Scotch Game C45

Edward
Bryan

2010 US Am West (1.57)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qe7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Rad1 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. a3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd5 b6 20. b4

White went on to win in several more moves.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

QGDD07

Brownlee C.
Benjamin

2010 US Am West (1.55)
Personal, 2010


450MB, Fritz9.ctg, PERSONAL-81D434

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 a6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qc2

Score incomplete at this point - Black went on to win.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

FrenchC10

Li E. (1549)
Lafornara J. (1851)

2010 US Am West (1.17)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ng3 Nd7 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 cxd6 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. N3e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 f5 18. Re3 Qf7 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rae1 Nf6 21. Bc4 d5 22. Bb5 Re7 23. Qe2 a6 24. Bd3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. f3 exf3 27. Rxf3 Qg6 28. Qf2 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Rf3 Rd7 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Ke3 a5 35. a4 Rc7 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Rf2 b6 38. Rc2 Kd6 39. b3 e5 40. dxe5+ Kxe5 41. b4 Rc4 42. Rb2 g5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. Ra2 h5 45. Ra3 Rh4 46. h3 Rc4 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Ra2 g4 49. Rd2 gxh3 50. gxh3 Rxc3+ 51. Kf2 Rxh3 52. Kg2 Re3 53. Kf2 d4 54. Kf1 h4 0-1


Caro-KannB12

Meador M. (1520)
Wright J. (1810)

2010 US Am West
Personal, 2010


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Nge2 Ne7 12. O-O Nf5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Qc2 Bb5 17. Nec3 Qb7 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Qd3 Be7 21. a4 O-O 22. axb5 Rfd8

Score incomplete - a Draw was agreed at move 45.

1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]

SicilianB99

Green T. (1865)
Lopez D. (1600)

2010 US Am West (1.13)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Rhf1 Be6 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. Rd2 O-O 18. Qh3 g6 19. f5 Bf6 20. Rdf2 Qe7 21. Qh6 Rfe8 22. Be4 Bg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. f6+ Kg8 25. fxe7 Rxe7 26. Rf6 Rd7 27. g4 Re8 28. g5 Kg7 29. c4 Rc8 30. b3 Rc5 31. h4 a5 32. a4 Rcc7 33. Bf3 h5 34. Bg2 Rd8 35. Kc2 Re7 36. Be4 Rc7 37. Kc3 b6 38. Rb1 Rdd7 39. b4 axb4+ 40. Rxb4 Rb7 41. Rb5 Kg8 42. Kb4 Kg7 43. a5 bxa5+ 44. Kxa5 Ra7+ 45. Kb4 Ra6 46. Ra5 Rb6+ 47. Ka4 Rb2 48. Ka3 Rdb7 49. Rb5 R2xb5 50. cxb5 Rxb5 51. Rxd6 Rc5 52. Rc6 Ra5+ 53. Kb4 Ra2 54. Rc4 Rd2 55. Kc5 f5 56. gxf6+ Kxf6 57. Ra4 Re2 58. Ra6+ Kg7 59. Bxg6 e4 60. Bxh5 Rh2 61. Rg6+ Kf8 62. Rg4 e3 63. Re4 Rc2+ 64. Kd6 Rc3 65. Ke6 Ra3 66. d6 Rb3 67. Rf4+ Kg7 68. Ke7 Rb5 69. Re4 Rxh5 70. d7 1-0


EnglishA28

Jon
Johnston L.

2010 US Am West (1.53)
Personal, 2010


1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Qd7 10. Rb1 Nd4 11. b4 Bb6 12. c5 dxc5 13. Nxe5 Qe6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Nd7 Qxd7 16. Bxg5 Qe6 17. Qd2 c6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Qg5+ Bg6 20. Rfe1 Qe5 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nxg5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxb7 Rc8 26. h4 Ne6 27. Rf1 Rf5 28. Ne4 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Nxe4 30. dxe4 Bxe4+ 31. Bg2 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 a6 33. a4 Bd4 34. e3 Bc5 35. Kf3 Rc7 36. Rb8+ Bf8 37. g4 c5 38. h5 c4 39. e4 c3 40. g5 c2 41. g6 fxg6 42. Kg4 c1=Q 43. Bxc1 Rxc1 44. Ra8 Rc6 45. e5 Kf7

Score incomplete - White went on to win in several more moves.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

King's Indian (Bf4)E61

Ward K.
Dwyer M. (1220)

2010 US Am West (1.42)
Personal, 2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Nxd4

Score incomplete - White went on to win.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

QGDD15

Manos T.
Seamens J.

2010 US Am West (1.24)
Personal, 2010


1. Nf3 c6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 g6 6. Bd2 Bg7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Qb3 Nb6 9. cxd5 Nfxd5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd5 12. O-O c5 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Rfd1 c4 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Qa4 f5 18. Bb1 Bd5 19. Qxa7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 e5 21. dxe5 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 Qh5 23. f4 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxb7 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2


Queen's Bishop GameD02

Belche D. (1321)
Mathews N.

2010 US Am West (1.33)
Personal, 2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. Ne5 Nd7 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. c4 Bd6 8. Nd2 Rxh2 9. Rxh2 Bxh2 10. g3 Nh6 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. Kf1 Ke7 13. Kg2 Qh8 14. Qh1 Qh5 15. Nxh2 Rh8 16. Be2 Qh3+ 17. Kg1 Nxh2 18. Qg2 Qh7 19. cxd5 Nf6 20. e4 Nfg4 21. f3 Nf6 22. Bg5 Kd7 23. dxe6+ Kxe6 24. Rc1 c6 25. Rc5 Nd7 26. Bc4+ Kd6 27. Bf4+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ f6 29. Ra5 fxg5 30. Be2 a6 31. e5 Qg8 32. b3 Qd8 33. b4 Qb6 34. e6 Kxe6 35. Bc4+ Kd6 36. Qf2 Qxb4 37. Rxg5 Qxc4 38. Rxg6+ Nf6 39. Qe1 Nxf3+ 0-1


Philidor's DefenseC41

Green S. (1163)
Harris J.

2010 US Am West (1.45)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 b5 10. Bb3 c6 11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Kg2 h5 14. Bg5 Bxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 16. Qg3 Qxg3+ 17. Kxg3 exd4 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. f3 c5 20. Rh1 c4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nxd4 Rb8 23. b3 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25. Rae1 Nc5 26. e6 Bd6+ 27. Kh4 f6 28. Nf5 g5+ 29. Kh3 Be5 30. Kg2 h4 31. Ne3 Nxe6 32. Nxd5 Nf4+ 33. Nxf4 gxf4 34. Kf2 c3 35. Re4 Rb5 36. Rc4 Kf7 37. Kg2 Rd5 38. Kh3 Rd2 39. Rc1 Rf2 40. Kg4 Rg2+ 41. Kh3 Rg3+ 42. Kh2 Rxf3 43. Kg2 Rg3+ 44. Kh2 f3 45. Kh1 h3 46. Rf1 h2 47. Re4 f2 48. Ree1 Rg1+ 49. Rxg1 hxg1=Q# 0-1


Alekhine's DefenseB03

Murphy J. (1072)
Tan R.

2010 US Am West (1.47)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qf5 13. Nge4 Re8 14. f3 Nc6 15. g4 Qg6 16. Qd3 Nb4 17. Qd2 d5 18. a3 dxe4 19. axb4 exf3 20. Rxf3 Qxg4+ 21. Rg3 Qh4 22. Nb5 Re7 23. Re1 a6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Re3 Qd7 26. Na3 Nd5 27. Rg3 Re8 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qh5 Nf4 30. Qh4 Qxd4+ 31. Kf1 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qe1# 0-1


SicilianB25

Pennock J.
Caid J.

2010 US Am West (1.27)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Qb6 9. h3 c4+ 10. Kh2 cxd3 11. cxd3 Be6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Qd2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. g4 Nc5 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. f5 Rac8 20. Nd5 Rfe8 21. Qh6 Qxb2+ 22. Rd2 Qg7 23. Qh4 Qe5+ 24. Kg2 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Bb5 26. Rdd1 Bxf1+ 27. Rxf1 f6 28. g5 fxg5 29. Qxg5 Rc2+ 30. Rf2 Qb2 31. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. Qh6 Qb2 34. Qxh7+ Qg7 35. fxg6+ Kf8 36. Nc7 1-0


King's Indian DefenseE70

Katzel D. (1762)
Day T. (1445)

2010 US Am West (1.14)
Personal, 2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. Be2 Nd7 9. exd6 Nxd6 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxc4 12. b3 e5 13. bxc4 exf4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Rb1 c5 16. Nd5 Bxd4 17. Nxf4 Ne5 18. Bd5 Qc7 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Nd3 Kg7 1/2-1/2


Czech BenoniA56

Reed M. (1699)
Kruml J. (2170)

2010 US Am West (1.2)
Personal, 2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. f3 h5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Nh3 Nf8 9. Nf2 h4 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rb1 Nh7 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Na4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nd3 h3 18. Bd1 hxg2 19. Qxg2 Bh4+ 20. Ke2 Ng5 21. Nxf4 Qf6 22. Nb6 Qxf4 23. Nxa8 Nxf3 24. Kd3 Ne5+ 25. Kc2 Nxc4 26. Qf3 Qd2+ 27. Kb3 Qb4+ 28. Kc2 Na3+ 0-1


PhilidorC41

Kestler E. (1542)
Wong K. (1833)

2010 US Am West (1.19)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. f3 c6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. b4 Na6 13. b5 Nc5 14. Bc4 Bf8 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. h3 Ne6 19. Bg3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 d5 21. Bf1 cxb5 22. Kh1 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bxg4 25. Qf2 0-1


Scandinavian Defense 5.Bc4B01

Eng R. (2089)
Chadwick S. (1694)

2010 US Am West (1.3)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Re1 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Nh4 Be4 13. Re3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Bf5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Rg3 Rfe8 18. Qf3 g6 19. Bxf5 Nh6 20. Bd3 Re6 21. Bd2 Rf6 22. Qe3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Qe7 Qd8 25. Re1 Nf6 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. c3 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Re3 Nd6 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Rd7 Rf6 32. Bg5 Re6 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Bf4 1-0


Caro-KannB13

Orlowski J. (1994)
Chen D. (1671)

2010 US Am West (1.7)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nc3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 e5 8. dxe5 d4 9. Nd5 Nxe5 10. Qe2 f6 11. f4 d3 12. Qe4 Bb4+ 13. Nxb4 Qe7 14. fxe5 Qxb4+ 15. Kd1 O-O-O

The game lasted until mate at move 58, White won.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

Blackmar-DiemerD00

Motta P. (1909)
Brady N. (1617)

2010 US Am West (1.11)
Personal, 2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qg4 g6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. c4 Ne7 9. Bg5 dxe5 10. Bf6 Rg8 11. dxe5 c5 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 b6 15. Rhd1 Bb7 16. Qg5 h5 17. Be4 Ba6 18. Bxe7 Bxc4+ 19. Ke3 Qc3+ 20. Kf4 Nxe7 21. Bxa8 Be2 22. Be4 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxa3 24. Kg3 a5 25. h4 Qb2 26. Qd2 Kf8 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qxe7 a4 29. Qf6+ Kh6 30. Rd7 Rg7 31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Rd8# 1-0


