More Film Reviews of "BFATW"

The documentary film Bobby Fischer Against the World is reviewed by Monsters and Critics, Slant Magazine, The Washington Post, and Chess.

Gligoric - Fischer, Yugoslavia 1992

Here are three little-known games, from a training match in 1992, where Bobby Fischer played the King's Indian Defense against Svetozar Gligoric.

The first two games were drawn. Fischer won the third.

Garbus Films at HBO Documentaries

Those of you who are not HBO subscribers can watch two short films, namely The Fight for Fischer's Estate and Chess History, by director Liz Garbus at the HBO Documentaries website.

Pair of PCG's @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"

At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier provides links to my games as Black against Andrew Bykhovsky and Wesley Hellner.

Pix from Marshall 4th of July Madness

Yesterday, at the Marshall Chess Club, I snapped these photos during the game/30 Swiss.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 7/4/2011

These games were played today in a game/30 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2205) - Jay Bonin (USCF 2391), Marshall Chess Club 7/4/2011

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.Nf3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e5 7.O-O Ngf6 8.d3 Bc5 9.Nd2 Qe7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 O-O 13.Qe2 f5 14.Bg2 Rae8 15.Rad1 Bd4


16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Qxe7 Rxe7 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Kf1 Kf7 20.Rxe7+ Rxe7 21.Re1 Nf6 22.Rxe7+ Kxe7 23.Ke2 Kd6 24.h3 Nd5 25.Bxd5 Kxd5 26.f4 a5 27.Kd2 Kc5 28.a3 Kb5 29.c4+ dxc3+ 30.Kxc3 Kc5 31.d4+ Kd5 32.Kd3 h5 33.h4 b6 34.Kc3, draw.

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Round Seven: Philidor Counter Gambit

Wesley Hellner (USCF 1928) - Jim West (USCF 2205), Marshall Chess Club 7/4/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Bxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qxf6+ Kxf6 14.c3 Bf5 15.Nd2 Bh6 16.Nc4 Rxh8 17.Ne3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Bg6 19.Rf1+ Kg7 20.Rf4 Re8 21.Kd2 b5 22.b4 Ne7 23.Raf1 Nd5 24.R4f2 Re6


25.a4 Ra6 26.a5 Rc6 27.Rc1 a6 28.Rc2 Nf6 29.h3 h5 30.Rf1 Ne8 31.Rf4 Nd6 32.Rh4 Nc4+ 33.Ke2 Rf6 34.Rf4 Rxf4 35.exf4 h4 36.Rc1 Bh5+ 37.Ke1 Kf6 38.Kf2 e3+ 39.Kg1 Kf5 40.Rf1 e2 41.Re1 Nb2, White resigns.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 7/3/2011

This game was played earlier today in a game/60 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Hubert Herring (USCF 1748) - Jim West (USCF 2205), Marshall Chess Club 7/3/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Re1 c6 10.h3 d5


11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Bf1 Kh8 14.f4 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Bf2 16.Nf3 Bxe1 17.Qxe1 Qc7 18.g4 Rae8 19.f5 Bf7 20.Qg3 Qb6 21.Rb1 d4 22.Ne4 c5 23.b3 Rg8 24.Qh4 Bd5 25.Nfd2 Qc6 26.Bg2 Re7 27.Re1 Reg7 28.Bf3 b5 29.Kh2 a5 30.Rg1 c4


31.Qf2 c3 32.Nf1 Bxe4 33.Bxe4 Qd6 34.Ng3 Nc5 35.Bh1 b4 36.Qf3 Rd8 37.Kg2 Qd5 38.Kf2 Qxf3+ 39.Bxf3 Ra7 40.Ke2 a4 41.Rg2 axb3 42.axb3 Ra1 43.Be4 Nxb3 44.Nh5 Nc1+ 45.Kf3 Rf8 46.Bd5 b3 47.cxb3 Nxd3 48.Ke2 c2, White resigns.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 7/2/2011

Earlier today, I finished with a score of 3-1-1 in a game/30 Swiss tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Andrew Bykhovsky (USCF 1899) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Marshall Chess Club 7/2/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qd6 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Be3 Qxe6 14.Bb5 O-O 15.O-O Kh8


16.c4 Qd6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Qe2 Nfg4 19.g3 Nf3+ 20.Kh1 Ngxh2 21.Rfd1 Qg6 22.Kg2 Qg4 23.c5 Rf5 24.Rh1 Rh5 25.Bd7 Qxd7 26.Qxf3 exf3+ 27.Kg1 Qh3, White resigns.

Fischer Photos by Benson

Take a look at these photos of Bobby Fischer by Harry Benson [pictured].

I like the shot of Fischer in an amusement park. You might caption it "A Coney Island of the Mind."

Garbus and Saidy on NPR

Filmmaker Liz Garbus and international master Anthony Saidy are interviewed on NPR regarding Bobby Fischer.

James Black in "Daily News" and "Times"

Recent articles in the New York Daily News and The New York Times have featured candidate master James Black [pictured, at the Marshall Chess Club].

Give Me a Chessburger

On Saturday, candidate master Lev Zilbermintz gave a simultaneous exhibition at a McDonald's restaurant in Newark NJ.