Marshall CC September 2018 News

The Pan American Youth Chess Festival is featured, as well as a fall class on the endgame.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 9/27/2018

Look at these pictures that I took during Thursday's tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Thursday Night Action 9/27/2018

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

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Jonathan Lang (USCF 1921) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/27/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Ng3 Bxe6 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.c3 c6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nd2 Kh8 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.Be2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nbd7 16.Be3 Bc5

17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.cxd4 Qc7 19.Rc1 Rae8 20.Re1 Qa5 21.a3 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Kf1 Rxe1+ 25.Kxe1 g6 26.Ne2 Kg7 27.Nf4 Kf7 28.h4 Nb6 29.Kd2 Nc4+ 30.Kc3 Nd6 31.Nd3 Nfe4+ 32.Kb4 Kf6

33.Bxe4 Nxe4 34.Nc5 Nxc5 35.Kxc5 Kf5 36.b4 Ke4 37.b5 cxb5 38.g4 b6+ 39.Kxb5 Kxd4 40.f4 Ke4 41.f5 gxf5 42.g5 f4 43.h5 f3 44.g6 hxg6 45.h6 f2 46.h7 f1=Q+, White resigns.

Pix from September Under 2400 9/23/2018

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

Pix from September Under 2400 9/22/2018

On Saturday, I photographed the players during the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

GM Molner Lecture at West Orange CC

The West Orange Chess Club is pleased to announce that, on Tuesday October 2nd, grandmaster Mackenzie Molner [pictured] will be giving a lecture.

This is a link to his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie_Molner.

The fee to attend the lecture is $10 (but only $5 if you are under 18, or 65 and over, or a West Orange resident).

GM Molner's lecture is expected to start at about 8pm.

For more information, please e-mail club president John Hagerty at buickchess@gmail.com or alternatively call him at 973-736-3433 between the hours of 10am and 10pm.

Marshall September Under 2400 9/23/2018

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-1-0 plus two half point byes in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Five: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Matthew Boxer (USCF 1922), Marshall Chess Club 9/23/2018

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Bf5 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Qd7 10.Bg3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nf5 12.Nbd2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nc6 14.c3 Ne7

15.Re2 Ng6 16.Rae1 Rfe8 17.Kf1 Kf7 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Rxe8 Qxe8 20.Qf5 Qe6 21.Ng5+, Black resigns.

Marshall September Under 2400 9/22/2018

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

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Wesley Hellner (USCF 1878), Marshall Chess Club 9/22/2018

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.f4 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.d3 Rd8 11.Nd2 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Ndf3 O-O

14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Ne5 Qb7 16.Qf3 Qc7 17.Rae1 c4 18.dxc4 dxc4 19.Nxc4 Rd5 20.e4 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 R5d8 22.f5 exf5 23.exf5 Nd5 24.h3 Bf6 25.Bxf6 Nxf6 26.Re5 Rd5 27.Rfe1 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Qd4 29.Qe2 Qf4

30.Kg1 Rd8 31.Qf1 Qd4+ 32.Kh2 h5 33.Re3 Qh4 34.Kg1 Qd4 35.Qd3 Rd5 36.Qxd4 Rxd4 37.Re7 Ne4 38.Kh2 h4 39.Ne5 Nf6 40.Rxa7 Rf4 41.Nf3 Rxf5 42.Nxh4 Rc5 43.Rb7 Rxc2 44.Rxb4 Nd5 45.Rb8+ Kh7

46.a5 Ra2 47.b4 Ra4 48.Rd8 Nc7 49.Rd4 Na6 50.Nf3 Rxb4 51.Rxb4 Nxb4 52.Kg3 Kg6 53.Kf4 Kf6 54.Ke4 Ke6 55.Ng5+ Ke7 56.g4 g6 57.Nf3 Kd6 58.Ne5 Ke7 59.g5 f5+ 60.gxf6 Kxf6 61.Kd4 Na6

62.Nd7+ Kg5 63.Nc5 Nc7 64.Ke5 Kh4 65.Kf6 g5 66.Kf5 Nb5 67.a6 Nd6+ 68.Kg6 Nb5 69.Ne6 g4 70.hxg4 Kxg4 71.Kf6 Kf3 72.Nd4+, Black resigns.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 9/20/2018

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

Thursday Night Action 9/20/2018

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

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Krish Bhandari (USCF 1731) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/20/2018

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.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qxe7 Nxe7

15.Be2 Bf5 16.c3 Rg8 17.g3 Ned5 18.Bc4 Re8 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.O-O Bg4 21.Rfe1 Bf3 22.Rf1 Nf4 23.h4 Nd3 24.b3 a5 25.a3 b5 26.c4 c6 27.Rfb1 Kg7 28.Ra2 Rd8 29.Rc2 b4 30.axb4 axb4 31.Ra2 Rxd4

32.Ra7+ Kg6 33.Ra6 Rd6 34.Rb6 Rf6 35.Ra6 c5 36.Rxf6+ Kxf6 37.Ra1 Ke5 38.Ra7 h5 39.Ra2 Bd1 40.Ra6 Bxb3 41.Rh6 Bd1 42.Rh8 Kd4 43.Kf1 Kxc4 44.g4 Bxg4, White resigns.

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Round Three: Pirc Defense

Jose De Villa (USCF 1892) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 9/20/2018

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.Bh6 Nc5 11.Bc2 f5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Na3 Bxc2 15.Nxc2 e4

16.Ng5 Nd3+ 17.Kf1 Rxf2+ 18.Qxf2 Nxf2 19.Ne6+ Kg8 20.Nxd8 Nxh1 21.Nxb7 Rb8 22.Na5 Rxb2 23.Ne3 Ng3+ 24.Kg1 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nxc3 26.Nac4 Rxa2 27.Re1 Re2 28.Ra1 Ncxd5 29.Ng4 h5 30.Nh2 Nf5

31.Nf1 Nde3 32.Ncxe3 Nxe3 33.Ng3 Rd2 34.Rxa7 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 h4 36.Nxe4 Nf1+ 37.Kg1 Ng3+ 38.Kf2 Nxe4+ 39.Ke3 Re1+ 40.Kf4 Nc5 41.Kg5 Re7 42.Kxh4 Kg7 43.g4 Ne6 44.Kg3 g5 45.h4 gxh4+ 46.Kxh4 Kf6

47.Ra1 Rh7+ 48.Kg3 c5 49.Rd1 Nd4 50.Kf4 Ke6 51.Kg5 Rg7+ 52.Kh5 Kd5 53.g5 c4 54.Kh6 Rg8 55.Rc1 Kc5 56.g6 Nf5+ 57.Kg5 Ne7 58.Kf6 Rxg6+ 59.Kxe7 d5

60.Kf7 Rd6 61.Ke7 d4 62.Ra1 Rb6 63.Kd7 c3 64.Ra5+ Rb5 65.Ra8 Kc4 66.Kc6 Rh5 67.Kb6 c2 68.Rc8+ Kd3 69.Rc7 Kd2, White resigns.

Pix from Saturday Game/50 9/15/2018

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