Pix from Saturday Game/50 7/14/2018

During Saturday's tournament, I took these pictures at the Marshall Chess Club.

FIDE Mondays 7/16/2018

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

Round One: King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation

Daniel Halpern (USCF 1913) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/16/2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3 Re8 10.e3 c6 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Ng5 Nc5 13.Qc2 h6 14.Nge4 Nfxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5

16.b4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Qc2 a5 23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Qe7 25.Qd2 e4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qd4+ f6 28.c5 Kf7 29.h4 h5 30.Kg2 Ke8 31.f3 exf3+ 32.Kxf3 Qe6 33.Qf4 Kd7

34.Qd4+ Ke7 35.Qf4 Qd5+ 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Ke1 Qd3 38.g4 hxg4 39.Qxg4+ Kd5 40.Qd7+ Kc4 41.Qxb7 Qxe3+ 42.Kf1 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Qxh4 44.Qxc6 Qd4+ 45.Kg2 Kxb4 46.Qb6+ Kc4 47.Qa6+ Kxc5

48.Qa7+ Kd5 49.Qf7+ Ke5 50.Qc7+ Kf5 51.Qc8+ Kg5 52.Qc1+ Kg4 53.Qh6 Qe4+ 54.Kg1 Qe1+ 55.Kg2 Qg3+ 56.Kf1 Qf4+, White resigns.

Marshall Sunday Game/50 7/15/2018

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Daniel Stronger (USCF 1687), Marshall Chess Club 7/15/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qf3 Re8 11.O-O Nc6 12.f5 Ne5

13.Qe2 exf5 14.Nxf5 b5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bb7 17.Rad1 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Rac8 19.Rxe5 dxe5 20.Qg4 Bf6 21.Bh6 g6 22.Ne3 Bg7 23.Nd5 Qd6 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Nf6 Red8 26.Qh4 h5 27.Qg5 Rh8 28.c3 Rc6

29.Nd5 f6 30.Rxf6 Qd8 31.Qxg6#.

Marshall Saturday Game/50 7/14/2018

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

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Hamilton Shillingford (USCF 1764) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/14/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.f3 O-O 10.fxe4 Qe8 

11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ng4 Bxg3+ 13.hxg3 Qxe4+ 14.Qe2 Bxg4 15.Qxe4 dxe4 16.Bc4+ Kg7 17.Kd2 f5 18.a4 Nd7 19.b4 Nf6 20.b5 Rad8 21.c3 h5 22.Rhb1 Rfe8 23.a5 e3+ 24.Ke1 Ne4 25.Rc1 Nxg3 26.Ra2 f4

27.Rb2 h4 28.b6 axb6 29.axb6 c6 30.Ra1 Ra8 31.Ra7 Rxa7 32.bxa7 b5 33.Bd3 Ra8 34.c4 Rxa7 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.Rxb5 Ra1+ 37.Bb1 Bf5 38.Rb7+ Kf6 39.Rb6+ Kg5 40.d5 Rxb1+ 41.Rxb1 Bxb1

42.d6 f3 43.gxf3 Kf6 44.d7 Ke7 45.f4 Kxd7 46.f5 Bxf5 47.Kd1 h3 48.Kc1 h2 49.Kb2 h1=Q 50.Kb3 Qc1 51.Kb4 e2 52.Ka4 Qb1 53.Ka5 e1=Q+ 54.Ka6 Bd3+ 55.Ka7 Qa5#.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 7/12/2018

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

Thursday Night Action 7/12/2018

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

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jacob Pope (USCF 2070), Marshall Chess Club 7/12/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Be3 b5 10.a3 Bd7 11.Qf3 O-O 12.O-O Nc6 13.f5 e5 14.Nde2 Na5

15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bc6 17.Nc3 Rfc8 18.Qh5 Bf8 19.Rf3 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Qxc2 21.Rh3 h6 22.Qg4 Rc4 23.Bxh6 Qxe4 24.Nf6+, Black resigns.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 7/5/2018

Look at these pictures taken by me during last Thursday's tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Pix from Independence Day 7/4/2018

A week ago, I photographed the players during the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.