Tom Delgado's New York City Chess Tour

Comedian Tom Delgado takes us on a chess tour of Union Square, Washington Square Park, and Thompson Street.

Fischer vs. Short, Internet Chess Club 2000?

Was it really Bobby Fischer who defeated Nigel Short by a score of 8-0-0?

Marshall Sunday Game/45 11/26/2017

On Sunday, I finished with a record of 3-1-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Pirc Defense

Nazzareno Bertini (USCF 1601) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/26/2017

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.c3 c6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Be3 e5 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Rc1 Nh5 13.Ng5 Re7 14.Bc4 Nhf6 15.Qe1 h6 16.Ngf3 Nh5

17.Qh4 Bf6 18.Qf2 exd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Qg3 21.Nh4 Qxf2+ 22.Rxf2 Kg7 23.Rf3 Nb6 24.Bb3 Be6 25.Re1 Bxb3 26.Nxb3 Rae8 27.e5 Kg8 28.g4 Ng7 29.Rfe3 Nd5 30.Re4 Ne6

31.Ng2 Ng5 32.Kf2 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 Nc7 34.a4 Ne6 35.h4 Kg7 36.Kf3 b6 37.Ne3 Rd8 38.Nc2 Red7 39.Ke3 c5 40.dxc5 Rd3+, White resigns.

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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Taimanov Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jose De Villa (USCF 1983), Marshall Chess Club 11/26/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.N1c3 a6 11.Na3 Be6 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3 O-O 14.Bd3 Kh8 15.O-O Rg8 16.Kh1 Qf8

17.Ncd5 Bd8 18.c3 Qg7 19.Rg1 Qg5 20.Qf3 Rg6 21.Rad1 Rh6 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.Qxf5 Ne7 24.Qxg5 fxg5 25.Nxe7 Bxe7 26.f3 Rg8 27.Rgf1 Bd8 28.Bc2 Bb6 29.Bb3 Kg7 30.h3 Be3 31.Rd3 Bf4 32.Rfd1 Rd8 33.Kg1 Bg3 34.Kf1 Rf6

35.c4 bxc4 36.Bxc4 h5 37.Kg1 Bf4 38.Ra3 g4 39.fxg4 hxg4 40.hxg4 a5 41.Rh3 Rb8 42.b3 Rg6 43.a4 Rb6 44.Rd5 Rxg4 45.Rxa5 Rb7 46.Ra8 Bg5 47.Rah8 Rxe4 48.Bd5 Reb4 49.Bxb7 Rxb7

50.Rc8 e4 51.Re8 Rb4 52.a5 e3 53.Rhxe3 Bxe3 54.Rxe3 Rb5 55.Rd3 Rxa5 56.Rxd6 Rb5 57.Rd3 Kf6 58.Kf2 Ke5 59.Ke3 f5 60.g3 Rb4 61.Kd2 Ke4 62.Rc3 Rd4+ 63.Kc2 Rd7 64.b4 Rd4 65.Kb3 Rd1 66.Kc4 Rd8

67.Kb5 Rb8+ 68.Ka4 Ra8+ 69.Kb3 Rb8 70.Rc4+ Kd5 71.g4 fxg4 72.Rxg4 Rc8 73.Rg5+ Kd4 74.b5 Rc1 75.Kb4 Ra1 76.Rg8 Rb1+ 77.Ka5 Ra1+ 78.Kb6 Rb1 79.Rc8 Kd5 80.Rc2 Kd6, Black forfeits.

Nathan Jackson Memorial Tournament

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 0-0-4 plus two half point byes in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Ed Kopiecki (USCF 2011), Marshall Chess Club 11/25/2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Nh4 Bxd1 13.Nxg6 Nxg6 14.Rxd1 O-O-O 15.e6 fxe6

16.Re1 Bc5 17.Nb3 Bd4 18.Nxd4 Rxd4 19.f3 Rhd8 20.Be3 R4d6 21.Kf1 e5 22.Ke2 Nf4+ 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Rad1 Rg6 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Rd1+ Ke7 27.Kf2 Rd6 

28.Rd3 c5 29.Rxd6 cxd6 30.c4, draw.

