Marshall Saturday Game/60 10/28/2017

On Saturday, I played these games in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: English Opening

Pete Gayatinea (USCF 1617) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/28/2017

1.c4 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 a5 5.d3 Be7 6.e4 fxe4 7.dxe4 Nc6 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.h3 e5 11.Be3 Be6 12.b3 Qd7 13.Kh2 Kh8 14.Qd2 a4

15.Nd5 axb3 16.axb3 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nd8 19.Nc3 b6 20.Nb5 Rcb8 21.Qd3 g6 22.f4 Nf7 23.Na7 exf4 24.Bxf4 Nh5 25.Bd2 Ne5 26.Bc3 Bf6 27.Qd2 Qg7 28.Nb5 g5 29.Nd4 g4 30.Ne6 Qg6

31.h4 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Nf3+ 33.Bxf3 gxf3 34.Bxf6+ Qxf6 35.Qd4 Qxd4 36.Nxd4 Rg8 37.Nxf3 Rxg3 38.Rf1 Rg4 39.Kh3 Rg3+ 40.Kh2 Rg4, draw.

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Round Three: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Macrina Lobo (USCF 1903), Marshall Chess Club 10/28/2017

1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 e5 3.c4 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 f5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.f4 exf4 10.gxf4 Ng4 11.Nf3 Nd4 12.h4 Bf6 13.Ng5 Ne3

14.Bd5+ Kg7 15.Rc1 Qe7 16.Rh3 Ng4 17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.cxb5 a6 19.Bxf6+ Rxf6 20.Qc3 axb5 21.Qxc7 Bd7 22.Qc2 h6 23.Qb2 Ne3 24.Bxb7 Re8 25.Rc7 Kg8 

26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.Rxe3 hxg5 28.Rxe8+ Kf7 29.Rf8+ Kxf8 30.Qxf6+ Ke8 31.Qxg6+ Kd8 32.Qxg5+ Kc7 33.Bd5 Kb6 34.Qg1+ Ka5 35.Qd4 Qe7 36.b4+ Ka4 37.Bb3+ Ka3 38.Kd2 Qxh4 39.Kc2 Qe7 40.e3 Qc7+ 41.Qc3 Qb7

42.Qb2+ Kxb4 43.a3+ Ka5 44.Qc3+ Kb6 45.Qd4+ Ka5 46.Qb4+ Kb6 47.Qxd6+ Ka5 48.Bd5 Qc8+ 49.Qc6 Qf8 50.Qa8+ Kb6 51.Qxf8, Black resigns.

My Games in "2000 Sozin Miniatures"

In order of appearance, these are my games in 2000 Sozin Miniatures.

Jim West (USCF 2302) - Nenad Vulicevic (USCF 2315), Marshall Chess Club 9/23/1989 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Qf3 Bd7 

12.f5 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Kh8 14.g4 exf5 15.exf5 Bc6 16.Qh3 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.f6 gxf6 19.Rxf6 Qc5 20.Rxd6+ Qxd4+ 21.Rxd4 Bc5 22.Qc3, Black resigns. 

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Jim West (USCF 2256) - Leslie Braun (USCF 2276), Marshall Chess Club 9/19/1993 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 a6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Qf3 Bd7 11.O-O Rc8 

12.f5 e5 13.Ne6 fxe6 14.fxe6 Na5 15.exd7+ Qxd7 16.Nd5 Bd8 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bd5 Rxc2 19.Qh5+ g6 20.Qd1, Black resigns. 

       
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Jim West (USCF 2210) - Ionut Buzbuchi (USCF 2400), New York Open 4/14/1990 

1. e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Bb7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Qg4 Bg6 15.Rad1 Qc7 

16.Nxe6 Qxe5 17.Bd4 Qh5 18.Qxh5 Bxh5 19.Nxf8 Nc6 20.Bd5 Rc8 21.g4 Bxg4 22.Bxf7+ Kh8 23.Be6 Nxd4 24.Bxg4, Black resigns. 

     

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Jim West (USCF 2210) - Art Macaspac (USCF 2176), Rahway NJ 9/26/2012 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 b4 11.Na4 Nxe4 12.f5 d5 

13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Nf5 Nc6 15.Nb6 Rxf5 16.Rxf5 Nc5 17.Nxa8 Nxb3 18.axb3 exf5 19.Nb6 d4 20.Nxc8 Qxc8 21.Bf2 Bf6 22.Qd3 Ne5 23.Qxa6 Qxc2 24.Qe6+, Black resigns.

NJ All-Girls Chess Camp 2017

On November 12th, Alice Dong [pictured] will conduct the fourth annual NJ All-Girls Chess Camp.

Registration goes live on November 1st.