QGDD35

Thompson B. (1840)
McGahee B. (1545)

2010 US Am West (1.18)
Personal, 2010


1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Na5 12. c4 Bg4 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Bb1 b6 16. Qd3 g6 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxc4 20. Qd3 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. Re4 Bd6 24. Rbe1 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 b5 26. Qb1 b4 27. Re4 Rb8 28. Qe1 Kg7 29. Nd2 Qc3 30. Nc4 Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rd8 32. f3 Kf6 33. Kf2 Bc7 34. Rd1 Bd6 35. Rd3 Ke7 36. Re3+ Kd7 37. Ke2 Bf4 38. Re4 Re8 39. Kd3 Bc7 1/2-1/2


Pirc-RobatschB06

Arnold J. (1856)
Crenshaw R. (1574)

2010 US Am West (1.16)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. O-O-O b5 8. g4 Qa5 9. Kb1 b4 10. Nce2 Be6 11. Nc1 c4 12. d5 Bd7 13. h4 h5 14. gxh5 Nxh5 15. Bh6 Bb5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rh3

Score incomplete at this point - White went on to win.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

Gruenfeld (with e3 Be2...c5)D94

Collins E. (1690)
Lebovitz A. (2061)

2010 US Am West (1.4)
Personal, 2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b3 Nb4 14. Qe2 Nbd5 15. Rfd1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Ne5 Rf8 20. Qxb5 Qa8 21. f3 Nd5 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Bf2 Nf4 24. Kh2 Bd5 25. Qb4 Bf6 26. Qd2 Ne6 27. Ng4 Bg5 28. Be3 Bh4 29. Rf1 Qb8+ 30. Ne5 Bf6 31. f4 Qb7 32. g4 Ng7 33. Qf2 e6 34. g5 Be7 35. Ng4 Nf5 36. h4 Rc8 37. Ne5 Be4 38. Nc4 Qd5 39. Rc1 Rc6 40. h5 Bd6 41. h6 Bd3 42. Nxd6 Rxc1 43. Bxc1 Qxd6 44. Qf3 Qxd4 45. Qa8+ Kf7 46. Qb7+ Ne7 47. Ba3 Qxf4+ 48. Kg1 Qg3+ 49. Qg2 Qxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Bb1 51. Bc5 Bxa2 52. Bxa7 Bxb3 53. Kf3 e5 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Bf2 Bd5+ 0-1


FrenchC02

Shevelev M. (1667)
Thakur A. (1997)

2010 US Am West (1.6)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. a3 cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. b4 a6 9. Bf4 h6 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 Be7 12. h3 h5 13. Nb3 O-O-O 14. Be2 f5 15. Nfxd4 h4 16. Bh2 Nh6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. f3 b5 21. c3 Kb7 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Nd2 Rhc8 25. Nb1 Be8 26. Rfe1 d4 27. Kf1 dxc3 28. Bd3 c2 29. Nd2 Rc3 30. Ke2 a5 31. Bg1 axb4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Bd4 R3c7 34. Bb2 Rd8 35. Nb3

The score is illegible at this point, however, Black went on to win at move 69.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

SicilianB83

Hernandez J. (1632)
Douthat J. (1970)

2010 US Am West (1.10)
Personal, 2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. f3 Qc7 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 b5 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. g5 a5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 h6 20. Rdd1 Kd8 21. Ne2 Kc7 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rdg1 g6 26. Ne3 Bc5 27. Kd2 Rcd8+ 28. Ke2 b4 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rxh1 32. Bxh1 Be7 33. c3 Bxg5 34. c4 Bd7 35. Nf2 f5 36. Nd3 Bf6 37. b3 f4 38. Bf3 Kd6 1/2-1/2


QGDD53

Wang D. (1476)
Boteo T. (1765)

2010 US Am West (1.23)
Personal, 2010


1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. f3 h6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Qd2 Nxf4 8. Qxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bf6 10. O-O-O b5 11. cxb5 a6 12. b6 cxb6 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. g4

Score incomplete - Black went on to win

0-1 [Farmer S.]

King's IndianE92

Hu B. (2180)
Booher J. (1730)

2010 US Am West (1.1)
Personal, 2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. Nc3 f4 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Ne4 Nc5 16. Qe2 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rf6 18. Nd2 Qe8 19. f3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qg6 21. g4 Kh7 22. Qxg6+ Kxg6 23. Ne4 Rff8 24. Kd2 Rad8 25. Ke3 b6 26. b4 Rd7 27. Rac1 Ra8 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Ra3 c6 30. Rc3 cxd5 31. cxd5 Rxc3+ 32. Nxc3 a6 33. Ne4 Rc7 34. Nxd6 Rd7 35. Nf5 Kh7 36. d6 Kg6 37. Ke4 1-0


SicilianB22

Wang X. (1532)
Shevelev M. (1687)

2010 US Amateur West (2.21)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 c4 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Ne3 h6 15. Bb1 b4 16. Qc2 b3 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Bf5 Bd6 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qd7 22. Ne3 Ng4 23. Nf1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8

Score incomplete - White went on to win.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

QP Counter-GambitC40

McGahee B. (1545)
Motta P. (1909)

2010 US Amateur West (2.10)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Bd6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nb6 8. Be2 Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rxe5 Nxc4 13. Re1 Qf6 14. c3 Bf5 15. d3 Rad8 16. d4 Qg6 17. Qf3 c6 18. b3 Nd6 19. Ba3 Rd7 20. Re5 Be6 21. Rae1 h6 22. c4 Rfd8 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Bg4 25. Qf4 Nb5 26. Bb2 Rxd5 27. f3 Be6 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qxb7 Rd2 31. g3 Rxb2 32. Qxb5 Qc2 33. Qa6 0-1


RetiA06

Nguyen V. (1863)
Eng R. (2089)

2010 US Amateur West (1.3)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bb5 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. exd4 Nf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qd3 Bg6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. c4 Rc8 14. c5 Bb8 15. b4 Bh5 16. Nbd2 Qc7 17. Qe5 Qb7 18. Qe3 Qxb4 19. Bc3 Qb7 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. Ne5 Bg6 22. Rb2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. f3 Bg6 25. f4 Be4 26. a4 f6 27. Nd3 g5 28. a5 a6 29. Bd2 gxf4 30. Nxf4 Qg7

The score is inaccurate at this point. A draw was agreed at move 43.

1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]

Nimzo-IndianE46

Fenger P. (1891)
Hu B. (2180)

2010 US Amateur West (2.1)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O e5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. e4 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nbd7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Qd6 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Qc2 e4 18. Be2 Ne5 19. h3 Ng6 20. b4 b6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Qa4 Nh4 23. Qxa7 e3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Bf1 Rb3 26. Qe7 Nf5 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Re7 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Nxb7 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. a4 Nd7 32. Be2 Nd6 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. a5 f5 0-1 [Farmer S.]


Caro-KannB13

Wong K. (1833)
Orlowski J. (1994)

2010 US Amateur West (2.7)
2010


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. O-O e6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Na3 a6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Re3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Re1 Qb6 18. Rh3 Rfe8 19. f3 Nh5 20. Qd2 Nc6 21. g4 Nf6 22. Qg5 Qxb2 23. Qh4 Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 Rg8 26. Qh6 Rh8 27. Rxe6+ Kxe6 28. Qe3+ Kd7 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Qf4 Qxa3 31. Qxf6 Qc1+ 32. Bf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Rh7 34. h3 Qf2 35. Bg2 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe7 37. Qf4 Qd6 38. Kg3 Qxf4+ 39. Kxf4 f6

Score inaccurate, Black went on to win in another 11 moves.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

RetiA07

Crenshaw R. (1574)
Collings E. (1690)

2010 US Amateur West (2.19)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 e6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 Bc5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nxg3 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Kf2 Ngh5 18. e4 Be6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. d4 Nf4 22. Rh1 Rfc8 23. Nb1 Rc2 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Kf3 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxb2 27. Rhc1 Rc4 28. Kg3 Rxd4 29. e3 Rc4 30. a4 Rb3 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxc4 Bxc4 33. Kf4 Kf8 34. h4 Ke7 35. a5 Rb4 36. axb6 Bd3+ 37. Kg3 Rxb6 38. Rc1 Kd7 39. Rd1 Rd6

Score inaccurate - Black went on to win an a few more moves.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

SicilianB22

Kurfman D. (1532)
Wang D. (1476)

2010 US Amateur West (2.23)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 O-O-O 8. Be3 Nf6 9. c4 Qd7 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Nd2 e6 13. Qb3 exd5 14. O-O-O d4 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Rhe1 Nxf3 17. Nxf3 Qc7 18. Ne5 Rhf8 19. Qa3 Kb8 20. g3 h6 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Re2 g5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Nf3 g4 25. hxg4 Nxg4 26. Rde1 Qc6 27. Ng5 Rde8 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nxd6 Rxe2 30. Nb5 Rxe1+ 31. Kd2 a6 32. Nxd4 Rd8 33. f3 Qe6 0-1


Trompovsky AttackA45

Boteo C. (1765)
Peavy F. (1971)

2010 US Amateur West (2.9)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne2 e6 8. c3 Nbd7 9. g4 c5 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Be5 g5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bd4 O-O-O 16. Nb3 Bxd4 17. exd4 Rh3 18. Ng1 Rh4 19. O-O-O Kb8 20. Qa3 Re8 21. h3 Qc7 22. Ne2 Nb6 23. Nc5 Reh8 24. Qb4 Rxh3 25. Rxh3 Rxh3 26. a4 Qc6 27. a5 Nc8 28. a6 b6 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. f4 Rh2 31. Rd2 Nd6 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Nc4 34. Nd4 Rh1+ 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Qc5 37. Qxc5 bxc5 38. Nc6+ Kc7 39. Nxa7 gxf4 40. Nb5+ Kb6 41. a7 Kb7 42. Nd6+ Kxa7 43. Nxc4 dxc4 44. Ke2 g5 0-1


RetiA04

Douthat J. (1970)
Gengler K. (1325)

2010 US Amateur West (2.11)
2010


1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. e4 e5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qd2 d5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nh2 Bc8 17. Rf1 Be6 18. f4 Qg7 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Bd7 21. Rae1 f6 22. Re4 Kh8 23. Rg4 Qf7 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Bd5 Qe7 26. Rxg8+ Rxg8 27. Bxg8 Kxg8 28. Ng4 Kf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Qf8 31. Nxf6+ Ke7 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Nxd7+ Ke7 34. f6+ Kf7 35. g4 Nd8 36. Nxe5+ Ke6 37. f7 Nxf7 38. Nxf7 c5 39. g5 Ke7 40. Nd8 Kxd8 41. g6 b5 42. g7 c4 43. Rf7 1-0


Blackmar-Diemer GambitD00

Day T. (1445)
Hernandez J. (1632)

