Marshall Saturday Game/60 12/23/2017

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 2-0-1 plus a half point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Christopher Louie (USCF 1544) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Marshall Chess Club 12/23/2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f3 O-O 

11.fxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Rxf8+ Qxf8 14.c3 Nd7 15.Be3 b6 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bf3 Re8 19.Bd2 Qf6 20.Bxe4 Rxe4 21.Be1 Qh6 22.h3 Qf4 23.g3 Qf5 24.Kg2 Qe6

25.Qf3 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Qxe1 27.Qg4 Qe4+ 28.Qxe4 dxe4 29.g4 Kf7 30.Kf2 Bf4 31.a4 Ke6 32.c4 g5 33.b4 Bd2 34.b5 cxb5 35.axb5 Kd6 36.d5 Bf4 37.Ke2 Kc5

38.d6 Kxd6 39.c5+ Kxc5 40.Kf1 Kxb5 41.h4 gxh4 42.g5 Bxg5 43.Ke2 a5 44.Kf2 a4 45.Ke2 a3 46.Kd1 a2 47.Kc2 a1=Q 48.Kb3 Bf6 49.Kc2 Qb2+ 50.Kd1 h3 51.Ke1 h2 52.Kd1 h1=Q#.

Pix from FIDE Mondays 12/18/2017

On Monday evening, I photographed the players at the Marshall Chess Club.

CNN Article on Yifan Hou

GM Yifan Hou is featured in this article by Katy Scott.

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"Financial Express" Review: "Deep Thinking"

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FIDE Mondays 12/18/2017

On Monday, I won this game at the Marshall Chess Club when my opponent misplayed a theoretically drawn endgame.

Round Two: Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2207) - Roger Smith (USCF 1977), Marshall Chess Club 12/18/2017

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O Qb6 9.Qb3 Qxb3 10.axb3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.h3 a6 13.b4 Rfd8 14.Rfe1 Be8

15.Nb3 Nd7 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.bxc5 h6 18.Ne5 Na7 19.Bf1 Bb5 20.Bxb5 Nxb5 21.c6 bxc6 22.Nxc6 Rd7 23.Nxe7+ Rxe7 24.Ra5 Rb7 25.Rea1 Rb6 26.Kf1 Kf8 27.Ke2 Ke8 28.Kd3 Kd7 29.b3 Nd6 30.Bxd6 Kxd6 31.b4 Kc6

32.Rc5+ Kb7 33.f4 Rb5 34.Ra5 Rxc5 35.dxc5 f6 36.Kd4 Rd8 37.h4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.fxg5 e5+ 40.Ke3 fxg5 41.c6+ Kb6 42.c7 Kxc7 43.Rxa6 d4+ 44.cxd4 Rxd4 45.Re6 Rxb4 46.Rxe5 Rb3+ 47.Kf2 Kd6 48.Rxg5 Ke6

49.Rg3 Rb2+ 50.Kg1 Kf6 51.Kh2 Rb1 52.Rg4 Kf5 53.Rg8 Kf6 54.g3 Kf7 55.Rg4 Kf6 56.Kg2 Kf5 57.Rg8 Kf6 58.Kh3 Kf7 59.Rg5 Kf6 60.Ra5 Rh1+ 61.Kg4 Rb1 62.Ra6+ Kg7 63.Kh4 Rb4+ 64.g4 Rb1 65.Kh5 Rh1+ 66.Kg5 Rb1

67.Ra7+ Kg8 68.Kh5 Rg1 69.g5 Rh1+ 70.Kg6 Kf8 71.Ra8+ Ke7 72.Kg7 Rg1 73.g6 Rg2 74.Ra1 Rg3 75.Re1+ Kd8 76.Kf7 Rf3+ 77.Kg8 Kd7 78.g7 Rg3 79.Re4 Rg2 80.Kf7 Rf2+ 81.Kg6 Rg2+ 82.Kf6 Kd8 83.Re5, Black resigns.

Marshall Chess Club December News

Read about the club championship, new bathrooms, website upgrades, and casual play.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 12/14/2017

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

Pix from FIDE Mondays 12/11/2017

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

Thursday Night Action 12/14/2017

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 1-0-2 plus a half point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Rossolimo Variation

Alex Fikiet (USCF 2281) - Jim West (USCF 2211), Marshall Chess Club 12/14/2017

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nxe4 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Re1 Nf6 12.Rxe5 e6 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Re3 O-O 16.Rd3 Rad8

17.Bf4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Be3 b6 20.Qd2 Bc5 21.Rd1 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Rfe8 23.Qb4 Qe6 24.Qb3 h6 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Qxe3+ 27.Qxe3 Rxe3 28.Kf2 Re7, draw.

Pequannock Chess Club Tournament

On November 18th, the Pequannock Chess Club held its annual tournament.

Unrated Scholastic in Jersey City

Tomorrow afternoon, on behalf of 101 Discoveries, I will be assisting TD international master Farai Mandizha during an unrated scholastic tournament at the Museum of Russian Art.