Pix from Marshall CC Amateur Team Championship

These are pictures that I took earlier today at the Marshall Chess Club Amateur Team Championship.

Blogger Atomic Patzer made his return to tournament chess.

His teammate Kevin Chen played first board on The Friday Knights.

Here is my second board Mikhail Sher.

O Pioneers!!

In week ten of the U.S. Chess League, the Queens Pioneers blazed a trail past the New Jersey Knockouts.

Agarwal Win @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"

Frederic Fournier has provided a link to Rohan Agarwal's win with the PCG against an international master, at Contre Gambit Philidor.

2009 Westfield CC Championship

The 2009 Westfield Chess Club Championship was won by NM Peter Radomskyj with a perfect score of 4 points. Tied at 3 points, for second through fourth place, were NM Todd Lunna, Jonathan Cohen, and Ziping Liu.

In the final round, Ziping won when his opponent misplayed a rook-and-pawn ending.

Round Four: Pirc Defense

Andy Chen (USCF 1604) - Ziping Liu (USCF 1756), Westfield CC Championship 10/25/2009

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e5 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.O-O-O Qe7 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Bd4 Qe6


13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Qd6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Bb5 Qc5 17.Ba4 b5 18.Bb3 Nd7 19.Qc3+ Qxc3 20.bxc3 Nb6 21.Rd4 Rad8 22.Rhd1 a5 23.a4 bxa4 24.Bxa4 Rd6 25.Bc6 Nc8 26.c4 Ne7 27.c5 Nxc6 28.cxd6 Nxd4 29.dxc7 Nb5 30.d6 Nxc7 31.dxc7 Rc8 32.Rd5 Rxc7 33.Rxa5 f5


34.Kb2 Kh6 35.Kb3 Kg5 36.c4 Kh4 37.Rd5 Kg3 38.Rd2 f4 39.Kb4 h5 40.Kc3 g5 41.Rd5 Kh4 42.Rd3 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.Kb4 Re7 45.c5 Re4+46.Kc3 Re5 47.Kd2 Rxc5 48.Ke1 Re5+ 49.Kf2 Re3


50.g3+ Kh3 51.Rd6 Rf3 52.Kg1 Kxg3 53.Rd2 Kh4 54.Kg2 Rh3 55.Rf2 f3+ 56.Kg1 Kg5 57.Rc2 g3 58.Rc5+ Kf4 59.Rc4+ Ke3 60.Rc3+ Ke2 61.Rc2+ Kd1 62.Ra2 g2 63.Ra1+ Ke2 64.Re1+ Kd3 65.Re3+ Kd4 66.Kf2 Rh1 67.Kxf3 g1=Q 68.Re4+ Kd3 69.Rh4 Qe3+ 70.Kg2 Rg1+ 71.Kh2 Qg3#.

Oen - West @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"

At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier has found more improvements for Black, in my game against Grant Oen.

Photos from Octember Open

The Octember Open, held this past weekend at the Marshall Chess Club, was won by senior master Yaacov Norowitz with a score of 3-0-1. Playing in the one day schedule, I broke even with two wins and two losses.

Here are some photos that I took yesterday.

This picture shows the upstairs room before the start of the one day schedule.

Players prepare for round three, as the schedules merge.

Leaving the club, I snapped this shot of the entrance.

De Guzman - Agarwal

In the following game, international master Ricardo De Guzman is defeated by Rohan Agarwal with the PCG.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Ricardo De Guzman (USCF 2464) - Rohan Agarwal (USCF 2020), 2007 CalChess Masters 9/29/2007

1.e4 e5 Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Nge7 10.c4 O-O 11.cxd5 Nxe5


12.Nxh7 Bg4 13.Qd4 N7c6 14.Bxc6 Nxc6 15.Qc3 Qxd5 16.Bb2 Rf7 17.Qg3 Qb5 18.Qxg4 Qxb2 19.O-O Kxh7 20.Qxe4+ Kg8


21.Rab1 Qd4 22.Qxd4 Nxd4 23.Rxb7 Nxc2 24.Rc1 Nd4 25.Rc4 Ne6 26.g3 c5 27.Rb3 Rd7 28.Re3 Rd4 29.Rc2 Kf7 30.f4 g6 31.Rf2 Kf6 32.Rfe2 Rd6 33.Rf2 c4 34.g4 Rd3 35.Re4 Rd4 36.g5+ Kf7 37.Re5 Rc8


38.f5 Nxg5 39.fxg6+ Kxg6 40.Rg2 Rd1+ 41.Kf2 Rd2+ 42.Re2 Rxe2+ 43.Kxe2 Kf5 44.Kd2 Ne4+ 45.Kc2 Rh8 46.a4 Rh3 47.Kb2 Rb3+ 48.Kc2 Ra3, White resigns.