2010 US Amateur West (2.14)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Nh4 cxd4 8. Nxf5 dxc3 9. Nxg7+ Bxg7 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. e3

Score inaccurate - Black went on to win in a few more moves.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

Scandinavian DefenseB01

Chen D. (1671)
Kestler E. (1542)

2010 US Amateur West (2.22)
2010


1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Qd3 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. Bf4 a6 7. Qc4 Qc6 8. Bxc7 Qxc4 9. Bxc4 e6 10. f3 Bf5 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. Nce2 O-O 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 Nc6 15. c3 Rac8 16. Bf4 Be7 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. Nc1 Nd5 19. Bd2 b5 20. Nge2 Na5

Score incomplete - White went on to win at move 56.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

Alekhine's DefenseB02

Tan R. (1391)
Desmarais N. (1543)

2010 US Amateur West (2.25)
2010


1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Rde8 13. Ba6 Nd8 14. Bxb7+ Nxb7 15. Qa6 Kd8 16. Qxb7 h6 17. Qxa7 Bc6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qd7 20. Rb8+ Ke7 21. Qc5+ 0-1


SicilianB21

Ward M. (1461)
Pennock J. (1360)

2010 US Amateur West (2.29)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bc5 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nd5 Qd6 9. Nc7+ Qxc7 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 12. Ng5 d5 13. O-O Rh8 14. Qxd5 Nd4 15. Be3 h6 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Rxc8+ Ke7 19. Qf7+ Kd6 20. Qg6+ Ke7 21. Qxg7+ Kd6 22. Qf6+ Qe6 23. Qxe6# 1-0


SicilianB27

Wang B. (1360)
Kline G. (1245)

2010 US Amateur West (2.44)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nf6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Be2 e6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Bh6 Qb6 16. b3 Qb4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bf3 Nd4 19. h4 Rac8 20. Ne2 Nxc2+ 21. Kd1 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nxa1 23. Rxa1 Rc7 24. Ra2 Rd8 25. g4 e5 26. g5 Ng8 27. Ng3 f6 28. Ra1 fxg5 29. hxg5 Rf7 30. Ke3

Score inaccurate - Black went on to win in several more moves.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

Caro-KannB10

Harris J. (1418)
Isoe K. (1313)

2010 US Amateur West (2.33)
2010


1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Nge7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. g4 Ne7 14. O-O g6 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Bf6 O-O 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re1 d4 19. Ne2 c5 20. Nf4 Nd5 21. Qf3 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 f5 23. exf6+ Rxf6 24. Qe5 Qd6 25. Rac1 d3 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxc5 d2 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Kf1 Rde6 30. Rxd2 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Ra5 Rb8 33. b4 Rb6 34. Rd7+ Kh6 35. g5+ Kh5 36. Rxh7+ Kg4 37. h3+ Kf4 38. Rh4# 1-0


Queen's IndianA47

Matthews N. (1486)
Kuhnel M. (1381)

2010 US Amateur West (2.28)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Rc8 11. Rae1 Qe7 12. b4 e5 13. Bg3 e4 0-1


FrenchC02

Wickware T.
Reed A. (875)

2010 US Amateur West (2.57)
2010


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Be3 a6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. O-O axb5 11. Ng5 Nge7

Play went on for quite some time, White was mated at move 36.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

Sicilian DefenseB56

Lei H. (866)
Brownlee C.

2010 US Amateur West (2.58)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Bc4 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Qc5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Qxc3

Black delivered mate on move 35.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

EnglishA10

Wilhelm J. (560)
Sherman E. (996)

2010 US Amateur West (2.54)
2010


1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e4 Be6 10. exf5 Bc8 11. fxg6 c6 12. Qh5 Bg7 13. O-O-O Qg5+ 14. Qxg5 hxg5 15. Nge2 Bf5 16. Be4 Rf8 17. Rhe1 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 g4 19. Nxd6+ Ke7 20. Nf7 Nd7 21. Nf4 Ke8 22. Ne6 Rg8 23. Nc7+ Ke7 24. Nxa8 Rxa8

White went on to win at move 51.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

King's Knight OpeningC40

Kuo B. (980)
Sweeten L.

2010 US Amateur West (2.56)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nb4 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bc4 d5 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxf6 h5 14. Qg5+ Kh7 15. Qxh5+ Kg7 16. Qxe5+ f6 17. Qh5 Rae8 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxc2 20. Rac1 Ne3 21. Be4 Nxf1 22. Qh7# 1-0


Trompovsky AttackA45

Laforona J. (1842)
Savine P. (2012)

2010 US Amateur West (2.5)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Nd2 Be6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bc4 Ne5 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Ke2 O-O-O 13. Ngf3 Nd3 14. b3 Rg8 15. a3 e5 16. Ne1 Nxf2 17. Rf1 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 Nf7 20. Nef3 Nd6 21. Rad1 Kc7 22. Nh4 Ra8 23. Ra1 Bg7 24. c4 e6 25. a4 Kd7 26. Rad1 Ke7 27. e4 Bh6 28. Kf3 Raf8 29. Rfe1

The score is inaccurate here, but Black went on to win by move 36.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

SicilianB32

Hernandez J. (1632)
Nguyen V. (1863)

US Am West 2010 (3.8)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bc4 Qg6 9. Qd5 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Kh1 a6 13. Nbd2 Kh8 14. Ng1 Be6 15. Qd3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 f5 17. f3 f4 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. Qb3 b5 20. Ne2 Rfc8 21. Qd5 Ra7 22. b3 Rac7 23. a4 b4 24. Nc4 bxc3 25. Nxc3 Nd4 26. Rab1 Nxb3 27. Nb6 Rc5 28. Qb7 R8c7 29. Qb8+ Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Bxf8 31. Ncd5 Rxd5 32. Nxd5 Rb7 33. Rd3 Nc5 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 35. Kg1 Kg8 36. Kf2 Nc5 37. Ra3 Kf7 38. Ke2 g5 39. Nc3 h5 40. h3 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Kg6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Ne2 d5 45. exd5 e4+ 46. Kf2 Nd3+ 47. Rxd3 exd3 48. Nc3 Kxg4 49. Ne4 Be7 50. d6 Bh4+ 51. Kf1 f3 52. d7 fxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Kf4 54. Nc3 Ke3 55. Kf1 Kd2 56. Ne4+ Kc2

Draw Agreed

1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]

SicilianB22

Shevelev M. (1687)
Bommireddy S. (1481)

US Am West 2010 (3.21)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc2 cxd4 9. Ncxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qxd4 12. cxd4 Rd8 13. Be3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 b6 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Rc7 Rd7 17. Bc6 Nxc6 18. Rxc6 Ke7 19. Rhc1 Rhd8 20. h3 h6 21. a4 f5 22. Rc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7+ Rd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Kd3 Kd6 26. Kc4 a5 27. Bf4+ Kc6 28. f3 h5 29. Bg5 g6 30. Bh6 Be7 31. Bd2 h4 32. Bf4 Bf6 33. Bh6 Be7 34. Bg7 Bg5 35. Bf8 Bd2 36. Be7 g5 37. Kd3 Bf4 38. b4 axb4 39. Bxb4 Bd6 40. Bd2 Be7 41. Kc4 Bf6 42. Be3 Be7 43. Bd2 Bf6 44. Bc1 Be7 45. Bb2 Bf6 46. Ba3 Bd8 47. Bb4 Bf6 48. a5 bxa5 49. Bxa5 Be7 50. Bd2 Bf6 51. Bb4 Bd8 52. Bf8 Bf6 53. Bh6 Be7 54. Bg7 Bd8 55. Be5 Be7 56. g3 Bd6 57. gxh4 Bxe5 58. dxe5 gxh4 59. f4 Kd7 60. Kb5 Kc7

White went on to win.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

Benko GambitA59

Hu B. (2180)
Savine P. (2012)

US Am West 2010 (3.1)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. h3 O-O 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Kh2 Na4 15. Nxa4 Rxa4 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qc2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ng5 Nxd5 20. Ne6 Rf5 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. f4 Rd4 23. a3 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Re2 Rh5 26. h4 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Rae1 Qg4 29. Qb3 Kh6 30. Rg2 c4 31. Qb4 1/2-1/2


EnglishA33

Peavy F. (1971)
Lebovitz A. (2061)

US Am West 2010 (3.3)
2010


1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nc2 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. Nb5 e5 9. g3 a6 10. Nba3 e4 11. Nb1 e3 12. Bxf6 exf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qxf6+ 14. Ke1 Bc5 15. Nca3 d3 16. Qxd3 Qf2+ 17. Kd1 Bf5 18. Qf3 O-O-O+ 19. Nd2 Rxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rd8+ 21. Kc3 Qd4+ 22. Kb3 Na5+ 23. Ka4 Bd7+ 24. Kxa5 Bb6+ 25. Kb4 Qxb2+ 26. Qb3 a5# 0-1


EnglishA10

Douthat J. (1970)
Lebovitz L. (1656)

US Am West 2010 (3.7)
2010


1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 Qe8 10. Qd2 d6 11. Bxf6 Rxf6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Rhg1 e5 14. Ne1 Nc5 15. Kb1 a5 16. Nc2 f4 17. Bf3 fxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qh5 20. Rg4 Raf8 21. Rdg1 g6 22. Ne1 Ne6 23. Qe4 Nd4 24. R1g3 Kg7 25. h4 Rf4 26. Qb7 R8f7 27. Rg5 Qxh4 28. Ka2 Qh6 29. Qc8 Nf5 30. Rg1 Qh2 31. R5g2 Qh4 32. Qe6 Qf6 33. Qe8 Nd4

Black won on time.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

Caro-KannB13

DeSa J. (1580)
Wright J. (1810)

US Am West 2010 (3.15)
2010


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb5 Qd6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Qd1 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O g6 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. Bf4 Qf6 15. g3 O-O 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Be5 Qe6 19. Qd1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bc6 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Qe2 Rd4 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. f4 h5 25. h3 Qf5 26. Qf1 Kg7 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Ne2 Rd2 29. a3 Qc2 30. f5 Bb5 31. f6+ exf6 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kh7 35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2


Blackmar-DiemerD00

Motta P. (1909)
Eng R. (2089)

US Am West 2010 (3.4)
2010


1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O h6 9. Bd2 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rae1 O-O 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Qxe6 Nf8 15. Qb3 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Bc4 Qxb3 18. axb3 Ng6 19. Bc1 Rd8 20. Be6 Rd6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nb5 Rd7 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Be4 25. c3 Bc2 26. Re1 a6 27. Nc7 Bxb3 28. Nxa6 Bd6 0-1


DutchA89

Collins E. (1690)
Lafornara J. (1842)

US Am West 2010 (3.12)
2010


1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 a5 9. O-O Bd7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. f3 g5 14. c5 Qe8 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. c6 bxc6 17. dxc6+ Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4+ e6 20. Na4 Rd8 21. b3 Ne8 22. Nc5 Rd6 23. Nb7 Rd4 24. Qc2 Nd6 25. Bb2 Nxb7 26. cxb7 Qxb7 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Qc4 Qb6 29. Rad1 Bf8 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. a4 Bb4 1/2-1/2


