Like a comic book superhero, mild-mannered Boris Gulko turns into The Incredible Gulko at the chessboard. Not only does the grandmaster from Fair Lawn NJ boast a lifetime plus score against Garry Kasparov, Gulko has also posted a combined record of 8-0-0 in the United States Chess League. 
The players in the open section prepare for the first round, as TD Lawrence Constance speaks with a chess parent.
Andrew Ng defeated William Dubinsky, in round four.
After the tournament, blogger John MacArthur enters data into his laptop. MacArthur is flanked by two chess students who participated in the open or scholastic section.
On October 27th, at the Marshall Chess Club, grandmaster Michael Rohde will lecture to adult players on the Golden Age of Chess from 1990 to 1998. This was a time when tournaments were aplenty, FIDE still had a constant world championship system in place, and computers were best used as a place to pile chess books rather than refute them.
The Dean of Chess Academy has moved to its new location: 3150 Route 22 West/Branchburg, NJ 08876, phone number 908-595-0066.
Seeing these glamorous photos called to mind a couple of my victories in the PCG.
31.Re4 g5 32.Ra4 a5 33.f4 g4 34.hxg4 Rd2 35.Rc4 Rxg2 36.Rc6+ Ke7 37.Rh6 Rxg4 38.f5 b5 39.f6+ Kf7 40.Kc2 a4 41.Rh5 Kxf6 42.Rxb5 Kg6 43.Rb8 Rg5 44.Rb4 h3 45.Rh4 Rh5 46.Rg4+ Kf5 47.Rg1 h2 48.Rh1 Ke4
49.Kc3 Kf3 50.b3 axb3 51.Kxb3 Kg2 52.Rxh2+ Rxh2 53.Kb4 Kf3 54.a4 Ke4 55.a5 Kd5 56.Kb5 Rb2+ 57.Ka6 Kc6 58.Ka7 Rb7+ 59.Ka6 Rb5, White resigns.
Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit
Rawn Prowell (USCF 1672) - Jim West (2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/17/2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.a3 Nc5 7.Ba2 a5 8.Be3 Qc7 9.b4 fxe4 10.Ng5 axb4 11.axb4 Ne6
This picture shows the upstairs room before the start of the one day schedule.
Between rounds, candidate master George Berg reads a magazine, in the downstairs room.
In round three, FM Boris Privman and Alena Kats played to a draw, on board one. Meanwhile Michael Layevskiy lost to NM Yefim Treger.
Here is a shot of the upstairs room before the fourth round.
In the final round, FM Boris Privman was defeated by NM Yefim Treger who won the tournament with 4 points.
On Tuesday, October 13th, senior master Taghian Taghian [pictured above, next to Garry Kasparov] will lecture for adult players at the Marshall Chess Club on two games from the Zurich 1953 candidates tournament.
Tomorrow evening, to assist GM Alex Lenderman in winning the World Junior Championship, the Marshall Chess Foundation is presenting a tandem simultaneous exhibition and lecture by Lenderman and GM Giorgi Kacheishvili, who will accompany Alex to Buenos Aires.
