Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Toshinori Underwood (USCF 1747) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/27/2017
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.O-O f4 9.h3 Qe7 10.d4 Be6 11.d5 Bf7 12.Bb3 O-O
13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nd2 Rd8 15.Bxf7+ Qxf7 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.f3 Nf8 18.Nd1 d5 19.Nf2 g5 20.Ng4 Qg7 21.Qa6 h5 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Qb7 Rad8 26.Qe7 Nh7 27.Kh1 R5d7 28.Qc5 Rd5 29.Qxa7 g4
30.Qf2 Nf6 31.Nxf6+ Qxf6 32.Rfe1 g3 33.Qf1 Qd6 34.a4 Qb4 35.b3 Qc3 36.Rac1 Rd2 37.Re2 Qb2 38.Rxd2 Rxd2 39.Qc4+ Kg7 40.Rg1 Qxc2 41.Qe6 Qc5 42.Re1 Qd6 43.Qf5 Rd1 44.Qg5+ Kf8 45.Qf5+, draw.
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Round Two: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Krish Bhandari (USCF 1665), Marshall Chess Club 8/27/2017
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O
11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Qc2 h6 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Bg3 g5 18.Nb3 Nc5 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Qe2 Bb6 21.Kh2 Qc5 22.f3 Qe3 23.Rae1 Qxe2+ 24.Rxe2 Rac8 25.Kg2 Rf7 26.Bf2 Bxf2 27.Rfxf2 Rf4
28.Rd2 Kf7 29.Rd3 Rc7 30.Rfd2 b5 31.Rd4 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Rc4 33.Rxc4 dxc4 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke3 Kd7 36.f4 gxf4+ 37.Kxf4 g6 38.Ke4 Kc6 39.Kd4 g5 40.a4 a5 41.Ke4 Kc5 42.axb5 Kxb5 43.Kd4 a4 44.Ke3 Ka5 45.Kd4 Kb5 46.Ke3 Kc5 47.Ke4, draw.
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Round Three: King's Indian Attack
Drago Dimitrov (USCF 1722) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/27/2017
1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 c5 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.b3 d5 8.Bb2 e5 9.a3 Re8 10.h3 d4 11.e4 Be6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Kh2 h5
14.f4 h4 15.g4 Bxg4 16.Qe1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Nh5 18.f5 Ng3 19.Qg4 gxf5 20.exf5 Kf8 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Bf6 23.Qf3 Ke7 24.Rg1 Rg8 25.Rg4 Rxg4 26.hxg4 Rg8 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Qxc6 bxc6 29.Kh3 Bg5 30.Bc1 Kf6
31.Bxg5+ Kxg5 32.Re1 f6 33.Re4 a5 34.a4 Rb8 35.Kg2 h3+ 36.Kxh3 Rh8+ 37.Kg2 Rh4 38.Kf3 Rh2 39.Re1 Rh3+ 40.Kg2 Rh4 41.Kf3 Rxg4 42.Re4 Rf4+ 43.Rxf4 exf4 44.Ke4 Kg4 45.b4 cxb4 46.Kxd4 f3
47.Kc5 f2 48.Kxc6 f1=Q 49.d4 Qg2+ 50.Kd6 Qxc2 51.Ke7 Kxf5 52.d5 Qxa4 53.d6 b3 54.Kf8 Qd7, White resigns.