Queen's Bishop GameD02

Katzel D. (1762)
Wang X. (2532)

US Am West 2010 (3.17)
2010


1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Rac1 Nh5 11. c5 Nxf4 12. exf4 h6 13. b4 b6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 bxc5 16. bxc5 f6 17. f4 Rb8 18. Nb3 fxe5 19. fxe5 Qe8 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Qa6 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Na5 Be7 24. Rb1 Bg5 25. Kf2 Bd2 26. Nb3 Bg5 27. g3 Kf7 28. h4 Bd8 29. Nd2 Kg6 30. Rb7 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Bxc7 32. Kf3 Ba5 33. Nb3 Bb4 34. g4 h5 35. Kg3 hxg4 36. Kxg4 Kh6 37. Nc1 Bc3 38. Ne2 Bb2 39. Kf3 g5 40. hxg5+ Kxg5 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Kd3 Kg4 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Ng3+ Kg4 45. Ne2 Kf5 46. Kd3 Kg4 47. Ke3 Kf5 1/2-1/2


Two Knights DefenseC57

Li E. (1546)
Kurfman D. (1665)

US Am West 2010 (3.22)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1 Nxd5 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. cxd4 e4 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Nxb5 c6 12. Nc3 Qxd4 13. Be2 Bd6 14. O-O Rd8 15. h3 Qe5 16. Bc4+ Kf8 17. f4 exf3 18. Qxf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Re8 20. d4 c5 21. Be3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rb8 23. b3 Bb7 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rbc8 26. Rfc1 Bg3+ 27. Kf1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qh1+ 29. Bg1 Bh2 30. Kf2 Be5 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Re1 Bh4+ 35. g3 Rf8+ 0-1


SicilianB74

McGahee B. (1545)
Boteo T. (1765)

US Am West 2010 (3.16)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 a6 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Bf3 Ne5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bg4 15. c3 Qc4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qd1 Be5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 Rf4 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. Rbd1 Rc8 25. g3 Rf5 26. Rd2 Rc4 27. Kg2 Rd5 28. Re4 b5 29. b3 Rc1 30. Re3 Ra1 31. b4 e5 32. Red3 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Rxd4 Rxa3 35. Rxd6 Ra4 36. Kf3 Rxb4 37. Rxa6 Rb1= 38. Rb6 b4 39. Ke2 b3 40. Kd3 Rb2 41. Kc3 Rxf2 42. Rxb3 Rf3+ 43. Kc4 Rxb3 44. Kxb3 Ke6 45. Kc3 Kf5 46. Kd3 h5 47. Ke3 g5 48. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]


Sicilian-Alekhine-AlapinB22

Orlowski J. (1994)
Kruml J. (2170)

US Am West 2010 (3.2)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Bd2 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qg4 Ba6 11. Be4 Qc4 12. Nh3 Nc6 13. Nf4 Nxe5 14. Qg5 f6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh4 O-O-O 17. Qxf6 Bd6 18. Kd1 Ng4 19. Qh4 Bxf4 20. Qxg4 Bxd2 21. Kxd2 Rhf8 22. Bf3 Qd3+ 0-1


Nimzo-IndianE32

Gengler K. (1325)
Thompson B. (1840)

US Am West 2010 (3.19)
2010


1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Re8 10. h3 c6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. g4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. dxe5 Bxe4 16. Bd3 Bxf3 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rac8 21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. Kb1

The score is inaccurate at this point, Black went on to win.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

EnglishA12

Nguyen K. (1602)
Crenshaw R. (1547)

US Am West 2010 (3.23)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bf5 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. bxc4 Qc8 10. d4 Bh3 11. e4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 e6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qf3 Nb6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ba3 Nfd7 18. Qe2 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bf8 20. Bc1 c5 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Nd6 cxd4 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qf2+ Kg8 26. Rxd4 Bg7 27. Bg5 Rf8 28. Bf6 Rf7 29. g4 g5 30. Qd2 Bxf6 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Qxg5+ Kf7 33. c5 Rg8 34. Qh5+ Rfg6 35. cxb6 Ke7 36. h3 axb6 37. Qxh7+ R8g7 38. Qh4+ Rg5 39. Rb4 Kd6 40. Rxb6+ Kc5 41. Qf2+ Kc4 42. Qc2+ 1-0


BenoniA68

Wang K. (1476)
Booher J. (1730)

US Am West 2010 (3.18)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qc2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. O-O fxe4 14. Nd2 Na6 15. h3 Nb4 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Ncxe4 Bf5 18. Ng3 Rxe3 19. Qd1 Rxg3 20. Kh2 Re3 21. Nc4 Re8 22. a3 Nc2 23. Rc1 b5 24. Rxc2 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Bd4 27. b4 Qe7 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. a4 Qe2 0-1


Queen's PawnD00

Ostapuk S. (1594)
Wang K. (1833)

US Am West 2010 (3.13)
2010


1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bd6 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. Nd2 f6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc4+ Re6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Kg8 19. Nxd8+ 1-0


EnglishA13

Wright J. (1610)
Katzel D. (1762)

US Am West 2010 (2.12)
2010


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 cxd4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Ne4 15. Qd3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bb4 17. Rcc1 a5 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bb6 Rdc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxd5 Be7

The game score is illegible at this point. That game was later agreed drawn.

1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]

Reti AcceptedA09

Caid J. (1552)
Green Sr. J. (1163)

US Am West 2010 (3.41)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. b3 Ne4 7. Bb2 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Qg5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. a3 Bd6 13. e4 f6 14. b4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Rfe1 Qe8 17. e5 fxe5 18. Ng5 g6 19. Nf3 a6 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 b5 22. Bb3 Bb7 23. Rad1 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 Qe8 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Qd2 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Kg7 29. f4 Kf8 30. g3 Ke7

Score incorrect at this point, White went on to win.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

QGDD45

Belche D. (1321)
Broyles J. (1500)

US Am West 2010 (3.36)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Rc1 Qb7 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. g5 Nxe4 19. Qe1 Rfe8 20. Nh4 Nxc3 21. Nxg6 Ncd5 22. Nh4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. Nf3 c5 26. h4 Qd7 27. Kh2 Re2 28. Rc2 Rde8 29. Rg1 R8e3 30. Qxe3 fxe3+ 31. Kg2 Rxf2+ 32. Rxf2 exf2 33. Kxf2 Qb5 34. Nd2 Bf4 35. Re1 Kf8 36. Bd1 Bxd2 37. Re5 Qxb2 38. Re2 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 Qd3 40. h5 c4 41. g6 hxg6 42. Bc2 Qxc2 43. hxg6 Qf5+ 44. Rf2 Qxg6 45. Ke2 c3 46. Kd1 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Qe1+ 48. Kf3 c2 0-1


RetiA07

Boyles J. (1500)
Cancio Z. (1194)

US Am West 2010 (2.39)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. a3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. c4 Bg4 10. c5 Be7 11. b4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qc2 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Ne4 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. f3 Bf5 18. fxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rae1 Qe7 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qf2 b6 24. Qf3 bxc5 25. bxc5 Rb8 26. Nd4 Qe5 27. Nc6 1-0


QGDD11

McManus T. (1375)
Mathine T. (1541)

US Am West 2010 (3.30)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 a5 7. e3 Qd5 8. Ned2 Ba6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Ngf6 12. O-O e6 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Rfd1 Qe4 18. Bxf6 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Nxf6 20. Rdc1 Ne4 21. Ncd2 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Be7 23. Rc7 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Red8 26. Rb7 Rab8 27. Rcc7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Ra8 29. Kd3 h6 30. Nc4 Rd8+ 31. Kc2 Rd5 32. Rb5

Score incorrect - White went on to win in a couple more moves.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

Dutch (with c4 & Nc3)A85

Semmens J. (1590)
Sauer M. (1433)

US Am West 2010 (3.29)
2010


1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 Qe8 8. Nb5 Na6 9. O-O c6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Rac1 Kh8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. dxc5 g5 17. Be5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Qc3 Rf6 22. a3 Bd5 23. h3 h5 24. b4 Qe6 25. Nc4 Raf8 26. Rd2 Kg8 27. Na5 Qf7 28. Rcc2 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Qe5 Qg7 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Qxd5+ e6 33. Qxe4 g3 34. f3 Qh6 35. Qg4+ Rg6 36. Qh3 Qxh3 37. gxh3 Rxf3 38. Kg2 Rf7 39. Nc6 Rc7 40. Ne5 Rg5 41. Nf3 Rd5 42. Kxg3 Rd3 43. Kf4 Rxa3 44. Nd4 e5+ 45. Kxe5 Rxe3+ 46. Kd6 Ree7 47. c6 Kf7 48. Rf2+ Ke8 49. Ne6 Rxe6+ 50. Kxe6 Rxc6+ 51. Kd5 Rh6 52. Rf3 Rh4 53. Kc5 Rh5+ 54. Kc6 Rb5 55. Rf4 Rb6+ 56. Kc7 Ke7 57. h4 Ke6 58. h5 Ke5 59. Rh4 Kf5 60. h6 Kg5 1-0 [Farmer S.]


Queen's PawnA47

Tan R. (1500)
Marstein D. (1356)

US Am West 2010 (3.25)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 a6 5. Nc3 b6 6. a4 Bb7 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. e4 g6 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Bf1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bd3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f6 21. Bh4 Re7 22. Ne2 Rae8 23. Rac1

Score is inaccurate at this point, White went on to win.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

KGDC31

Lebovitz L. (1656)
Orlowski J. (1994)

2010 US Am West (4.4)
2010


1. f4 e5 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bd6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Qe1 c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Be3 Ne7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nd2 b5 15. c4 Nf5 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. Qxg3 Bb4 18. Rfd1 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 bxc4 20. Rc2 Be6 21. Rac1 Qa5 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qxa2 24. Qf2 Nd5 25. b4 Qb3 26. Bd2 a5 27. bxa5 e3 28. Qf3 Qb8 29. Be1 Nxf4 30. Bg3 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]


EnglishA39

Wright J. (1810)
Schucker T. (1662)

2010 US Am West (4.15)
2010


1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. e3 d6 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Bd5 Qe7 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rd4 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rc5 22. Rcd1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. b4 Rc2 25. Rxb5 Rxa2 26. Qd5 Ra7 27. Rb6 Rad7 28. b5 Kg7 29. Rc6 Qe5 30. b6 Qb2 31. Qa5 d5 32. Rc7 1/2-1/2


QP Counter-GambitC40

Booher J. (1730)
Motta P. (1909)

