Rahway Swiss 11/29/2014

Yesterday I finished with a score of 3-0-1 in the tournament at Chess Mates.

"WSJ" Article on NM Majur Juac

[photo by Keith Bedford]

National master Majur Juac [pictured] plays often at the Marshall Chess Club.

Anand vs. Carlsen at "Inside Jersey"

[photo by Yevgeny Reutov]

Game 1 of the world championship match is analyzed at Inside Jersey.

Kasparov versus Shogi Master Habu

Tomorrow Garry Kasparov will play two chess games against shogi master Yoshiharu Habu.

"Grantland" Article on World Championship

[photo by Oli Scarff]

Spike Friedman reports on the Carlsen-Anand match.

Marshall November Under 2300 11/23/2014

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

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (FIDE 2065) - Anthony Norris (FIDE 1944), Marshall Chess Club 11/23/2014

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O d6 6.d3 e5 7.a4 Nf6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 Be6 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.f3 Bc8 12.f4 Bg4 13.Nf3 exf4 14.Bxf4 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bd2 Qd7

17.c3 Rfe8 18.Re1 Rad8 19.Qc2 Bh3 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Re1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rxe1 23.Bxe1 Na5 24.Bf2 Nxc4 25.dxc4 Nc7 26.Bxc5 b6 27.Bd4 Qc6 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.b3 Ne6 30.Kf2 Qc5+ 31.Ke2 Qh5 32.Qd3 Qh3 33.Kf2 g5 34.Kg1 Qh6

35.Nd4 Qf6 36.Nxe6+ Qxe6 37.Qd4+ Kg6 38.Kf2 Qf5+ 39.Ke3 Qh3 40.Qd3+ Kh6 41.Qe2 f5 42.Kd4 f4 43.g4 f3 44.Qe6+ Kg7 45.Qe5+ Kf7 46.Qf5+ Ke8 47.Ke3 f2+ 48.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 49.Ke3 Qg1+ 50.Ke4 Qb1+ 51.Ke5 Qxb3

52.Qe6+ Kf8 53.Qf6+ Ke8 54.Qh8+ Kd7 55.Qxh7+ Kc6 56.Qg6+ Kb7 57.Qf7+ Ka6 58.Qd5 Qxc3+ 59.Kf5 Qe3 60.Qb5+ Kb7 61.Kg6 Qf4 62.Qxg5 Qxc4 63.Qe7+ Ka6 64.Qd7 Qg8+ 65.Kf5 Qf8+ 66.Ke5 Qb8+ 67.Ke6 Qg8+ 68.Kd6 Qb8+

69.Ke7 Qe5+ 70.Kd8 Qb8+ 71.Qc8+ Qxc8+ 72.Kxc8 Ka5 73.g5 Kxa4 74.g6 b5 75.g7 b4 76.g8=Q b3 77.Qc4+ Ka3 78.Qa6+ Kb4 79.Qxa7 b2 80.Qa2 Kc3 81.Qb1, Black resigns.

Marshall November Under 2300 11/22/2014

On Saturday, I played these games in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (FIDE 2065) - Wesley Hellner (FIDE 1804), Marshall Chess Club 11/22/2014

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 Qc7 9.c3 e5 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nc4 Rad8 12.Qc2 Ne8

13.Ne3 Nf6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Nb8 16.Nd2 Bf5 17.Nc4 Bf6 18.Be4 Bh3 19.Qe2 Qc8 20.Bd2 Bg4 21.Bf3 Bf5 22.g4 Bg6 23.Be4 Be7 24.Ne3 Bg5 25.Nf5 Bxd2 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Nxc8 Bxe1 28.Nxd6 Bxf2+ 29.Qxf2 Rxd6 30.Qxc5 Rfd8 31.Qxa7 R6d7 32.Qe3 Na6

33.b4 f6 34.b5 Bxe4 35.dxe4 Nb8 36.c4 Rc7 37.c5 Rdc8 38.c6 bxc6 39.dxc6 Nxc6 40.bxc6 Rxc6 41.a5 Ra8 42.Rc1 Rca6 43.Qa3 h6 44.Rc5 Kh7 45.h4 Rd6 46.Rd5 Rc6 47.Rd1 Rc4 48.h5 Rc6 49.Ra1 Raa6

50.Qf3 Re6 51.Qf5+ Kg8 52.Rd1 Re8 53.Qg6 Rae6 54.Rd7 R6e7 55.Rxe7 Rxe7 56.Qf5 Kf7 57.Qc8 Re8 58.Qxe8+, Black resigns.

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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Marcus Miyasaka (FIDE 2046) - Jim West (FIDE 2065), Marshall Chess Club 11/22/2014

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Kb1 O-O

13.Rdg1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Qg3 Bf5 17.Rc1 Bf6 18.Bg4 Qe6 19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.h4 Rfd8 21.Qe3 Rc7 22.Nd2 Rdc8 23.Ne4 Be7 24.f3 Bc5 25.Qd3 Be7 26.g4 Qd7 27.Qe2 Qe6 28.Ng3 g6 29.Qh2 Bc5

30.c3 Be3 31.Rc2 Bf4 32.Qg2 Bxg3 33.Qxg3 Rd7 34.Re2 f6 35.Rhe1 Rcd8, draw.

