8-Year-Old Champion No Longer Homeless

Tanitoluwa Adewumi [pictured] has a home.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 3/28/2019

During Thursday's tournament, I snapped these photos at the Marshall Chess Club.

Thursday Night Action 3/28/2019

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 1-1-1 plus a half point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Center Counter Defense

Jim West (USCF 2203) - Michael Ocido (USCF 2141), Marshall Chess Club 3/28/2019

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 a6 9.Be3 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Qd2 c5

13.dxc5 Qxd2 14.Nxd2 Nxc5 15.Bf3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Rac8 17.Rad1 Nce4 18.Bd4 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Nd5 20.Rd3 Rc7 21.Re1 Rfc8 22.Ba5 Rxc2 23.Rxd5 exd5 24.Rxe7 Rxb2 25.Rd7 h6 26.Rxd5 Ra2 27.Bb4 Rc1+ 28.Kh2 a5

29.Bxa5 Rxa3 30.Rxb5 Ra2 31.Rb8+ Kh7 32.Bb6 g5 33.Be3 Rcc2 34.Nd4 Rcb2 35.Rxb2 Rxb2 36.g4 Kg6 37.Kg3 Rb7 38.h4 gxh4+ 39.Kxh4 Rd7 40.Kg3 Rd5 41.Nf5 Ra5 42.Nxh6 f6 43.Nf5 Ra4 44.f4 Ra3 45.Kf3 Rb3 46.Nd4 Ra3

47.f5+ Kf7 48.Ke4 Ra5 49.g5 fxg5 50.Bxg5 Rc5 51.Nf3 Ra5 52.Ne5+ Kg8 53.f6 Ra1 54.f7+ Kg7 55.Bh6+, Black resigns.

Pix from Sunday Game/50 3/24/2019

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

Analysis of West - Leschinsky

At Chess.com, William Guskind [pictured] analyzes my game against Gary Leschinsky from the Westfield Grand Prix.

8-Year-Old Homeless Chess Champion

Tanitoluwa Adewumi has won his category at the New York State chess championship.

Marshall Sunday Game/50 3/24/2019

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

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Alexander Kupersmith (USCF 1859) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 3/24/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Be3 d4 12.Nxe4 dxe3 13.Nxf6 exf2+ 14.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Nxf6 16.Bd3 Rxh8

17.Rhe1 Bd7 18.h3 Nb4 19.Re7 Nxd3+ 20.cxd3 g6 21.Rae1 Nd5 22.Rg7 Nb4 23.Ree7 Nxd3+ 24.Ke3 Nc5 25.b4 Ne6 26.Rxd7 Nxg7 27.Rxg7 b6 28.Kd4 Rd8+ 29.Kc3 Rd7 30.Rg8+ Kb7 31.a3 Rf7 32.Rh8 h5 33.Rg8 Rf6

34.Rg7 b5 35.Kb3 h4 36.Kc3 Kc6 37.Kd4 Kd6 38.Ke3 a6 39.Kd4 c6 40.Rg8 Kc7 41.Kc5 Rf5+ 42.Kd4 Rg5 43.Rh8 Rxg2 44.Rxh4 Kb6 45.Rh6 Rg3 46.h4 Rxa3 47.Rxg6 Rb3 48.h5 Rxb4+ 49.Kc3 Rh4 50.Rh6 a5

51.Rh8 Kc5 52.h6 Rh3+ 53.Kc2 Kc4 54.h7 Rh2+ 55.Kc1 c5 56.Ra8 Rxh7 57.Rxa5 Rh2 58.Ra8 Kc3 59.Ra3+ Kb4 60.Rg3 c4 61.Rg4 Kb3 62.Rg5 b4 63.Rg3+ c3 64.Rg1 Ra2, White resigns.

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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Daniel Luo (USCF 1582) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 3/24/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3

11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.

My Spring 2019 Teaching Schedule

In the spring 2019 sessions, of their after school enrichment programs on chess, I will be teaching for Premier Chess in Staten Island and for 101 Discoveries in Jersey City, at these schools:

Tuesdays - PS 62;

Wednesdays - Hudson Montessori School;

Thursdays - Hamilton Park Montessori School;

Fridays - PS 48.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 3/21/2019

During Thursday's tournament, I took these pictures at the Marshall Chess Club.

Thursday Night Action 3/21/2019

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 1-1-1 plus a half point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Dr. R. Khan (USCF 1663) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 3/21/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Nd5 Nc6 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.Bd2 f4 12.g3 g5 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.c3 O-O-O 15.O-O-O Rgf8

16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Kb8 18.gxf4 gxf4 19.h4 Rg8 20.Rdg1 Qe6 21.Rxg8 Rxg8 22.c4 Nd4 23.Qd1 Qg4 24.Bc3 Ne2+ 25.Kc2 Nxc3 26.Kxc3 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Rg2 28.f3 b6 29.d4 Rh2 30.dxe5 dxe5 31.Rd5 Rxh4 32.Rxe5 Rh3 

33.Re8+ Kb7 34.e5 Rxf3+ 35.Kd2 Re3 36.Rf8 Rxe5 37.Rxf4 h5 38.Kd3 a5 39.a3 a4 40.Kd4 Rg5 41.Ke4 Rg4 42.Rxg4 hxg4 43.Kf4 Kc6 44.Kxg4 Kc5 45.Kf3 Kxc4 46.Ke3 Kb3 47.Kd3 c5 48.Kd2 Kxb2 49.Kd3 Kxa3

50.Kc3 b5 51.Kc2 b4 52.Kb1 Kb3 53.Ka1 Kc2 54.Ka2 b3+, White resigns.