2010 US Am West (4.7)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Bd6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 Nb6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. g4 Bb4 11. a3 Nxd5 12. Kd2 f6 13. Qe4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nf4 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Qe3 Qd5 17. f3 Ra4 18. Ng2 Rfa8 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qf2 Bd7 22. Bg2 Qd6 23. Rhe1 c5 24. Re2 Rxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Kf7 26. Qd1 Ra8 27. Kc1 b5 28. c4 b4 29. Kb2 Qd4+ 30. Kb1 Qc3 31. Ra2 bxa3 32. Kc1 Ra6 33. Qd2 Qd4 34. c3 Qg1+ 35. Qd1 Qe3+ 36. Qd2 Qg1+ 37. Qd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kxd1 Ba4+ 39. Kd2 Bb3 40. Ra1 a2 41. Bf1 Rd6 42. Kc1 Rb6 43. d4 cxd4 44. cxd4 Rb4 45. Kb2 Bd1+ 46. Kxa2 Ra4+ 47. Kb2 Rxa1 48. Kxa1 Bxf3 49. Kb2 g5 50. Kc2 Be4+ 51. Kd2 f5 52. gxf5 Kf6 53. Ke2 Kxf5 54. Kf2 h5 55. Be2 g4 56. hxg4+ hxg4 57. d5 g3+ 58. Kg1 f3 59. Bd1 Ke5 60. Bb3 f2+ 0-1


RetiA08

Crenshaw R. (1547)
Kestler E. (1542)

2010 US Am West (4.24)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. c4 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e4 d4 10. a3 O-O 11. Qe1 a5 12. Qd1 Be7 13. Ne1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Ne4 Bh3 17. Qb3 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 a4 19. Qd1 Bd6 20. Nh4 Be7 21. Ng6 Rf5 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qc2 g5 24. Qe2 Raf8 25. Qh5 Kh7 26. Rae1 b6 27. Qd1 Ra8 28. g4 Rf4 29. Ng3 Qe6 30. Nf5 h5 31. h3 h4 32. Re2 Ne7 33. Nxe7 Qxe7 34. Qe1 Re8 35. f3 Qf6 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. Re4 Re7 38. Qe2 Qd6 39. Re1 Kf6 40. Rxf4+ exf4 41. Qxe7+ Qxe7 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. Kd2 b5 46. cxb5+ Kxb5 47. Kc2 c4 48. Kd2 cxd3 49. Kxd3 Kc5 50. Ke4 Kc4 51. Kf5 d3 52. Kxg5 d2 53. Kxf4 d1=Q 54. g5 Qd5 55. Kg4 Kd4 56. f4 Ke4 57. g6 Qf5+ 58. Kxh4 Qxf4+ 59. Kh5 Qf8 60. Kg5 Qg7 61. h4 Ke5 62. h5 Ke6 63. Kg4 Kf6 64. Kf4 Qh6+ 0-1


RetiA05

Kruml J. (2170)
Lebovitz A. (2061)

2010 US Am West (4.1)
2010


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. b5 Bf6 15. a4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. a5 Rfd8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Ra6 Nd7 21. d3 Ra8 22. Rfa1 Bb7 23. Ra7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 g5 26. Rb7 Kf8 27. Kg2 Ke8 28. Kg3 Rb8 29. Ra7 Nf6 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Nd5+ 32. Ke5 Nc3 33. Bh5 Nxb5 34. Rxf7 Kd8 35. Rxh7 1-0


Two Knights DefenseC55

Eng R. (2089)
Hu B. (2180)

2010 US Am West (4.2)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nxe7 Nxe7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Bg3 d4 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 f5 19. Ree1 Rab8 20. Be5 f4 21. Qe2 Qd5 22. Bxc7 Rbc8 23. c4 dxc3 24. Rad1 Qc6 25. Ba5 f3 26. Qc2 Nf4 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Bxc3 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 Qa6+ 30. Qb5 Qxb5+ 31. Rd3 Qxd3+ 32. Re2 0-1


BenoniA70

Fenger P. (1891)
Hernandez J. (1632)

2010 US Am West (4.8)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne8 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Ne3 a6 15. a4 Rc8 16. Bg3 Kh8 17. f4 Nd7 18. a5 Bd4 19. Kh1 f5 20. Nc2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Nef6 23. Qd3 Nh5 24. f5 Nxg3+ 25. Qxg3 Qf6 26. Ne3 Ne5 27. fxg6 Qxg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Rab1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Kg7 31. h3 Rc7 32. Re1 Rf7 33. Rb1 Kf8 34. Rb6 Rd7 35. Kh2 Ke8 36. Kg3 Kd8 37. Kf4 Rf7+ 38. Kg5 Kc7 39. Rb2 b5 40. axb6+ Kb7 41. Ng4 Rf5+ 42. Kh6 Rh5+ 43. Kg7 Nxg4 44. hxg4 Rxd5 45. Kxg6 Rd3 46. Rc2 Kxb6 47. g5 a5 48. Kh7 a4 49. g6 d5 50. g7 Rg3 51. g8=Q Rxg8 52. Kxg8 Kb5 53. Kf7 Kc4 54. Ke6 Kb3 55. Rf2 d4 56. cxd4 cxd4 57. Kd5 Kc3 1-0


FrenchC01

Wong K. (1833)
McGahee B. (1545)

2010 US Am West (4.18)
2010


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Be6 6. c5 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh7 Nxh7 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Nf6 16. Re1 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qh3 Kh7 20. Qd3+ g6 21. Bxh6 Bd6 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. g3 Qh6 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Re2 Rh8 26. Qg2 Ng4 27. f3 Ne3 28. Qf2 Nf5 29. f4 Nxg3 30. Qxg3 Bxf4 31. Qg2 Be3+ 32. Rf2 Qh4 33. Raf1 Rh5 34. Kh1 Rg5 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 36. Qf3 Bxd4 37. Rf4 Qxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Rh5+ 39. Kg2 Rg5+ 40. Kh3 Rh5+ 41. Rh4 Rxh4+ 42. Kxh4 g5+ 43. Kg4 b5 44. Qf8+ Bg7 45. Rf6+ Kh7 46. Rf7 1-0


King's IndianE94

Gengler K. (1325)
Reed M. (1699)

2010 US Am West (4.19)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5 a5 9. a4 Nc5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Be3 Na6 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Rab1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. h3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Nc5 17. g4 Bd7

The score to this game is incorrect - Black went on to win.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

Sicilian DefenseB44

Chen D. (1671)
Wang D. (1476)

2010 US Am West (4.21)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. f3 Bb4 8. c3 Be7 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Nd7 11. Bh3 Nde5 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Nf5 O-O 16. O-O-O Rfe8 17. Qg2 Nf4 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. fxg4 d4 22. cxd4 Nxd4+ 23. Kb1 g6 24. h4 Re2 25. Rhe1 Rce8 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 Ne6 29. h6 Kf8 30. Nf3 Re3 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Re5 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rh8 Rxg5 35. Rxh7 Rh5 36. Kc2 Kf6 37. Kc3 Kg6 38. Rg7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2


RetiA06

Nguyen V. (1863)
Ostapuk S. (1594)

2010 US Am West (4.9)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. c4 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Ng4 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Ngf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxb7 Re7 19. Qb4 Rb8 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Rac1 h5 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Qe3 Qa5 25. a4 h4 26. h3 Re8 27. Qd2 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qd5 29. Qe3 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qd6+ 31. Qe5 Qb6 32. Qd4 Qc7+ 33. Qe5 Qb6 34. Nxh4 Qxb3 35. Qd4 Qb8+ 36. g3 a5 37. Nf5 Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg6 1-0


King's IndianE94

Thompson B. (1840)
Collins E. (1690)

2010 US Am West (4.13)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. d5 a6 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. f3 f5 14. Nd3 f4 15. Rc1 Nf7 16. b4 g5 17. Bf2 h5 18. c5 Nf6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Na4 b5 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Nb2 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. a4 Rb8 27. Nd3 Qc4 28. Qb1 bxa4 29. Rc1 Qb3 30. Qa1 Nxd5 31. exd5 e4 32. Bd4 Bxd4+ 33. Qxd4 exd3 34. Bxd3 Ne5 35. Qa7 Qxb4 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+ Nd7 39. Qg7+ 1-0


SicilianB80

Pennock S. (1688)
Douthat J. (1970)

2010 US Am West (4.10)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Nd7 11. f4 b5 12. g5 Nb6 13. b3 Rg8 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. f5 Rd8 18. Ne2

Score inaccurate, White won in another 11 moves.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

Trompovsky AttackD00

LaFornara J. (1842)
Katzel D. (1762)

2010 US Am West (4.12)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O f5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. e4 Bxg3 16. fxg3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb4 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 f5 21. Bd3 Kf7 22. Kf2 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. Bc2 Ke7 26. Bb3 b5 27. Ke3 Be6 28. Bxe6 Kxe6 29. a5 Kd5 30. Kd3 g5 31. a6 c5 32. h3 cxd4 33. cxd4 b4 34. g4 f4 35. Kc2 Kxd4 36. Kb3 Kc5 37. Kb2 Kb5 38. Kb3 Kxa6 39. Kxb4 Kb6 40. Ka4 Kc5 0-1


Trompovsky AttackD00

Boteo T. (1765)
DeSa J. (1580)

2010 US Am West (4.17)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 c5 10. c3 e6 11. g4 Re8 12. h4 Qb6 13. Rb1 h5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. Rg1 Kh7 17. Qxh5+ Kg8 18. Qg4 Kf8 19. h5 Ke7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bxg6

Score incomplete, White went on to win at move 50.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

GruenfeldD94

McManus T. (1375)
Ward K. (1440)

2010 US Am West (4.28)
2010


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 Bf5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qc4 Nd7 14. Rab1 Nb6 15. Qb3 exd4 16. cxd4 Rb8 17. Bc5 Nc8 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. a5 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Bf8 22. Ne5 Qd5 23. Qa7 Qxa5 24. Rxb7 Ra8 25. Qb6 Qxb6 26. Rxb6 c5 27. Nc6 cxd4 28. Nxd4 a5 29. g3 a4 30. Rb7 Bd6 31. Rc2 a3 32. Ra2 Reb8 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. Nxb3 Rb8 35. Nd4 Rb2 36. Ra1 Rb6 37. Kg2 Ra6 38. Nb5 Be7 39. Kf3 a2 40. Ke2 Ra5 41. Nc3 Bf6 42. Kd3 Ra3 43. Rxa2 Rxc3+ 44. Ke4 Kg7 45. h4 Rc5 46. f4 Rc1 47. Rf2 Rg1 48. Kf3 Bc3 49. Rg2 Rxg2 50. Kxg2 h5 51. Kf3 Be1 52. e4 Kf6 53. Kg2 Ke6 54. Kh3 Bd2 55. Kg2 Kd6

The game was agreed drawn here.

1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]

SicilianB83

Angeli P. (1399)
Caid J. (1552)

2010 US Am West (4.34)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 e6 8. O-O-O d5 9. Ndb5 a6 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 axb5 12. Qe4+ Qe7 13. Nxb5 Qxe4 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nxe4 Kf8 16. Bc5+ Nge7 17. Bb5 Be6 18. Nd6

The score is inaccurate at this point. Black went on to win.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

SicilianB40

Todd B. (1370)
Aradhyula S. (1459)

2010 US Am West (4.38)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd3 Qd8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rd2 Rd8 15. Nb5 Qb7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. e5 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nb7 21. R6d2 a6 22. Ne1 Ra7 23. f4 Kf8 24. Bf3 Ke7 25. c3 Na5 26. b4 Nc4 27. Ra2 Bb7 28. Be2 Bd5 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. Rad2 b5 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Nc2 Bb3 33. R1d2 Bxc2 34. Rxc2 Rc6 35. Rd3 a5

Score inaccurate. A draw was agreed at move 55.

