonid Fleysher (USCF 2024) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Westfield NJ 9/30/2012
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.b3 e5 8.e3 e4 9.Ng5 d5 10.Nh3 Re8 11.c4 c6 12.Nf4 Nf8 13.h3 Ne6 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 15.Bb2 h5 16.Rac1 Qd7 17.Kh2 Rac8
18.Nb1 Nh7 19.Nc3 Ng5 20.h4 Bg4 21.Qd2 Nf3+ 22.Bxf3 Bxf3 23.Ne2 Bf6 24.Ng1 Bxh4 25.Nxf3 exf3 26.Rh1 Qg4 27.Ba3 Bg5 28.Bd6 Rcd8 29.c5 Kg7 30.Kg1 h4
31.Rc3 Rxd6 32.cxd6 hxg3 33.fxg3 Rxe3 34.Rxe3 Bxe3+ 35.Qxe3 Qxg3+ 36.Kf1 Qg2+ 37.Ke1 Qxh1+ 38.Kf2 Qh2+ 39.Ke1 Qxd6 40.Qxf3 Qb4+ 41.Kf1 Qxd4 42.Qe2 Qe4 43.Qb2+ d4 44.Qa3 a6 45.Qb4 b5 46.Qa5 d3 47.Qc3+ Kg8 48.Qf6 Qf5+ 49.Qxf5 gxf5 50.Ke1 c5, White resigns.
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Round Three: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation
Gregory Nolan (USCF 2165) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Westfield NJ 9/30/2012
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 d6 5.Qc2 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bf4 O-O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Bc5
13.e4 Qd4 14.Bg3 Nxe5 15.Be2 Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 Nd3+ 17.Kf1 f6 18.Kg2 g5 19.Rhd1 Nf4+ 20.Bxf4 gxf4 21.a4 Rhg8+ 22.Kf1 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+, draw.
