Earlier this month, Damian Chapa's movie Bobby Fischer Live had its premiere.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Performa 09 at Marshall Chess Club
A couple of weeks ago, Guido van der Werve gave two presentations of Performa 09 at the Marshall Chess Club. I have heard that both were sellouts, with 100 spectators at each.
Here is an article describing the event.
Here is an article describing the event.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Berg - West @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"
At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier provides a link to my game as Black against George Berg.
The name of the tournament "What a Turkey Open" may have affected us because we both played endgame moves that were turkeys!
The above diagram shows the position after 29.Nb3. I should have maintained equality by 29...Ke5, prepared to answer 30.Na5 by 30...Nd8. My 29...b6 led to a favorable endgame for White after 30.Nd4+ Nxd4 31.cxd4, which became losing for Black when I played 31...h4.
Eventually we arrived at this position, following 39...Kxc5.
White played 40.Ke3, throwing away the win by 40.g5 Kd6 41.Kf5.
The name of the tournament "What a Turkey Open" may have affected us because we both played endgame moves that were turkeys!
The above diagram shows the position after 29.Nb3. I should have maintained equality by 29...Ke5, prepared to answer 30.Na5 by 30...Nd8. My 29...b6 led to a favorable endgame for White after 30.Nd4+ Nxd4 31.cxd4, which became losing for Black when I played 31...h4.
Eventually we arrived at this position, following 39...Kxc5.
White played 40.Ke3, throwing away the win by 40.g5 Kd6 41.Kf5.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
July-September 2009 "ACN"
My article "Both Sides of the Board" can be found on pages 17-18, in the July-September 2009 issue of Atlantic Chess News.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Marshall Chess Club Swiss 11/22/2009
Playing in the one day schedule of a FIDE rated tournament, yesterday at the Marshall Chess Club, I finished at 2-1-1. These are my games as Black.
Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit
Alan Zhang (USCF 1834) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/22/2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxe5+ Qxe5 10.dxe5 Bg7 11.Bxf4 Nd7
12.c3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bc7 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.h3 Nh5 17.e5 Rf8 18.Ne4 Bf5 19.g4 Bxe4 20.gxh5 O-O-O 21.Rae1 Bb6+ 22.Kh2 Rd2+ 23.Re2 Rxe2+ 24.Bxe2 Be3 25.Kg3 g5 26.Bg4+ Kc7 27.f5 Bf4+ 28.Kf2 Bxe5 29.Re1 Bxf5 30.Rxe5 Bxg4+ 31.Kg3 Bxh5 32.Rxg5 Bg6
33.h4 Bb1 34.a3 Rf7 35.Re5 Rd7 36.Re2 a5 37.Kf4 a4 38.Rg2 b5 39.Rg1 Bg6 40.Rg2 Rd5 41.Re2 Kb6 42.Rg2 Kc5 43.Ke3 Kc4 44.Rg4+ Kb3 45.Rb4+ Ka2 46.c4 Rd3+ 47.Kf4 Rb3 48.cxb5 Rxb4+ 49.axb4 cxb5, White resigns.
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Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit
Alan Zhang (USCF 1834) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/22/2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxe5+ Qxe5 10.dxe5 Bg7 11.Bxf4 Nd7
12.c3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bc7 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.h3 Nh5 17.e5 Rf8 18.Ne4 Bf5 19.g4 Bxe4 20.gxh5 O-O-O 21.Rae1 Bb6+ 22.Kh2 Rd2+ 23.Re2 Rxe2+ 24.Bxe2 Be3 25.Kg3 g5 26.Bg4+ Kc7 27.f5 Bf4+ 28.Kf2 Bxe5 29.Re1 Bxf5 30.Rxe5 Bxg4+ 31.Kg3 Bxh5 32.Rxg5 Bg6
33.h4 Bb1 34.a3 Rf7 35.Re5 Rd7 36.Re2 a5 37.Kf4 a4 38.Rg2 b5 39.Rg1 Bg6 40.Rg2 Rd5 41.Re2 Kb6 42.Rg2 Kc5 43.Ke3 Kc4 44.Rg4+ Kb3 45.Rb4+ Ka2 46.c4 Rd3+ 47.Kf4 Rb3 48.cxb5 Rxb4+ 49.axb4 cxb5, White resigns.