1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]

Alekhine's DefenseB05

Ward M. (1461)
Shevelev D. (1292)

2010 US Am West (4.32)
2010


1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Qe2 Nb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. Nc3 d5 12. O-O e6 13. Nd1 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne3 O-O 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. a3 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Be4 22. Qb5 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nxd4 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qe4 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxb2 27. Qc3 Rb7 28. Qc6 Rfb8 29. Rd7 Qxa3 30. Rc3 Qa5 31. Rf3 Qb6 32. Rfxf7 Qxc6 33. Rxg7+ 1/2-1/2


Neo-GruenfeldD77

Broyles J. (1500)
Mayer-Kleist C. (1357)

2010 US Am West (4.30)
2010


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 e6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. Qd3 c5 10. e3 cxd4 11. exd4 a6 12. Rfe1 Nb6 13. b3 Re8 14. a4 Nh5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. a5 Nc8 19. b4 Nd6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. f3 Rac8 22. Qd3 Qc6 23. Rb3 Qc4 24. Re2 Qxd3 25. cxd3 Nf5 26. Ra2 Nxd4 27. Rba3 Rxc3? 28. Rxc3 Nd7 29. Rc7 Ne5 30. Be3 Nexf3+ 31. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxh2 33. Rxb7 Ng4+ 34. Ke2 Be5 35. Bf4 Bc3 36. b5 axb5 37. a6 Ra8 38. a7 Ne5 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rxa8 Nc6 41. Rc8 Nxa7 42. Rxc3 d4 43. Rc7 e5 44. Bxe5+ 1-0 [Farmer S.]


Nimzo-IndianE21

Semmens J. (1590)
Kuhnel M. (1381)

2010 US Am West (4.26)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. Bg5 a5 13. d5 c6 14. Nh4 h6 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Qf3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Bxh6 g6 20. Nf5 Nxd3 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qxd3 Red8 23. Qg3 Qe6 24. Re3 Rac8 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. Qh4 f5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Rh3 Kf7 29. Qa4 Bc6 30. Qb3+ d5 31. Rf3 1-0


SicilianB78

Smith J. (1226)
Mathews N. (1486)

2010 US Am West (4.40)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Bc4 Bd7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. g4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h4 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. f4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rhg1 Bg6 21. Rg5 Qa6 22. Nf5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Kf8 24. Nxd6 exd6 25. Qxd6+ Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxc3 27. Bd4 Rxc2 28. Ka1 Re2 29. Rg1 Rcc2 30. Rf1 Rxa2# 0-1


SicilianB51

Vogel R. (1342)
Murphy J. (1072)

2010 US Am West (4.46)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. O-O d5 11. Nc3 d4 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf4 Qd6 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rf4 g5 18. Rf5 Qd6 19. e5 Qb4 20. Rxg5+ Kh8 21. exf6 Rg8 22. Rh5 Rg6 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. Nxg6+ fxg6 25. Rh4 Rd8 26. Qxg6 Rd7 27. Qe8+ 1-0


EnglishA22

Marstein D. (1356)
Lei H. (1482)

2010 US Am West (4.31)
2010


1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 d5 5. cxd5 Bf5 6. Qc2 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Qxc7 Bd6 9. Qc3 O-O 10. g3 e3 11. f3 exd2+ 12. Bxd2 h6 13. Nh3 Qe6 14. g4 Bh7 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Rg1 Nc6 17. a3 Rad8 18. g5 h5 19. Bd2 Nd4 20. Rc1 Nb3 21. Nf4 Qb6 22. Nxh5 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. gxf6 Nc2+ 26. Rxc2 Bxc2 27. fxg7 Rfe8 28. e4 f5 29. Bc4+ 1-0


KGAC34

Tan R. (1391)
Green J. (1475)

2010 US Am West (4.27)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bxf4 h6 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qxh6 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 1-0


Caro-KannB19

Eng R. (2089)
Lebovitz L. (1656)

2010 US Am West (5.5)
2010


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. O-O-O Ngf6 12. Ne5 Be7 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qa5 16. Qb3 b6 17. c4 Rc8 18. Rhe1 g6 19. Kb1 Kd8 20. f3 Re8 21. Qe3 Ng8 22. Rd3 Qa6 23. c5 Ndf6 24. Ra3 Qb7 25. Qg5 Kd7 26. Ne4 Nd5 27. Qg3 b5 28. Be5 b4 29. Nd6 Qa8 30. Rb3 a5 31. Nxc8 Qxc8 32. a4 Qa6 33. Qf2 Nge7 34. g4 Rg8 35. Qe2 Qc8 36. Bd6 Rh8 37. Rh1 Qa8 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Qe5 Qd8 40. Rd3 Rh7 41. Rdd1 Qc8 42. g5 Qb7 43. Rhe1 Nc3+ 44. Ka1 Nxa4 45. Qd6+ Ke8 46. d5 Qd7 47. Qxd7+ Kxd7 48. dxe6+ 1-0


Czech BenoniA56

Hu B. (2180)
Kruml J. (2170)

2010 US Am West (5.1)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 a6 8. O-O O-O 9. g3 Ne8 10. Kh1 Rb8 11. a4 b6 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 g6 14. Ng3 Ng7 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Qf3 Bf8 17. Rae1 Rb7 18. Qf2 Nf6 19. e5 Ng4 20. Qe2 Qh4 21. Nce4 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Qg2 h6 24. Bc3 Re8 25. Rf4 f5 26. Nf6+ Qxf6 27. Rxe8 Qd6 28. Rxg4 Nxe8 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 Ng7 31. Rxg6 Qf4 32. Be6+ Kh7 33. Rf6 Nxe6 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rxf8# 1-0


SicilianB22

Shevelev M. (1687)
Gengler K. (1325)

2010 US Am West (5.20)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Na3 e6 8. Nc2 Qd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4

The scoresheet is illegible at this point. White went on to win around move 53.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

Queen's Pawn GameD04

Collins E. (1690)
Bommireddy S. (1481)

2010 US Am West (5.18)
2010


1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Qe2 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. Ne5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nfd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Qd7 13. e4 c5 14. Nf3 c4 15. Qe2 e6 16. h3 a4 17. Nh2 Qc6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ng4 Nd7 20. Bh6 f5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne3 Rae8 23. Qf3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Rd4 Qe6 27. Nxc4 Re4 28. Nd2 Re2 29. c4 Re5 30. Nb1 b5 31. cxb5 Qb6 32. Qf2 Qxb5 33. Nc3 Qb7 34. Nxa4 Rde8 35. Nc3 Rb8 36. b3 Rc8 37. Qd2 Qb6 38. Kh1 Qc7 39. Nxd5 Qc6 40. Ne3 Rce8 41. Rc1 Qa8 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Rcc7 Rxe3 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rxh7+ Kg8 46. Rcg7+ Kf8 47. Qd6+ R3e7 48. Qf6+ Rf7 49. Qxf7#

Well, that's an entertaining mate!

1-0 [Farmer S.]

RetiA06

Nguyen K. (1602)
Wright J. (1810)

2010 US Am West (5.13)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. f4 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bb2 Qh4+ 15. Ke2 d4 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Qg1 Be4 18. Qg3 Bxf3+ 19. Qxf3 e5 20. f5 e4 21. Qf4 Rfe8 22. g5 exd3+ 23. cxd3 Qd8 24. e4 Ne5 25. h4 Rb8 26. h5 c4 27. Rad1 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 cxd3+ 29. Kxd3 c5 30. g6 fxg6 31. fxg6 h6 32. Qc1 Qd6 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Qc1 c4+ 35. Kd2 cxb3 36. Kd1 Rbc8 37. Qd2 Rc2 38. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 39. Bxd4 Rd8 40. axb3 Rg2 41. Rh3 Kg8 42. Rh4 Rxd4+ 43. Kc1 Re2 44. Rh3 Rdxe4 45. Rd3 Kf8 46. Rd7 Rg2 47. Rd1 Ree2 48. Kb1 Rb2+ 49. Ka1 Ra2+ 50. Kb1 Rgb2+ 51. Kc1 Ra1+ 52. Kxb2 Rxd1 0-1


Lagenheinicke DefenseD00

Motta P. (1909)
Nguyen V. (1863)

2010 US Am West (5.3)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 e3 5. Bxe3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O c6 9. Nge2 Nd5 10. Bh6 Be6 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 Nf6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qh6+ Kf7 17. Ne4 Rh8 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Nge6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Kf7 22. Nxd8+ Raxd8 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. g4 Kg7 25. Qe5 Kf7 26. c4 Rhd8 27. f4 Kg8 28. g5 Nh5 29. f5 Ng7 30. f6 exf6 31. gxf6 Re8 32. Qf4 Nf5 33. Rhe1 Rf8 34. d5 Rxf6 35. dxc6 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxc6 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qxb7+ 1-0


Dutch (with c4 & Nc3)A85

Wang D. (1476)
LaFornara J. (1842)

2010 US Am West (5.17)
2010


1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. e4 fxe4 7. fxe4 d6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c6 11. Qd2 e5 12. d5 c5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Rdg1 Nh5 15. Bh6 Nf4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h4 h6 18. Kb1 Nd7 19. Bf1 a6 20. Bh3 Nb6 21. Qc2 Nxc4 22. Bf5 Rf6 23. Ne2 Ne3 24. Qb3 Qb5 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Qc3 Nxf5 27. exf5 Kf7 28. Rxg6 Rxg6 29. fxg6+ Kg8 30. Qf6 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 Qxd5 32. Qxf4 Kg7 33. Qg4 Qc6 34. a3 Rg8 35. Rg1 Re8 36. f4 d5 37. f5 Qf6 38. Qf3 Re5 39. Rf1 Qxh4 40. f6+ Kf8 41. f7 Qg5 42. Qc3 b6 43. Qd3 b5 1/2-1/2


Catalan OpeningE00

Thakur A. (1997)
Boteo T. (1765)

2010 US Am West (5.6)
2010


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bd6 5. c5 Be7 6. b4 c6 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. h3 Ngf6 11. g4 a5 12. b5 cxb5 13. e3 Ne8 14. Nxb5 f5 15. Bd2 Ndf6 16. g5 Ne4 17. h4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. f3 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 N8d6 21. Bd7 Rc7 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7 b6 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. Qe8+ Qxe8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. cxb6

The score is inaccurate at this point, but White went on to win in just a few more moves.

