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Message from WOCC President 6/26/2020

To all club members and guests:

Due to the shutdown of many public facilities throughout the country that came about from the COVID-19 pandemic, chess clubs and over the board (OTB) events have been canceled since March. In fact, March 3rd was the last time that our club met. It was, by the way, the first round of the 2020 WOCC Championship which was slated for 5 rounds. After hearing the news reports of the rapidly accelerating worldwide pandemic, I was considering postponing for a few weeks club meetings until the crisis, hopefully, would diminish quickly which it unfortunately did not. On March 5th I called the Recreation Department of West Orange to inform them of my decision on this situation. It was then that Juan Pintado, the gentleman who works with setting up other groups besides the chess club for usage of the Toby Katz Center, told me that the town was suspending indefinitely any usage of the building until further notice. Yesterday, I spoke to Juan inquiring about how soon the chess club could return to use the building. I was informed that more than likely the club and other groups (even those groups willing to rent the building for private events) would have to wait until September at the earliest to be allowed back in.

Fortunately, under the direction of Andrew Chan, our Director of Player Development, Lev Zilbermintz, one of our two Vice Presidents and President of the Garden State Chess League (GSCL) and John Moldovan who is an officer in the GSCL, online chess events have been organized to keep activity that is akin to OTB chess going. I also want to mention that, under the leadership of Lev and John Moldovan, the GSCL was able to finish the schedule online in a mostly smooth manner. John Moldovan is also running his Sunday Westfield events online. These events are, to my understanding, being rated in a separate system.

In closing, I want to reassure everyone that the games that were played on March 3rd will be eventually rated as "extra games" and "tacked on" to the next available OTB tournament (more than likely, the Mohan Nayak Memorial which is held in October) at the club when it reopens. It is sad and unfortunate that we have to wait for 2021 for the next club championship (which will be dedicated to the memory of Charles Hart) but these are unusual times for us to deal with. Those wishing a refund of their entry fee can contact me or they can let me keep their entry fee as a credit to the next event at the club.

As usual, any comments directed to me will be kept confidential at one`s request.

Sincerely,

John M. Hagerty
President of the West Orange Chess Club

P.S. Please stay safe and well and I look very forward to seeing all you guys when the town gives us the go ahead to get back to our "home".

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15/10 Sicilian Defense 6/22/2020

Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

JimWest (Chess.com 1873) - markusrauth (Chess.com 1765), Chess.com 6/22/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.f5 e5 10.Nde2 Qb6 11.Ng3 Be7 12.Qf3 O-O 13.Bg5 Qd8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.O-O Bd7 16.Rad1 Bc6

17.Kh1 Nxb3 18.axb3 Be7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 f6 21.Rfd1 Qc7 22.R5d2 Rac8 23.Nf1 Rfd8 24.Ne3 Bf8 25.Nd5 Qa5 26.c3 b5 27.b4 Qa2 28.h3 Qc4 29.Nb6, Black resigns.

15/10 Franco-Benoni 6/21/2020

Franco-Benoni Defense

Rhesh29 (Chess.com 1695) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 6/21/2020

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.e4 exd5 5.exd5 d6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Re8 13.Rfe1 Bf8 14.Qf1 Qc7

15.Nc4 Nb6 16.Ne3 Nh5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Nf4 19.Bg3 Nh5 20.Bh4 Nf4 21.a5 Nd7 22.Bg3 Nh5 23.Bh4 Ne5 24.Bg3 Nxg3 25.hxg3 g6 26.Ne4 Bg7 27.c3 f5 28.Nd2 Rac8 29.Ndc4 Nxc4 30.Nxc4 Bf8 31.Qd3 Qf7

32.Nb6 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Re8 34.Rxe8 Qxe8 35.Qe3 Qxe3 36.fxe3 Kf7 37.Kf2 Be7 38.Ke2 Bd8 39.Nc4 Bc7 40.b4 cxb4 41.cxb4 Ke7 42.Kd3 Bb8 43.e4 Kf6 44.Nb6 Bc7 45.Nc4 fxe4+ 46.Kxe4 Kg5 47.Ne3 b6

48.axb6 Bxb6 49.Nc4 Bc7 50.Ne3 h5 51.Kf3 a5 52.bxa5 Bxa5 53.Nc4 Bb4 54.Ne3 Bc5 55.Nc4 Kf5 56.Na5 g5 57.Nb7 g4+ 58.Ke2 Ke5 59.Nd8 Kxd5 60.Kd3 Bf2 61.Nf7 Bxg3 62.Ng5 Be5 63.Ne4 Bg7 64.Ng3 h4

65.Nf5 h3 66.gxh3 gxh3 67.Ng3 Be5 68.Nh1 h2 68.Nf2 Bg3 69.Nh1 Bh4 70.Ke2 Ke4 71.Kd2 Kf3 72.Kd3 Kg2 73.Ke2 d5 74.Ke3 Kxh1 75.Kf3 d4 76.Kg4 Kg2 77.Kxh4 h1=Q+ 78.Kg4 d3 79.Kg5 d2 80.Kf4 d1=Q

81.Kf5 Qhf1+ 82.Kg6 Qg4+ 83.Kh7 Qh1#.

