Two Games Played by David Carter Winning the Vermont Open Last Weekend

Ian Dudley is an Expert Class player from Vermont. He's been rising steadily over the past two years and is now trained by GM Elshan Moradi of Iran, now resident in Texas.

[Event "Vermont State Championship"]
[Site "Burlington, VT"]
[Date "2017.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carter, David"]
[Black "Dudley, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rxc7 Rfc8 13. Rxc8+ Rxc8 14.
O-O Qb4 15. b3 Qa3 16. e4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. h3 Rc1 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 a5
21. Qc2 g6 22. Nf3 b5 23. Qc7 Bxe4 24. Ng5 Qf8 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Qb4 27.
Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. g3 a4 30. Bc6 axb3 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Bxb5 h5 33. h4
Kh7 34. Be2 Qb7 35. Qf6 Qe4 36. Bf3 Qd3 37. d5 exd5 38. Qxf7+ Kh6 39. Qxd5 1-0

Paris Prestia is an eleven year old Class A player from New York State.

[Event "Vermont State Championship"]
[Site "Burlington, VT"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prestia, Paris"]
[Black "Carter, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O Ndf6 12. h3 Ng7 13. g4 Be6 14. Ng3
O-O-O 15. Na4 Kb8 16. Kb1 h5 17. f3 Qc7 18. Qf2 Ka8 19. g5 Nfe8 20. h4 Nd6 21.
Nc5 Bc8 22. e4 b6 23. Nb3 Be6 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. e5 Ndf5 26. Ne2 Ne7 27. Rc3 Bf5
28. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 29. Ka1 Qd7 30. Rhc1 Rc8 31. Nf4 Ne6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. R1c2 Rhf8
34. Nc1 Rc7 35. Nd3 Rfc8 36. Nf4 c5 37. dxc5 d4 38. Rc4 bxc5 39. Nd3 Nf5 40.
Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Nxc5 Qd5 43. Qc2 Qxe5 44. Nd3 Qb8 45. Qc6+ Qb7 46.
Qe8+ Qb8 47. Qxe6 Nxh4 48. Qe4+ Qb7 49. Qxh4 Qxf3 50. Nc1 Qe3 51. Qh1+ Kb8 52.
Qh2+ Kb7 53. Qh1+ Kc7 54. Nb3 Kd6 55. Qd1 Ke5 56. a3 h4 57. Ka2 h3 58. Qc2 d3
59. Qc7+ Kf5 60. Qd8 Kg4 61. Qd7+ Kg3 62. Qd6+ Kg2 63. Nd4 Qe4 64. Ne6 h2 65.
Nf4+ Kf1 66. Nxd3 h1=Q 67. Qf6+ Qhf3 68. Qc3 Qfxd3 69. Qc1+ Kg2 70. Qc7 Qe6+
71. Ka1 Qd1+ 72. Qc1 Qxc1# 0-1