Thursday, January 31, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Marshall Senior Classic 1/27/2019
On Sunday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Four: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation
Sandra Oliver (USCF 1541) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/27/2019
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.h3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Nbd2 a5 10.a4 b6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Qe2 Qc8
13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Bxa6 Qxa6 16.Qe3 e6 17.Nf3 b5 18.axb5 Qxb5 19.Rab1 a4 20.Nd4 Qc5 21.b4 axb3 22.Rxb3 Rfb8 23.Rfb1 Rxb3 24.Rxb3 Rb8 25.Rxb8+ Nxb8 26.Qe1 Nd7 27.Nf3 h5 28.Qd2 Qc7 29.Qd4 Bf8 30.Qd2 Nb6
31.Bh6 Nc4 32.Qf4 Nxe5 33.Nxe5 Bxh6 34.Qg3 Bg7 35.f4 Bxe5 36.fxe5 Kh7 37.Qe3 Qc4 38.Qd4 Qxd4+ 39.cxd4 Kg7 40.Kf2 f6 41.exf6+ Kxf6 42.Kf3 e5 43.Ke3 h4 44.dxe5+ Kxe5, White resigns.
Monday, January 28, 2019
Marshall Senior Classic 1/26/2019
On Saturday, this game was played in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Two: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jay Bonin (USCF 2378), Marshall Chess Club 1/26/2019
1.e4 c6 2.d4 a6 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 cxd5 5.h3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nc6 8.c3 Qc7 9.O-O e6 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Nf6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Ne5 Rae8 14.Nf1 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nb6 16.Bg3 Na5
17.Ng4 f6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Nd2 Nc6 20.a4 e5 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.a5 Nd7 23.Red1 Qg6 24.Nb3 Qf7 25.Ra3 d4 26.cxd4 exd4 27.Qf1 h5 28.Nh2 Qd5 29.Nf3 Rxf3 30.gxf3 Nde5 31.Nd2 Rf8 32.Qg2 Rf6
33.f4 Rg6 34.Rg3 Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Nd3 36.Rxg6 Nxf4+ 37.Kh2 Nxg6, draw.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
GM Molner Simul at West Orange CC
The entry fee for this event is $10 a board which will be collected around 8pm that night on site and fully refunded to anyone who defeats or even draws GM Molner.
For more information on this event, please contact club president John Hagerty, either by e-mail at buickchess@gmail.com or by phone at 973-736-3433 between the hours of 10am and 10pm.
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Friday, January 25, 2019
Thursday Night Action 1/24/2019
On Thursday, I finished with a score of 1-1-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit
Becka Kvirikadze (USCF 1317) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 1/24/2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nc3 c6 10.Re1 Qc7 11.g3 h6 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.a4 Rde8 15.a5 a6 16.Nf1 h5 17.Bg5 Bh3
18.Ne3 Bg4 19.Nxg4 hxg4 20.Na2 Rh3 21.c4 Reh8 22.Bh4 R8xh4 23.gxh4 Bxh2+ 24.Kf1 Bf4 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Rc1 Bxc1 27.Qxc1 Qxc1 28.Rxc1+ Kb8 29.Kg2 Rxb3, White resigns.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Monday, January 21, 2019
Marshall January Under 2400 1/20/2019
On Sunday, I played this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Four: King's Indian Attack
Jim West (USCF 2202) - Julia Miyasaka (USCF 1881), Marshall Chess Club 1/20/2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.a4 Qd7 9.Re1 Rfe8 10.c3 Bf8 11.Qc2 d5
12.Ng5 d4 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.Nc4 a6 15.a5 Bc5 16.h3 Rad8 17.Kh2 Nh5 18.Bf3 Qg6 19.Qe2 Nf6 20.Bg2 Nd7 21.f4 Qf6 22.Rf1 Qe6
23.Bf3 exf4 24.gxf4 Nf6 25.e5 Nd5 26.Bd2 Qe7 27.Qg2 Qd7 28.Bg4 Qe7 29.Bf3 Qd7 30.Bg4 Qe7, draw.
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Marshall January Under 2400 1/19/2019
On Saturday, I drew this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Two: King's Indian Defense
Jose De Villa (USCF 1946) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 1/19/2019
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Bc4 O-O 5.Nbd2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.h3 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Be2 e6 10.c4 exd5 11.exd5 bxc4 12.Nxc4 Bb7 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.O-O Nd7
16.a4 Nb6 17.Nxb6 Qxb6 18.Rb1 Rfe8 19.Bc4 Bc8 20.b3 Bf5 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Rab8 23.Nd2 a5 24.Nc4 Qc7 25.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Bg7 27.Qg3 Bf8 28.Qc3 Qb7 29.Nxa5 Qxd5 30.Nc4 Qb7 31.Rb1 d5 32.Na3 Qb4
33.Qg3 Re8 34.Nb5 Bg7 35.Qd3 Re1+ 36.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37.Qf1 Qb4 38.Qd1 c4 39.bxc4 Qxc4 40.g3 d4 41.Na3 Qb4 42.Nb1 h5 43.h4 f5 44.Kh2 f4
45.gxf4 d3 46.Qxd3 Qxf4+ 47.Qg3 Qxa4 48.Qxg6 Qxh4+ 49.Kg2 Qg4+ 50.Qxg4 hxg4, draw.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
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