15/10 KIA 6/20/2020

King's Indian Attack

JimWest (Chess.com 1875) - vivekmia (Chess.com 1795), Chess.com 6/20/2020

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Be7 13.Qxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd1 O-O

15.c3 c4 16.Ne3 b5 17.Rfd1 Ne5 18.f4 Nd3 19.e5 Rad8 20.exf6 g6 21.Rab1 a5 22.a4 b4 23.cxb4 axb4 24.Nxc4 Rd4 25.Ne5 Rfd8 26.Nc6 Nxb2 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Nxd4, Black resigns.

15/10 KID 6/19/2020

King's Indian Defense, Lesser Simagin Variation

orenlivne (Chess.com 1910) - JimWest (Chess.com 1866), Chess.com 6/19/2020

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bd7 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.h3 Ne8 12.Bd2 f5 13.exf5 Nxf5 14.Nxf5 Bxf5 15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Bg2 a5

18.Bg5 h6 19.Be3 b6 20.Qd2 Kh7 21.Rac1 Nd7 22.b3 Nc5 23.Qc2 h5 24.Qd2 Qf6 25.f4 exf4 26.Rxf4 Qe7 27.Rcf1 Rxf4 28.Bxf4 Re8 29.Bg5 Qd7 30.Qc2 Rf8 31.Rxf8 Bxf8 32.a3 Qe8

33.Kh2 Bh6 34.Bxh6 Kxh6 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Nd7 37.Qd2+ Kh7 38.Qg5 Ne5 39.c5 bxc5 40.bxc5 Qf7 41.cxd6 cxd6 42.Qd8 Qf2 43.Kh1 Qe1+ 44.Kh2 Qf2 45.Kh1 Qe1+ 46.Kh2 Qf2, draw.

15/10 PCG 6/18/2020

Philidor Counter Gambit

flyingbishop97 (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1865), Chess.com 6/18/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Nxh8 Nc6 12.Qg5+ Kxh8 13.Be3 Bg7 14.O-O-O Bd7

15.h4 Qf8 16.h5 h6 17.Qh4 Re8 18.Be2 Nd5 19.c3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qg8 21.d5 Ne7 22.Qxe4 Nf5 23.Qb4 Ne3 24.Rd3 Bf5 25.Rd2 Nxd5 26.Qc5 c6 27.c4 Ne3 28.g4 Bxg4

29.Bxg4 Nxg4 30.Rg1 Ne3 31.Rd7 Qh7, White resigns.

15/10 Sicilian Defense 6/17/2020

Sicilian Defense, Sozin Attack

JimWest (Chess.com 1863) - softick (Chess.com 1700), Chess.com 6/17/2020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be3 b5 9.O-O Qc7 10.a3 Nc6 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bb7 13.Qe2 O-O

14.f5 exf5 15.Rxf5 Rad8 16.Raf1 Bc8 17.R5f4 Rfe8 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Be6 20.Rxf7 Bxf7 21.Bxf7+ Kh8 22.Bxe8 Rxe8 23.Rf7 Rg8 24.Qg4 h6 25.Bxg7+, Black resigns.

15/10 King's Gambit 6/16/2020

King's Gambit

lehwooo (Chess.com 1697) - JimWest (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 6/16/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d4 g5 6.Be2 h6 7.O-O Bg7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nc6 10.e5 Nge7 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.d5 Ne5 13.Re1 O-O

14.Kh1 c6 15.dxc6 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 N7xc6 17.Be4 Rad8 18.Nd5 f5 19.Bf3 Nxf3 20.gxf3 Rfe8 21.Bxf4 gxf4 22.Nxf4 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Nd4 24.c3 Nxf3 25.Kg2 Ng5 26.Rd7 Be5 27.Nd3 Bb8 28.Rxb7 f4

29.h4 Nf7 30.Kf1 a5 31.b4 axb4 32.cxb4 Nd6 33.Rd7 Nf5 34.b5 Nxh4 35.b6 Nf3 36.a4 Ne5 37.Nxe5 Bxe5 38.a5 Ra8 39.b7 Rxa5, White resigns.