"Black and White Like Day and Night"

Pix from October Under 2300 10/22/2017

On Sunday, I photographed the players during the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

"WSJ" Article: GM Ashley at Rikers Island

[photo by Bess Adler]

For the Wall Street Journal, Zolan Kanno-Youngs reports on GM Maurice Ashley's simul versus six inmates at Rikers Island.

GM Lombardy's Book "Understanding Chess"

The late grandmaster William Lombardy wrote a book Understanding Chess which is currently out of stock.

FM Alisa Melekhina at Marshall CC Tonight

Visit the Marshall Chess Club tonight at 7pm for a lecture by Alisa Melekhina [pictured].

Drawing on themes of philosophy and cognitive psychology from her new book, Reality Check: What the Ancient Game of Chess Can Teach You About Success in Modern Competitive Settings, FM Melekhina will break down the complex process of decision making in chess, step by step.

Players of beginner to intermediate skill level will benefit from the insight into the rigid thinking process of a master in this interactive lecture.

Marshall October Under 2300 10/22/2017

On Sunday, I played this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Thomas Fini (USCF 1704) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/22/2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Nb3 d5 9.Bg5 Bb4 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O Qe8

13.a3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qg6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Qg3 Qxg3 17.hxg3 b6 18.c5 Rab8 19.a4 bxc5 20.Nxc5 Rxb2 21.Ba6 Nd7 22.Nxd7 Bxd7 23.Rab1 Rfxf2 24.Rxf2 Rxb1+ 25.Rf1 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Kf7 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3 Kd6

29.Be2 c5 30.Bd1 c4 31.Bc2 g5 32.Kd2 Kc6 33.Kc3 Bg4 34.Kd2 Kb6 35.Kc3 Ka5 36.Bxe4 dxe4 37.Kxc4 Kxa4 38.d5 e3 39.Kd3 e2 40.Kd2 Kb5 41.d6 Kc6 42.d7 Kxd7 43.Ke1 a5 44.Kf2 a4 45.Ke1 a3 46.Kf2 a2 47.Ke1 a1=Q+ 48.Kd2 e1=Q+ 49.Kd3 Qac3#.

Marshall October Under 2300 10/21/2017

On Saturday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Joshua Dong (USCF 1838), Marshall Chess Club 10/21/2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Nc6 12.c3 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nbd2 f5

15.Qb3 Qd6 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Rad8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qc5 20.Re3 Rf7 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Rxf3 23.gxf3 Rf8 24.Rd1 c6 25.Qxb7 Rxf3 26.Rd4 Qf8 27.Qxc6 Rxf2 28.Qxd5+ Kh8 29.Rd2 Rf1+ 30.Kg2 Rf5

31.h4 Rf4 32.Qd8 Rf2+ 33.Kg3 Rf3+ 34.Kg4 Rf4+ 35.Kh5 Kh7 36.Qd3+ Rf5+ 37.Kg4 h5+ 38.Kg3 Kh8 39.e6 Rf1 40.Qe3 Qf5 41.Rd8+ Kh7 42.Qd3 Rg1+ 43.Kh2 Qxd3 44.Rxd3 Re1 45.Rd2 Rxe6 46.Rc2 Kg6

47.c4 Kf6 48.c5 Rc6 49.b4 a6 50.Kg3 g5 51.hxg5+ Kxg5 52.a4 Kf5 53.b5 axb5 54.axb5 Rc8 55.c6 Ke6 56.b6 Kd6 57.b7 Rg8+ 58.Kh4 Kc7 59.Kxh5 Rg1 60.Rc5 Rh1+ 61.Kg4 Rg1+ 62.Kf3 Rf1+ 63.Ke2 Rh1

64.Kd3 Rd1+ 65.Kc2 Rh1 66.Rc3 Rh2+ 67.Kb3 Rh1 68.Kb4 Rb1+ 69.Kc5 Rb6 70.Kd5 Rb5+ 71.Ke6 Rb1 72.Kd5 Rd1+ 73.Kc5 Rd6 74.Kb5 Rd5+ 75.Rc5 Rd1 76.Rc4 Rb1+ 77.Rb4 Rh1 78.Ka4 Rh8 79.Ka5 Kb8 80.Kb6 Rh7

81.Ka6 Rh6 82.Kb5 Rh5+ 83.Ka4 Rc5 84.Rb6 Rc1 85.Ka3 Rc5 86.Ra6 Rb5 87.Ra8+ Kc7 88.Rc8+, Black resigns.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 10/19/2017

Look at these pictures taken by me during Thursday's tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Thursday Night Action 10/19/2017

Last night, I played this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

William Yen (USCF 2061) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/19/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Kb1 Nb6

14.Bd3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Ne2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Rxd6 Nf4 20.Qf2 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rg1 Qf6, draw.

Pix from Saturday Game/60 10/14/2017

On Saturday, these pictures were taken by me during the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.