1-0

King's IndianA48

Ostapuk S. (1594)
Boother J. (1730)

2010 US Am West (5.15)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. Nc4 c5 9. c3 b5 10. Ncd2 a6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Nb3 c4 14. Nbd2 Nd5 15. Bg3 N5b6 16. e4 d5 17. e5 e6 18. Bh4 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. h4 Rf8 22. Nf1 Rce8 23. Ne3 h5 24. Rf1 e5 25. Ng5 exd4 26. cxd4 Na4 27. Qc2 Qg7 28. Bf3 Nf6 29. b3 Nb6 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Rab1 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qxc4+ Kh8 35. d5 Qd7 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Rb6 Re7 38. Rxg6+ Rg7 39. Rxg7+ Qxg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Ne6+ 1-0


Pirc DefenseB07

Meador M. (1520)
Crenshaw R. (1574)

2010 US Am West (5.22)
2010


1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 b5 8. a3 a5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxb5 Qc7 16. Qd4 e6 17. c4 Rfd8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. c5 Qb5 20. Nd2 Rdc8 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Kd1 Qe2+ 23. Kc2 Bd3+ 24. Kc3 Ba6 25. Rhe1 Rxc5+ 26. Kb3 Qb5+ 27. Ka2 Rac8 28. Nb3 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 Qc4+ 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Nb3 a4 32. Na1 Rd4 33. b4 Rd2+ 34. Kb1 Bd3+ 35. Nc2 Rxc2 36. Rd1 Rc3+ 37. Kb2 Rb3+ 38. Ka2 Bc4 39. Rc1 Rxb4+ 40. Rxc4 Rxc4 0-1


Scandinavian DefenseB01

Orlowski J. (1994)
Cotter S. (1822)

2010 US Am West (5.7)
2010


1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. c3 c6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Re2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 h6 15. Bc1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rad8 17. Qc2 Rd7 1/2-1/2


Ruy LopezC89

Kestler E. (1542)
Kurfman D. (1665)

2010 US Am West (5.21)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. g3 Qf6 15. Nd2?? Qxf2+ 0-1 [Farmer S.]


FrenchC16

Ward M. (1461)
Matine T. (1541)

2010 US Am West (5.31)
2010


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 c5 6. Nb5 O-O 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. Nd6 Nbc6 9. f4 Ng6 10. g3 a6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. h4 f6 14. h5 Nge7 15. h6 g6 16. Be2 fxe5 17. dxe5 Nc8 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. O-O-O Na5 20. b3 Rc3 21. Rhf1 Rfc8 22. Ne1 Qd8 23. Bd3 Qe7 24. Rf3 Nc6

Score inaccurate, a draw was agreed at move 44.

1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]

Queen's Bishop GameD02

Mathews N. (1486)
Pensky A. (1320)

2010 US Am West (5.34)
2010


1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 h6 5. h3 e6 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qd1 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd8 12. O-O Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. c5 Nbd7 15. b4 Rfe8 16. b5 e5 17. Qc2 e4 18. Nd2 Nf8 19. Rab1 Ne6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qa4 Ng5 22. Nb3 Qc8 23. Na5 Nf3+ 24. gxf3 Qxh3 25. Ne2 exf3 26. Nf4 Qg4+ 27. Kh2 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Ng4 0-1


QGDD11

Tan R. (1500)
Semmens J. (1590)

2010 US Am West (5.25)
2010


1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Be2 Nb6 13. a4 Ne4 14. a5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. O-O Rb8 17. c4 Nf6 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 Qd8 20. g4 Be4 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nb4 23. Qb3 c5 24. dxc5 Qxd2 25. Rfd1 Qe2 26. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 27. Kg2 Rbc8 28. Re1 Bxc5 29. Rxe3 Bxb4 30. Rb1 Bxa5 31. Rxb7 Bd2 32. Re4 a5 33. Nc4 Bb4 34. Kf3 g6 35. Rb5 Rb8 36. Rd5 a4 37. Ne5 a3 38. Re2 Bc3 39. Nc4 Bb2 40. Rd1 Rfc8 41. Nxb2 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 axb2 43. Rb1 Rc2 44. h3 Kf8 45. Ke4 Ke7 46. Kd3 Rh2 1/2-1/2


Queen's Pawn GameD02

Ward K. (1440)
Harris J. (1418)

2010 US Am West (5.28)
2010


1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. e4 Bf4 9. e5 Bxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Ne4 11. O-O g5 12. Be3 g4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 h5 15. Bg5 Ne7 16. Bf6 Rh7 17. Qg5 Kd7 18. Bd1 Qf8 19. Ba4+ Nc6 20. Bc2 Qh6 21. Qg8 b6 22. Bxh7 Kc7 23. Qxf7+ Bd7 24. Bc2 Qd2 25. Qg6 b5 26. Bg5 Ne7 27. Bxe7 Qf4 28. Bd6+ Kb7 29. a4 Rh8 30. Qg7 Rd8 31. axb5 1-0


QGDD52

Kuhnel M. (1381)
Broyles J. (1500)

2010 US Am West (5.27)
2010


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. e4 Be7 10. Bxc4 h6 11. Bh4 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Ne5 a6 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Bg4 23. Rd2 Rac8 24. Qa4 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. b3 Qd6 28. Qc4 Re8 29. h3 Kh8 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qb6 32. Qf3 Kg8 33. Qe3 Qb4 34. Qe4 Qd2 35. Qe2 Qb4 36. Qe4 Qd2 37. Re2 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Kf8 39. Qf3+ Kg8 40. Rxe6 Qxf3 41. Rxe8+ Kf7 42. gxf3 Kxe8 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. h4 g6 46. a3 b6 1/2-1/2


Catalan OpeningE00

Mulholland-London C. (1439)
McManus T. (1375)

2010 US Am West (5.29)
2010


1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Nbd2 Nb6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nxc4 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Rb8 11. Qc2 c6 12. e4 b6 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Bxb8 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qxb8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qxc6 Nb4 18. Qc4 Rc8 19. Qb3 g6 20. a3 Nd5 21. Nd2 Re8 22. Rc1 b5 23. Qd3 a5 24. Nb3 Qa7 25. Qxb5 Rb8 26. Qa4 Nb6 27. Qxa5 Qxa5 28. Nxa5 Bf8 29. b4 Bh6 30. f4 g5 31. Nc6 Rf8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. f5 g4 34. Rf1 Be3+ 35. Kh1 Bxd4 36. fxe6 f6 37. exf6 Rxf6 38. Rxf6 Bxf6 39. Nd5 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 Be7 41. b5 Bxa3 42. b6 Kg7 43. b7 Bd6 44. e7 1-0


EnglishA37

Caid J. (1552)
Marstein D. (1356)

2010 US Am West (5.30)
2010


1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. O-O a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Rad1 b5 16. Rfe1 e5 17. Bc3

The game score is illegible at this point, White went on to win at move 32.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

Caro-KannB13

Aradhyula S. (1459)
Isoe K. (1313)

2010 US Am West (5.36)
2010


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 b6 8. Bb5 Rc8 9. Nd2 e6 10. Ba6 Ra8 11. Bb7 Na5 12. Qb5+ Nd7 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. Ngf3 Nc4 15. Nxc4 a6 16. Nxb6 axb5 17. Nxa8 Bxf3 18. gxf3 b4 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nb5 bxc3 21. bxc3 f6 22. Bd6 e5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. O-O exd4 25. Nxd4 Re8 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 1-0


QGDD35

Payne G.
Bao C. (1054)

2010 US Am West (5.50)
2010


1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nxd5 Bc6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. b3 Rac8 14. O-O Nb6 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qg4 g6 17. h4 Qe7 18. Rc5 f6 19. Nc4 f5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Bd7 22. Re5 Nxc4 23. Rxe7 Bxg4 24. bxc4 Be2 25. Rc1 Bd3 26. f3 h6 27. e4 h5 28. Kf2 b5 29. cxb5 Bxb5 30. Rcxc7 Kf8 31. Rxc8+ Kxe7 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Rxa7 Kd6 34. a4 Bd7 35. Ra6+ Kc7 36. Rxg6 Bxa4 37. e5 Bb3 38. Rd6 Ba2 39. Ke3 Bc4 1-0


SicilianB23

Sweten L.
Martis J. (633)

2010 US Am West (5.58)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Qe2 Be6 8. Bb5 Qc7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bc4 e6 13. Qf2 h6 14. Nh3 Qa5 15. Rhe1 e5 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Nb5 Be6 18. Nxd6 Nb4 19. a3 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qa4 21. axb4 b5 22. Nxe5 cxb4 23. Nc6 Rbc8 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. b3 Qa2 27. Qh4 Qxc2# 0-1


Guatemala DefenseB00

Reed A. (875)
Gross M. (1110)

2010 US Am West (5.54)
2010


1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Bxe4 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Qe2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qg5+ 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Qf3 Rhf8 16. Qa8# 1-0


EnglishA25

Lebovitz A. (2061)
Savine P. (2012)

2010 US Am West (5.2)
2010


1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Nf3 Ba6 6. d4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qa4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Ba3 Qd7 12. Rb1 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. f3 e3 15. f4 b5 16. Qxa5 Bb7 17. Qb4 Ra4 18. Qxa4 bxa4 19. Rxb7 Qc8 20. Rfb1 Nd7 21. Bxc6 Kd8 22. R1b5 Nb6 23. Re5 Qa8 24. Rxb6 1-0


RetiA05

Kruml J. (2170)
Motta P. (1909)

2010 US Am West (6.2)
2010


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Nxf3 e4 7. Ng1 d5 8. e3 h5 9. c4 c6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 a6 13. c5 Bc7 14. Na4 Qe7 15. Qd2 g5 16. g3 h4 17. g4 Nh7 18. Bc3 Nhf8 19. Ba5 Ne6 20. Bxc7 Nxc7 21. Qa5 Ne6 22. Be2 O-O 23. O-O-O Qd8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Kb1 Rae8 26. Rdf1 Nf6 27. Nc3 Qe7 28. f3 Rd8 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Qc2 Ng7 31. Rf2 Nd5 32. Nxd5 cxd5 33. Qd2 f5 34. gxf5 Nxf5 35. Rc1 Ng3 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Bg4 Nf1 38. Qe1 Qf6 39. Bd7 Ng3 40. c6 bxc6 41. Bxc6 Qd8 42. Qb4 Nf5 43. Rc3 Ne7 44. Qb7 Qd6 45. Rc5 Rd8 46. Qxa6 g4 47. hxg4 h3 48. Rc1 h2 49. Bb7 Qg3 50. Qe6+ 1-0


Blackmar-DiemerD00

Day T. (1445)
Kestler E. (1542)

2010 US Am West (6.14)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bd2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. Bd3 d5 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Nxe6 Be7 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Bxc5 20. Be3 Qxc3 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxg7 Re8 23. Qxf7 Rf8 24. Qc7# 1-0


Catalan OpeningE00

Thakur A. (1997)
Katzel D. (1762)

2010 US Am West (6.5)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. O-O Re8 11. Rfe1 Rb8 12. b4 e5 13. cxd5 e4 14. Ng5 e3 15. fxe3 h6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Ngf3 Rxb4 18. e4 Ba6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Bb7 22. Rcc1 f5 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Ba6 25. e4 Nc3 26. Re1 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxa2 28. Nd6 Rb8 29. Bh3 Nb6 30. Be6+ Kf8 31. Bxa2 1-0


Bird's OpeningA02

Lebovitz L. (1656)
Green T. (1865)

2010 US Am West (6.8)
2010


1. f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. d3 exd3 4. Bxd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Bc5+ 7. Kh1 O-O 8. Nc3 b6 9. Ng5 Bb7 10. Nce4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Qh5 Qe8 14. Qg4 Qg6 15. Ng5 Qh6 16. Nxh7 Rf5 17. Ng5 Raf8 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. c3 Bd6 20. Qh3 Qxh3 21. Nxh3 Rh5 22. Kg1 Ne7 23. Nf2 Rh6 24. g3 Nf5 25. Ng4 Bc5+ 26. Nf2 Nxg3 27. hxg3 Rh1# 0-1 [Farmer S.]