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Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit
George Berg (FIDE 2045) - Jim West (FIDE 2159), Marshall Chess Club 11/22/2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Ng5 Bxg5 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qxg5 Qxg5 11.Bxg5 c6 12.Bd3 Bxe6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Re1 Kf7 15.c3 Ngf6 16.Nd2 Rhe8
17.Bxf6 Kxf6 18.Re3 Kg7 19.Rae1 Bf7 20.f3 Nc5 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Rxe8 Bxe8 23.Bc2 g5 24.Kf2 Bg6 25.Bxg6 Kxg6 26.b3 h5 27.Ke3 Kf5 28.b4 Ne6 29.Nb3 b6
30.Nd4+ Nxd4 31.cxd4 h4 32.g4+ hxg3 33.hxg3 a5 34.bxa5 bxa5 35.a4 Ke6 36.g4 Kd6 37.f4 gxf4+ 38.Kxf4 c5 39.dxc5+ Kxc5 40.Ke3 d4+ 41.Kd3 Kd5 42.g5 Ke5 43.g6 Kf6 44.Kxd4 Kxg6 45.Kc5 Kf7 46.Kb6 Ke8 47.Kxa5 Kd7 48.Kb6 Kc8 49.a5 Kb8, draw.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Hamilton Quads 11/21/2009
Yesterday's top quad in Hamilton ended today at 1am! I finished with a score of 1-1-1 against three masters. Here is my win.
Round One: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation
Boris Privman (USCF 2205) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Hamilton NJ 11/21/2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.h3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.Bd3 Bf5 10.Qe2 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qd7 12.g4 h5 13.g5 Ne8 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.Kb1 Nd6
16.Nh4 a5 17.Rde1 a4 18.a3 Na5 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Qb5 Nc4 21.Nxc4 Rxc4 22.Ng2 e6 23.Ne3 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.f4 Rd8 26.Nc2 Bf8 27.Re2 Bd6 28.Rf1 Kg7 29.Ne1 b5 30.Nd3 Rc4 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Rd7
33.Kc2 Rb7 34.Kd3 Ra7 35.Ref2 Rb7 36.h4 Ra7 37.Rb1 Rc6 38.b3 Rac7 39.Rc2 Rc8 40.Kd2 Kf8 41.bxa4 bxa4 42.Rb4 Rc4 43.Rxc4 Rxc4 44.Rb2 Rc7 45.Rb8+ Ke7 46.Ra8 Rc4 47.Kd3 Kd7 48.Ra7+ Ke8 49.Rb7 Rc6 50.Rb4 Ra6 51.c4 dxc4+ 52.Kxc4 Rc6+ 53.Kb5 Rc3
54.Rxa4 Rh3 55.d5 exd5 56.Kc5 d4 57.Kd6 Kf8 58.e6 fxe6 59.Kxe6 Rxh4 60.Kf6 Rf4+ 61.Kxg6 h4 62.Kh7 h3 63.Ra8+ Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kd8, White resigns.
Round One: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation
Boris Privman (USCF 2205) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Hamilton NJ 11/21/2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.h3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.Bd3 Bf5 10.Qe2 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qd7 12.g4 h5 13.g5 Ne8 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.Kb1 Nd6
16.Nh4 a5 17.Rde1 a4 18.a3 Na5 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Qb5 Nc4 21.Nxc4 Rxc4 22.Ng2 e6 23.Ne3 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.f4 Rd8 26.Nc2 Bf8 27.Re2 Bd6 28.Rf1 Kg7 29.Ne1 b5 30.Nd3 Rc4 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Rd7
33.Kc2 Rb7 34.Kd3 Ra7 35.Ref2 Rb7 36.h4 Ra7 37.Rb1 Rc6 38.b3 Rac7 39.Rc2 Rc8 40.Kd2 Kf8 41.bxa4 bxa4 42.Rb4 Rc4 43.Rxc4 Rxc4 44.Rb2 Rc7 45.Rb8+ Ke7 46.Ra8 Rc4 47.Kd3 Kd7 48.Ra7+ Ke8 49.Rb7 Rc6 50.Rb4 Ra6 51.c4 dxc4+ 52.Kxc4 Rc6+ 53.Kb5 Rc3
54.Rxa4 Rh3 55.d5 exd5 56.Kc5 d4 57.Kd6 Kf8 58.e6 fxe6 59.Kxe6 Rxh4 60.Kf6 Rf4+ 61.Kxg6 h4 62.Kh7 h3 63.Ra8+ Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kd8, White resigns.
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