Tuesday Lecture at Marshall CC by GM Rohde

Former U.S. champion, grandmaster Michael Rohde, will lecture at the Marshall Chess Club on a topic of his own choosing.

7pm

Tuesday, November 25th

Open to members and their guests

Refreshments will be served.

Marshall Chess Club
23 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281
e-mail admin@marshallchessclub.org
www.marshallchessclub.org

Pix from Sunday Game/45 11/16/2014

These pictures were taken by me during Sunday's tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

 

Pix from Saturday Game/60 11/15/2014

During Saturday's tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, I snapped these photos.

Flower Man Back in Business

[photo by Michael Appleton]

Sonny Gibbs has reclaimed his corner in the park.

41 Attend NJ All-Girls Chess Camp

Dear Jim,

Thank you for helping post the message and the flyer on your blog. The NJ All-Girls Chess Camp was a great success, with 41 girls from 9 counties in New Jersey.

Maryia Oreshko, Angelica Chin, and I were happy to meet these wonderful girls and introduce them to the wonderland of chess. Together, we had lots of fun in two days. Thanks to the help of the NJSCF, every girl took home a chess set so she can continue playing chess at home.

You can find more information and photos at:
https://www.facebook.com/gcnj2014
http://gcnj2014.weebly.com/

There is also an article on the USCF website that nicely covers the camp: http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12860/788/

I am planning one or more small follow-up activities for the more than 60 girls on the waiting list, and the camp for next year.  Then I will need your help again.

Thank you again!

Alice Dong

Tourney at Washington Avenue School

[mural by art teacher Kenji Hasegawa]

On Monday afternoon, the fall 2014 session ended at Washington Avenue School, in the after school enrichment class on chess, coached by me on behalf of Enrich and Grow Academy.

The tournament finished in a tie for first and second places between Alexander Coutras and Liam Kirby. When their playoff match was drawn, the two were declared co-winners of the tournament. Third place went to Lily Hekmat, who won her playoff game against Noah Gicas.

The top three players received trophies, in addition to the chess medals that were awarded to all ten students.

Marshall Sunday Game/45 11/16/2014

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

Round Two: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2202) - Ed Kopiecki (USCF 2013), Marshall Chess Club 11/16/2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Nc4 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Ng6 12.Rd1 O-O-O 13.Be3 Be7 14.Kf1 Bf6 15.Ke2 Rhe8

16.a4 Nf4+ 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.c3 c5 19.a5 g6 20.Rd2 Rd7 21.Rad1 Red8 22.Kf1 Bg7 23.e5 Rd5 24.d4 cxd4 25.Rxd4 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.cxd4 Kd7 28.d5 Bf8 29.Ke2 Bc5 30.Kd3 Bxf2 31.Ke4 Bg3 32.Nd2 Be1 33.Nb3 Bb4 34.Kxf4 c6

35.Ke4 cxd5+ 36.Kxd5 Bf8 37.Nd2 Bb4 38.Nc4 Ke7 39.b3 Kd7 40.Nb6+ Ke7 41.Nc4 Kd7 42.f4 Ke7 43.Nd6 Bxa5 44.Nxb7 Bd2 45.Nc5 a5 46.Ke4 Bb4 47.Nd3 Ke6 48.Nxb4 axb4 49.h4 f6 50.exf6 Kxf6 51.Ke3 Kf5 52.Kf3 Kf6 53.Ke3 Kf5 54.Kf3 Kf6, draw.

Marshall Saturday Game/60 11/15/2014

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

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Daniel Vasserman (USCF 1965) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 11/15/2014

1.Nf3 d6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c3 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Ne8 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 e5 12.Be3 Nc7 13.Qd2 Ne6

14.Bh6 Qf6 15.h4 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Qg7 17.Qxg7+ Kxg7 18.Ng5 Nxg5 19.hxg5 f6 20.gxf6+ Rxf6 21.f3 g5 22.Kf2 Raf8 23.Ke3 Rh6 24.Rh1 Rff6 25.Rxh6 Rxh6 26.Rh1 Rxh1 27.Bxh1 Kf6 28.Bg2 h5 29.Bh3 h4 30.gxh4 gxh4

31.Bc8 b6 32.Bd7 Nb8 33.Bg4 Kg5 34.b4 cxb4 35.cxb4 Nc6 36.b5 Nd4 37.Bd7 Nc2+ 38.Kd2 Na3 39.Ke3 Nb1 40.Be6 Nc3 41.Bc4 h3 42.Kf2 Kf4 43.Be6 h2 44.Kg2 Nxb5 45.Kxh2 Kxf3 46.Kg1 Ke3 47.Bh3 Nc3 48.Kf1 Kxd3 49.Ke1 Nxa2 50.Kd1, White resigns.