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Round Four: English Opening

Glenn Cabasso (USCF 1899) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/25/2017

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.exd4 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be2 Rc8 13.b3 a6 14.Rc1 h6 15.Be3 h5 16.h3 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qc7

18.f4 Ned7 19.f5 Ne5 20.Qc2 b5 21.Ne4 bxc4 22.fxg6 fxg6 23.Ng5 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 c3 25.Be1 Bh6 26.h4 Qe3 27.Bf2 Qd2 28.Qxd2 cxd2 29.Rcd1 Bxg5 30.hxg5 Ne4

31.Kg1 Nxf2 32.Rxf2 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Rc2 34.Ke3 Rxa2 35.Rxd2 Rxd2 36.Kxd2 a5, draw.

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Round Five: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Schuster Tanger (USCF 1746), Marshall Chess Club 11/25/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Re8 11.h4 h5 12.O-O-O a5 13.Kb1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 a4

15.Bd5 a3 16.b3 Bc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Bxe5 Kh7 20.Qxd8 Rexd8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Nd5 23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 25.Bxg7 Kxg7

26.b4 Kf6 27.c3 e5 28.Kc2 Ke6 29.g4 f5 30.gxh5 gxh5 31.Kd3 Kd6, draw.

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Round Six: Philidor Counter Gambit

Vikram Rajmohan (USCF 1754) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/25/2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bd2 a5 9.Ng5 d5 10.Qxe5 Qd7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Be3 Na6 14.d4 b5 15.a3 a4 16.Ba2 b4

17.Nxa4 Qb7 18.O-O bxa3 19.bxa3 Ng4 20.Nf3 Bxa3 21.Bxd5+ cxd5 22.Rxa3 Qb4 23.Rfa1 Nc7 24.Rb3 Qd6 25.Qe1 Bxc2 26.Rb6 Qe7

27.Nc5 Rxa1 28.Qxa1 Nxe3 29.fxe3 Qxe3+ 30.Kh1 Be4 31.Nxe4 dxe4, draw.

Marshall CC November News

Read Frank Brady's tribute to GM William Lombardy.

Pix from November Under 2300 11/19/2017

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

Pix from November Under 2300 11/18/2017

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

Princeton Day School Students at NJ K-12

Princeton Day School students excelled at the New Jersey K-12 Grade Championship tournament.

FIDE Mondays 11/20/2017

On Monday, this game was played at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Paulsen Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Victor Ying (USCF 2140), Marshall Chess Club 11/20/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nb3 Ne7 8.c4 O-O 9.Nc3 d5

10.cxd5 exd5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qe2 Nc6, draw.

Marshall November Under 2300 11/19/2017

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

Round Four: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

Niklas Breskin (USCF 2016) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/19/2017

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bd2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Rc1 b6 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Bh6 d4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7

16.a3 a5 17.Qc2 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Qb3 Qc7 20.Qb5 Ra8 21.Qa4 Re7 22.Rc2 Rae8 23.Rec1 Rxe2 24.Nxd4 Rxc2 25.Nxc2 Rd8 26.d4 Qd6

27.Qc4 cxd4 28.Nxd4 Qxd4 29.Bxc6 Qxc4 30.Rxc4, draw.

Marshall November Under 2300 11/18/2017

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

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jack Yang (USCF 1704), Marshall Chess Club 11/18/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 a4 10.Nxa4 Rxa4 11.Bxa4 Qa5+ 12.c3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3 d5

15.Bc2 Rd8 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qe2 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Rd1 Bd7 20.Rxd7, Black resigns.

Lombardy Blitz Tournament at Marshall CC

Pix from FIDE Mondays 11/13/2017

On Monday, I snapped these photos at the Marshall Chess Club.

Pix from Saturday Game/60 11/11/2017

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