RetiA08

Wright J. (1810)
Orlowski J. (1994)

2010 US Am West (6.6)
2010


1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Bg4 5. c3 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 Rc8 8. Qa4 Qc7 9. c4 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Rfd8 18. Qh4 Rd6 19. Rac1 h6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qh5 d4 22. Nc5 Rd8

Score incomplete, a draw was agreed in a few more moves.

1/2-1/2 [Farmer S.]

Trompovsky AttackA45

LaFornara J. (1842)
Hernandez J. (1632)

2010 US Am West (6.15)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e5 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qd8 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. f4 a6 12. a4 c5 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Nc3 Bc5 18. Ke2 Nc6 19. f5 Nd4+ 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. a5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Bg4+ 24. Kf1 Bh3+ 25. Ke2 Qe6 26. Ra4 Rc8 27. Qd4 Bf5 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Rd1 Rc2+ 30. Rd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Qg5+ 32. Qf4 Qxf4+ 33. gxf4 Kd7 34. Rb4 Rb8 35. Rb6 Kc7 36. Kd3 Rd8 37. Kd4 Rd7 38. h4 Rd8 39. h5 Rd7 40. f5 Re7 41. Kxd5 Rd7+ 42. Rd6 Rxd6+ 43. exd6+ Kd8 44. b4 Kd7 45. Kc5 Kd8 46. Kb6 Kc8 47. d7+ Kxd7 48. Kxb7 f6 49. Kxa6 1-0


QGDD13

Fenger P. (1891)
Eng R. (2089)

2010 US Am West (6.3)
2010


1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. a4 Na5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. f3 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. e4 Rfd8 20. Rb1 Qa5 21. Qe1 Ra8 22. Bd6 Ne8 23. Bb4 Qc7 24. Ra1 Ra4 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. f4 Ra8 27. Qc1 Nf6 28. Bf3 Bc6 29. Qc2 Qxf4 30. Qe2 Nxe4 31. Qxc4 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Bd5 33. Qc7 Nd2 34. Re1 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Qf2+ 0-1


FrenchC01

Bommireddy S. (1481)
McGahee B. (1545)

2010 US Am West (6.19)
2010


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Ne4 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Bxd2 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Nb3 Kf8 19. Na5 Rac8 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8 21. Kf1 Bb5+ 22. Ke1 Rc7 23. Kd2 b6 24. Nb3 Kd7 25. a4 Bc4 26. Ra3 Bxb3 27. Rxb3 Rc4 28. a5 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 Re4+ 30. Kf3 Re6 31. Rd3 Kc6 32. axb6 axb6 33. Rc3+ Kb7 34. Rd3 Rd6 35. Rd4 Kc6 36. Rg4 Rf6+ 37. Ke3 g6

The score is inaccurate at this point. Black won around move 56.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

Trompovsky AttackD00

Boteo T. (1765)
Ostapuk S. (1594)

2010 US Am West (6.11)
2010


1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qb5 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. g4 Kc8 17. h4 a5 18. Qc2 f5 19. c4 Qb6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Qxf5+ Kb8 22. Rhg1 g6 23. Qe5+ Ka8 24. Rg5 Rhe8 25. Qxa5+ Qxa5 26. Rxa5+ Kb8 27. Re5 Rf8 28. d5 Rf5 29. Rd4 cxd5 30. cxd5 Rc8+ 31. Kd2 b5 32. Rb4 Rc5 33. Re8+ Kb7 34. Re7+ Kc8

Score inaccurate. White went on to win at around move 56.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

GruenfeldD83

Semmens J. (1590)
Ward K. (1440)

2010 US Am West (6.26)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Nb5 Nb6 11. Be2 Nbd5 12. Bd6 Re8 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Rb1 a6 15. Bd3 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. a3 Qc6 20. Bd4 Nf6 21. Ne5 Qb5 22. Qd3 Qd5 23. Qc4 Red8 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Rfd1 Rdc8 26. Nd3 Nf6

The score is inaccurate. White won on move 46.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

PolishA00

Eng R. (1477)
Tan R. (1391)

2010 US Am West (6.28)
2010


1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 Qb6 3. a3 a5 4. c3 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Qc2 Bg7 7. Nf3 d5 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd7 15. Nf3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 axb4 19. cxb4 d4 20. Bxd4 Rad8 21. O-O Qd7 22. Rad1 Be4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Qc2 Qe6 25. Bxg7 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ Kh6 28. h3 Qa2 29. Qd3 Rc4 30. Qd8 Rc2 31. Qf8+ Kh5 32. g4+ Kg5 33. f4+ Kh4 34. Qe7+ Kg3 35. Qe4 Rg2+ 36. Qxg2+ Qxg2# 0-1


PhilidorC41

Mathine T. (1541)
Harris J. (1418)

2010 US Am West (6.30)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 c5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O a6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxd1 11. Bxd1 Bf5 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nbd7 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Bd6 Kd8 17. Bf3 Ne8 18. Bf4 Nc7 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bxc7+ Kxc7 21. Bxa6 Rxb2 22. c4 Ra8 23. Bb5 Ne5 24. Ne4 Kb6 25. Ng5 Bf5 26. f4 Bd3 27. Rfc1 Ng6 28. g3 f6 29. Nh3 Raxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Rd1 Bf5 32. Nf2 Ka5 33. Rd8 Kb4 34. Rb8 Kc3

Score inaccurate. White lost on time while making his 40th move.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

Queen's Bishop GameD02

Mathews N. (1486)
Grimm M. (1251)

2010 US Am West (6.38)
2010


1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. c4 Nf6 9. cxd5 Ne4 10. N4f3 exd5 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rd1 Nc6 15. O-O Be6 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. a4 Bc5 20. Qh5 Bxd4 21. exd4 Qb6 22. Be5 Ng6 23. Rfe1 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Qxb3 25. a5 Qa3 26. Rxd5 Be8 27. Qh3 Rc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Bf1 a6 30. Rc5 Qb1 31. Qd3 Qa1 32. Qc4+ Bf7 33. Qc2 Re8 34. Re5 Rd8 35. Rxf5 Bg6 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Rf4 Qxa5 38. Qe6 Qc7 39. Rh4 Bf7 40. Qf5 g6 41. Qh3 Bd5 42. f3 a5 43. Bd3 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Be2 Bg8 46. Qg3 Re8 47. Re4 Rxe4 48. fxe4 Qxd4+ 49. Ke1 Qxe4 50. Qc3+ 1-0


SicilianB23

Pennock J. (1360)
Aradhyula S. (1459)

2010 US Am West (6.33)
2010


1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 h6 5. Bg2 d4 6. Nce2 Nc6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 b6 11. g4 Nh7 12. Qe1 Nb4 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 Bb7 16. Qe1 Nb4 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Qd2 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qb8 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. h4 Ne5 1/2-1/2


EnglishA32

Broyles J. (1500)
Mulholland-London C. (1439)

2010 US Am West (6.27)
2010


1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 e5 17. Bg3 Qxd6 18. Re1 f6 19. f3 Nc5 20. Bc2 d4 21. Bb3+ Bd5 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. b4 Na4 25. Bf2 Nc3 26. a3 a5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 29. Qxd4 exd4 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Rd8 Ra4 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Rb8 d3 34. Ke1 Rd4 35. Kd2 Na4 36. Rb4 Rxb4 37. axb4 Nb6 38. Kxd3 Nd5 39. b5 Nb4+ 40. Kc4 Nc2 41. Ra7+ Kd6 42. Rxg7 Ne3+ 43. Kb4 Nd5+ 44. Ka5 Ne3 45. Ka6 Nc2 46. b6 Nb4+ 47. Kb7 Nc6 48. Rxh7 Nd8+ 49. Ka6 Nc6 50. Rh6 Nb8+ 51. Kb7 Nd7 52. Rg6 Nc5+ 53. Ka7 Nd7 54. b7 Ne5 55. b8=Q+ Kd5 56. Rxf6 Nc6+ 57. Kb7 Nxb8 58. Kxb8 1-0


Queen's Pawn-King's Pawn GameA40

Benson R. (1459)
McManus T. (1375)

2010 US Am West (6.32)
2010


1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d6 6. Qe2 Be6 7. Qb5+ Nc6 8. Bc4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 Nf6 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. a3 Bc5 12. f3 O-O-O 13. Nge2 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Qe6 17. Nd5 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. b4 Nxd5 20. bxc5 Ne3 21. Qxf7 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 dxc5+ 0-1


Queen's Pawn-King's Pawn GameA40

Price A. (720)
Lorri S.

2010 US Am West (6.58)
2010


1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Qh5 g6 6. Qf3 f5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qe2 Bc5 9. Bd5 Bxf2+ 10. Kd1 Qh4 11. Nf3 Nxf3 12. gxf3 c6 13. Nd2 cxd5 14. Rf1 b6 15. Rxf2 Qxf2 16. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 17. Ke2 Nh3

Black went on to win at move 47.

0-1 [Farmer S.]

Queen's PawnD00

Flores M. (774)
Brownlee C.

2010 US Am West (6.55)
2010


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. f4 Bh4+ 8. g3 f6 9. Nf3 Bxg3+ 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. Qd3 h6 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Qb5 Qd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxa2+ 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6

Both scoresheets are illegible. White won around move 47.

1-0 [Farmer S.]

CatalanE05

Lebovitz A. (2061)
Hu B. (2180)

2010 US Am West (6.1)
2010


1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. Nbd2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Nxe6 Qd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf1 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxf1 Rad8 20. Ne3 c6 21. a5 Rd7 22. Qc3 Rfd8 23. Nd3 h5 24. h4 g6 25. Ra4 Rd6 26. Rb4 R6d7 27. Nc5 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 R1d2 29. Rxb7 Qf8 30. Ne4 R2d4 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nc2 Rd1 33. Nxh5+ Kh7 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Ne4+ Qg7 36. Rxf7 Qxc3 37. bxc3 Kg8 38. Ra7 c5 39. Rxa6 Kf7 40. Ne3 Re1 41. Ng5+ Ke7 42. Rxg6 Rxe2 43. Nf5+ 1-0

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