Pix from August FIDE Weekend 8/6/2017

During the tournament on Sunday, I took these pictures at the Marshall Chess Club.

Pix from August FIDE Weekend 8/5/2017

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

Marshall August FIDE Weekend 8/6/2017

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

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Matthew Tripodi (USCF 1764), Marshall Chess Club 8/6/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Nde2 a4 12.Nxa4 Nbxd5 13.Bf2 Bd7 14.Nac3 Bc6 15.O-O e6

16.Bd4 Ne7 17.Qe1 Nf5 18.Bc5 Re8 19.Rd1 Qa5 20.Bf2 Rad8 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 Qa7 24.Qf2, Black resigns.

Marshall August FIDE Weekend 8/5/2017

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

Round Two: Pirc Defense

Jose De Villa (USCF 1815) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/5/2017

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.a3 e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Be3 Nd7 10.h4 Nc5 11.Be2 f5

12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxd4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd4+ Qf6 17.Qxf6+ Rxf6 18.h5 g5 19.Rd1 h6 20.Rd4 Bf5 21.g3 a5 22.a4 b6 23.Rc4 Rf7 24.g4 Bh7 25.Rh2 Re8 26.Rc3 Re5 27.Re3 Rfe7 28.c4 Rf7 29.Bd1 Rf4

30.Kd2 Kf8 31.b3 Re7 32.f3 exf3 33.Rxf3 Rxf3 34.Bxf3 Be4 35.Rf2 Bxf3 36.Rxf3+ Kg7 37.Kd3 Re1 38.Re3 Rxe3+ 39.Kxe3 Kf7 40.Kd4 Ke7 41.Ke3 Kf7, draw.

Muzio Gambit Line against PCG

In this game, White attempts unsuccessfully to defeat the Philidor Counter Gambit with an idea from the Muzio Gambit.

Pix from Sunday Game/45 7/30/2017

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

FIDE Mondays 7/31/2017

On Monday evening, I finished with a score of 1-1-3 plus a half point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Six: Sicilian Defense, Alapin Variation

Arthur Tollefson (USCF 2019) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/31/2017

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 e6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 d5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O O-O 

12.Re1 b6 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.Bd2 Re8 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bf8 17.Qe4 g6 18.h4 Bc6 19.Qd4 Bc5 20.Qc4 h5 21.Bg5 Qd5 22.Qxd5 Bxd5 23.Bb5 Rec8, draw.

Marshall Sunday Game/45 7/30/2017

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

Round One: Center Counter Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Marcus Sutton (USCF 1822), Marshall Chess Club 7/30/2017

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.dxc6 Nxc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.O-O Qc7 7.Nc3 e6 8.d4 a6 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.f4 O-O

12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Qf3 Qxf3 14.Rxf3 Rac8 15.Bd2 Rc4 16.Rd3 Rfc8 17.Re1 b5 18.a3 Bc7 19.b3 Rc6 20.d5 Bb6+ 21.Be3 Rxc3 22.Bxb6 Rxd3 23.cxd3 Nxd5

24.Be3 Kf8 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 f5 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.g3, draw.

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Round Two: King's Indian Attack

Tyrone Ferrara (USCF 1633) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/30/2017

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.e4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d3 Nf6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 h6 10.Bd2 Qd7 11.Nh4 Bh3 12.Ng6 Rf7 13.Nxe7+ Rxe7 14.f4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 e4

16.Bc3 Rf8 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.dxe4 Rxe4 19.Qd5+ Qe6 20.Qxe6+ Rfxe6 21.Nd2 Re2+ 22.Rf2 Rxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Nd4 24.Nf3 Nxf3 25.Kxf3 Kf7

26.Rd1 h5 27.h3 g6 28.g4 hxg4+ 29.hxg4 Kg7 30.c4 a5 31.c5, draw.

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Round Three: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Christopher William (USCF 1915), Marshall Chess Club 7/30/2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Be3 Bd6 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 Qd7 11.Qh5+ Qf7 12.Qxf7+ Kxf7

13.Nd2 Ne7 14.g4 g6 15.fxg6+ hxg6 16.Nf3 Rh3 17.Kg2 Rah8 18.Rh1 Nd5 19.Rad1 Nxe3+ 20.fxe3 Ke7 21.e4 Kf7 22.e5 Bxe5 23.Nxe5+ fxe5 24.Rd7+ Ke6 25.Rxc7 R3h7

26.Rxh7 Rxh7 27.Rd1, draw.

Pix from Saturday Game/60 7/29/2017

These pictures were taken by me during Saturday's tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.