Edison Quads, Round 2, 8/10/2019

On Saturday, I drew this game in the quads at Edison.

Round 2: King Pawn Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2083), Edison NJ 8/10/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Bd6 5.Bd3 Qe7 6.Nc3 c6 7.h3 h6 8.Be3 Be6 9.a4 Nd7 10.Qe2 g5 11.Nd2 Bc5 12.Bc4 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Ngf6 14.Qe2 Nf8 15.Bb3 Bxb3 16.Nxb3 Ne6 17.O-O-O Nf4

18.Qf3 Ng6 19.g3 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Qe3 b6 22.a5 Kc7 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.axb6+ axb6 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Na4 Kb7 27.Nc3, draw.

Thursday Action, Round 4, 8/8/2019

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

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Leonardo Liu (USCF 2000), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.Bg5 b5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Nd5 Re8

17.Rxh5 gxh5 18.Qh2 gxf3 19.Qxh5 Bg4 20.Qh4 Qd7 21.Rh1 Ng6 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Bh6 Bxh6+ 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Nxe7+, Black resigns.

Thursday Action, Round 2, 8/8/2019

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

Round Two: Pirc Defense

Ahmet Shapiro-Erciyas (USCF 2117) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nbd7 7.O-O-O Nb6 8.g4 b4 9.Nb1 a5 10.h4 h5

11.gxh5 Nxh5 12.Bh2 Bh6 13.f4 d5 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.Qg2 Nxf4, White resigns.

Thursday Action, Round 1, 8/8/2019

On Thursday, I played this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Kyle Anderson (USCF 1890), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 d5 8.Re1 Nbc6 9.e5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.a3 a5 15.h4 h5

16.Ng5 Ne7 17.g4 hxg4 18.Qxg4 Rfc8 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.b3 Rc6 21.h5 Rac8 22.Re2 a4 23.b4 Rc3 24.hxg6 Nxg6 25.Bg3 Rxd3 26.Bxd5 Rxa3 27.Be4 Bb5 28.Rd2 Rxg3+ 29.Qxg3 Bxe5 30.Qh3 Bg7, Black forfeits.

Results of Simul by Washington State AG

National master Bobby Ferguson [pictured] finished with a score of 14-1-3.

FIDE Mondays 8/5/2019

On Monday, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: English Opening

Fikirte Hunt (USCF 1899) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/5/2019

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rb1 d6 12.a3 a5 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.b3 Rfc8

16.Na2 Ng4 17.Nc3 e6 18.Be1 Ne5 19.Ne4 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Rxd5 Bf5 22.Bc3 Re8 23.Rbd1 Qxb3 24.Qxb3 Rxb3 25.Bxa5 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Nc6 27.Bc2 Rxa3 28.Bb6 Nd4 29.Bxc5 Nxc2 30.Bxa3 Nxa3

31.Rd8 Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Bf8 33.e4 Nc4, draw.

Saturday Game/50, Round 2, 8/3/2019

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

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Wesley Hellner (USCF 1866), Marshall Chess Club 8/3/2019

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Qc1 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a4 Rc8 10.Na3 a6 11.Nc4 Nc5 12.d3 e6 13.e4 Ne8

14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qb2+ f6 16.e5 f5 17.exd6+ Kg8 18.dxc7 Nxc7 19.Nxb6 Rb8 20.Nc4 Nd5 21.g3 Bc6 22.Nfe5 Ba8 23.Bf3 Qc7 24.a5 Rfd8 25.h4 Nd7 26.Kh2 Nxe5 27.Qxe5 Qe7 28.Rae1 Re8 29.h5 Nf6

30.Qd6 Bxf3 31.Qxe7 Ng4+ 32.Kg1 Rxe7 33.Rxf3 gxh5 34.Ne5 Rc8 35.Nxg4 hxg4 36.Rfe3 Kf7 37.R1e2 Rc6 38.c4 Rb7 39.d4 Rd6 40.Rd2 Rbd7 41.Red3 Rb7 42.Kf2 Kf6 43.Ke3 h5 44.Rh2 Kg6

45.Kd2 Rd8 46.Kc2 Rdb8 47.Re3 Re7 48.d5 Rbe8 49.Rxe6+ Rxe6 50.dxe6 Rxe6 51.Kd3 Re1 52.Re2 Rd1+ 53.Kc3 Rg1 54.Re6+ Kg7 55.Re3 Rd1 56.Kb4 Kf6 57.c5 Rc1 58.Rd3 Ke7 59.Rd2 Rg1 

60.Rh2 Rxg3 61.Rxh5 Kf6 62.c6 Rg1 63.Kc5 g3 64.Rg5 g2 65.Kb6 Rb1 66.Rxg2 Rxb3+ 67.Kxa6 Rc3 68.Kb7 Rb3+ 69.Kc8 Ra3 70.c7 Rxa5 71.Rd2 Ke6 72.Re2+ Kd6 73.Kd8, Black resigns.

Saturday Game/50, Round 1, 8/3/2019

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

Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Aidan Ahram (USCF 1955) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/3/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2,c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.e3 Nxe5 10.Be2 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 O-O 12.O-O d6 13.b4 Rb8 14.Rfc1 b6 15.Qd4 Bb7

16.Bd5 Rfe8 17.Qf4 c6 18.Bf3 Qe5 19.Qxe5 Rxe5 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 d5 22.Rab1 Re7 23.Bxd5 Rd8 24.Bf3 Kf8 25.Rb4 Ba8 26.Rcb1 g6 27.Rb8 Ree8 28.R8b4 Re7 29.Kf1 f5 30.h4 Re5 31.Rb8 Ree8 32.R8b4 Re5

33.Ke1 Rxc5 34.Rb8 Rc1+ 35.Ke2 Rc2+ 36.Ke1 Rc1+ 37.Ke2 Rc2+ 38.Ke1, draw.

Newspaper Article on Molner Simul

Story on page 11.

Thursday Action, Round 2, 8/1/2019

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

Round Two: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2203) - Wyatt Morgan (USCF 952), Marshall Chess Club 8/1/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nbd2 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qe7 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 b6 10.b4 Bd6 11.a4 Nd8 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Nh4 Ne8 14.Nf5 Qe6 15.a5 a6

16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.Nxb3 g6 18.Nxd6 Nxd6 19.Re1 Kg7 20.Be3 Nc4 21.Bf1 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Ne6 23.f3 Rfd8 24.Be2 f6 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 Rd8 27.Be2 c6 28.axb6 Kf7 29.Rd3 Rxd3 30.Bxd3 Nd8

31.Nc5 Bc8 32.Kf2 Ke7 33.Bxa6 Bxa6 34.Nxa6 Kd7 35.Nc5+ Kc8, and White wins in ? moves.

                                       Final Position

Thursday Action, Round 1, 8/1/2019

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

Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Daniel Selyutin (USCF 1866) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Marshall Chess Club 8/1/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Be2 Nxe5 12.O-O Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 d6

14.c5 dxc5 15.Rac1 c6 16.Rfd1 Bf5 17.Qxc5 Qxc5 18.Rxc5 Be4 19.Bxe4 Rxe4 20.Rd7 Rb8 21.Kf1 Kf8 22.Rc3 Re7 23.Rcd3 Rbe8 24.Ke2 f6 25.f3 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Re7 27.Rd8+ Re8 28.Rd7 Re7, draw.

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