"Pawn Sacrifice" on Starz Cinema

Pawn Sacrifice will air on Starz Cinema, as follows.

Marshall Saturday Game/50 2/10/2018

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

Round Four: Center Counter Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Sakura Laporte (USCF 1651), Marshall Chess Club 2/10/2018

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 4.c4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bxd7 Bxd7 8.Nc3 c6 9.dxc6 Bxc6 10.d3 Qc7 11.h3 Rad8 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.Rd1 e5 14.Bg5 e4

15.dxe4 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.b3 Qc6 19.Be3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 a6 22.Bb6 h5 23.Rd8 Rxd8 24.Bxd8 Kf8 25.Kf1 Ke8 26.Bb6 Kd7 27.Ke2 Kc6 28.Be3 b5 29.Kd3 f5 30.a4 bxa4 31.bxa4 Bf6

32.Kc2 g5 33.Kd3 h4 34.Ke2 Kd6 35.Bb6 Kc6 36.a5 Be7 37.Kf1 Bf6 38.Kg2 Be7 39.f4 g4 40.hxg4 fxg4 41.f5 Bf6 42.Be3 Kc7 43.f3 g3 44.Kh3 Kc6 45.Kg2 Kb7 46.Bh6 Kc6 47.f4 Kc5 48.Bg5 Bg7 49.Be7+ Kxc4 50.f6 Bh6

51.f7 Kd4 52.f8=Q Bxf8 53.Bxf8 Ke4 54.Bd6 Kf5 55.Kf3 Ke6 56.Bc7 Kf5 57.Bd6 Ke6 58.Bb4 Kf5 59.Bd2 Kg6 60.Kg4 Kf6 61.Kxh4 g2 62.Be3 Kf5 63.Kg3 Ke4

64.Kxg2 Kf5 65.Kf3 Kf6 66.Ke4 Ke6 67.f5+ Kf6 68.Bd4+ Kf7 69.Ke5 Ke7 70.f6+ Kf7 71.Kd6 Kf8 72.Kc6, Black resigns.

John Urschel: From NFL to NM?

Retired NFL player John Urschel [pictured] would like to become a national master.

Front Page News

Pix from FIDE Mondays 2/5/2018

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

"centraljersey.com" Article on "Mikell's Plot"

Matthew Sockol reports on Mikell's Plot.

"Chess Mates" Teams at USATE 2018

Chess Mates will be sending these teams to the USATE 2018.

Team 1) Chess Baby Sitters: GM Leonid Yudasin, NM Arthur Macaspac, Ted Cross, Alan Hu;

Team 2) Rulers of the Board: Victor Chen, Nikhil Kalyanraman, Andrew Deng, Chris Spencer;

Team 3) Your Mom: Rishabh Sinha, Hannah Malko, Rohan Narayanan, Sophia Shukhat;

Team 4) Chess Mates Rulers: Rahul Sinha, Vaibhav Potluri, Jonathan Ma, Kevin Aby.

Westfield Quads 2/4/2018

On Sunday, I drew this game in the quads at Westfield.

Round Two: King's Indian Defense, Four Pawns Attack

Paris Prestia (USCF 2052) - Jim West (USCF 2201), Westfield NJ 2/4/2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Qd2 Bxg5 15.Qxg5 Qxg5 16.Nxg5 Ne3

17.Nge4 Nc2+ 18.Kd2 Nxa1 19.Nf6+ Kf7 20.Nxe8 Kxe8 21.Rxa1 a6 22.Ne4 Nd7 23.Bg4 b6 24.Re1 Kd8 25.Ng5 Nf6 26.Nf7+ Kc7 27.d6+ Kb8 28.Bf3 Ra7 29.Nd8 Bd7 30.Nc6+ Bxc6 31.Bxc6 Rf7 32.Re7 Rf8

33.d7 Rd8 34.Rf7 Ng4 35.Rxh7 Ne5 36.Be4 Kc7 37.Ke3 Rxd7 38.Rxd7+ Kxd7 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.g4 c4 41.h4 b5 42.h5 gxh5 43.gxh5 Nf7 44.Bf5+ Kf6 45.Bg6 Ne5 46.Bf5 Nc6 47.h6 Nb4 48.h7 Kg7 49.a3 Na2

50.Ke3 a5 51.Kd4 c3 52.bxc3 Nxc3 53.Kxc3 b4+ 54.axb4 axb4+ 55.Kxb4 Kh8, draw.

Garry Kasparov: My 4 Memorable Games

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Pix from FIDE Mondays 1/29/2018

On Monday evening, I took these pictures at the Marshall Chess Club.

Winter 2018 Schedule at 101 Discoveries

In the winter 2018 session of the after school enrichment program at 101 Discoveries, I am teaching the following classes on chess:

Wednesdays - Hudson Montessori School;

Thursdays - Hamilton Park Montessori School.

In addition, I was the substitute chess teacher yesterday at the Museum of Russian Art.

Pix from Saturday Game/50 1/27/2018

On Saturday, I snapped these photos during the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.