Saturday Camp at "Chess Mates"

Register now for this Saturday's camp at Chess Mates in Rahway.

I will be the instructor.

PCG with 4.exf5 @ "The Kenilworthian"

At The Kenilworthian, blogger Michael Goeller [pictured] analyzes the move 4.exf5 in the Philidor Counter Gambit.

Here is a link to my game as Black against IM Justin Sarkar, mentioned in the comments.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 1/29/2012

In Sunday's game/60 Swiss tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, I played the following game.

Round Two: Center Counter Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Samuel Englard (USCF 1824), Marshall Chess Club 1/29/2012

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bd2 e6 8.Bb3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 a5


14.Nh4 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.g3 b5 17.Bd2 Nd5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.h4 b4 20.h5 bxa3 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Qxe6+ Rf7 23.Rh8+ Kxh8 24.Qxf7, Black resigns.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 1/28/2012

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 1-1-2 in a game/45 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: English Opening

Yefrem Zats (USCF 2001) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/28/2012

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 a5 8.b3 Be7 9.d4 e4 10.Ng5 Qc8 11.d5 O-O 12.f3 exf3 13.exf3 Na6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Ne6 Nc5


16.Bb2 Nxe6 17.Rxe6 Qd8 18.Qd3 g6 19.Rae1 Bc8 20.R6e2 Bd7 21.Re3 Bf8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.Ne2 Bg7 24.Bxg7 Nxg7 25.Qc3 Qf8 26.f4 Re8 27.Nd4 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Qf6 29.Qe3 Kf8 30.Bf3 Qe7 31.Kf2 Qxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Ke7


33.Ne2 h5 34.Kd4 Ne8 35.a3 Nf6 36.h3 Be8 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Nd7 39.Nc3 Nb8 40.Ne2 Nd7 41.Nc3 Nb8 42.Ne2, draw.

Zilbermintz Game @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"

At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier provides a link to the blitz game between FM Christian Stevens and Lev Zilbermintz.

Deadline for Chess Blogging Carnival

Today is the deadline for submitting material to The Best of Chess Blogging Carnival.

Newark Gambit and Zilbermintz Gambit

Here is a Newark Gambit miniature, at a time control of 5 minutes, by Lev Zilbermintz [pictured].

Philidor Counter Gambit

FM Christian Stevens (Canada) - Lev Zilbermintz (USA), Internet Chess Club, 1/25/2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bb3 fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Qh5+ Kd7 9.Qf7+ Ne7 10.Qe6+ Ke8 11 Qf7+ Kd7, draw.

On February 2nd, Evan Rabin and Lev Zilbermintz are scheduled to play a 10 game match featuring the Zilbermintz Gambit.