Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Schuster Tanger (USCF 1771) - Jim West (USCF 2211), Marshall Chess Club 8/26/2017
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nd5 c6 9.Nxf6+ Rxf6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Nd2 d5
13.Bg4 Bxg4 14.Qxg4 Rg6 15.Qe2 Qg5 16.g3 Rf8 17.Nf3 Qg4 18.Kg2 e4 19.dxe4 dxe4 20.Nd4 Qxe2 21.Nxe2 Rd6 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Nf6 24.Nc3 Re8 25.h3 h5 26.Re1 Kf7 27.Re2 b5 28.f3 exf3+ 29.Kxf3 Rxe2 30.Nxe2 c5
31.a3 g5 32.g4 hxg4+ 33.hxg4 a6 34.Nc3 c4 35.Ne4 Nxe4 36.Kxe4 Ke6 37.Kd4 Kd6, draw.
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Round Two: Larsen's Opening
Jim West (USCF 2211) - David Kantey (USCF 1717), Marshall Chess Club 8/26/2017
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.d3 e6 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.Ngf3 Be7 6.h3 Bh5 7.g3 c5 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.Re1 Rad8
12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4 e5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.e4 d4 16.Nc4 b6 17.Bc1 a6 18.Bd2 Rb8 19.f4 exf4 20.e5 Nh7 21.Bxf4 g5 22.Bh2 Rbd8 23.e6 Qb7 24.Ne5 Rc8 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.exf7+ Rxf7 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Qf3+ Nf6 29.Re2 Qd7 30.Rae1 Bf8
31.Re5 Kg8 32.Qf5 Qb7 33.Re6 Rc8 34.Rxb6 Qa8 35.Rxf6 gxf6 36.Qg6+ Kh8 37.Qxf6+ Bg7 38.Qxg5 Qf3 39.Qh5+ Kg8 40.Re8+ Rxe8 41.Qxe8+ Bf8 42.Qe6+ Kh8 43.Be5+, Black resigns.
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Round Three: Trompovsky Attack
Eugene Yoo (USCF 2032) - Jim West (USCF 2209), Marshall Chess Club 8/26/2017
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.e3 Qb6 5.b3 cxd4 6.exd4 f5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.c3 d6 9.Bd3 e6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.O-O Nf6 12.a4 Bd7 13.Re1 O-O
14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Bc6 16.Qf4 Nd5 17.Qd2 Nf6 18.Qf4 Nd5 19.Qd2, draw.
