Friday, May 31, 2019

Analysis of Morgan - West @ "Chess.com"

At Chess.com, William Guskind [pictured] analyzes my PCG against Wyatt Morgan.

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Sunday Game/50, Round 4, 5/26/2019

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

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Alapin Variation

Jon Jacobs (USCF 2274) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/26/2019

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.cxd4 d6 8.O-O dxe5 9.dxe5 Be7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bd7 13.Bd3 Na5 


14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 h6 16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Rab1 b6 18.Rb4 Bc6 19.f4 g6 20.Rd4 h5 21.Rd6 Rd8 22.Be3 Kf8 23.Bd4 Nb7 24.Bc2 Rg8


25.Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.Rd1 Nb7 27.Qf2 Bd5 28.Bb3 Bxb3 29.axb3 Kg7 30.Ra1 Na5 31.Qa2 Nc6 32.Bf2 Rd8, draw.


Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Sunday Game/50, Round 3, 5/26/2019

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

Round Three: Caro-Kann Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jay Bonin (USCF 2389), Marshall Chess Club 5/26/2019

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nd7 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 d4 11.Rf1 c5 12.a4 Nc6 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Nfd2 Bh6


15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Nc4 Be6 17.Bc1 Bxc1 18.Qxc1 Kg7 19.f4 f6 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Qd2 Qe7 23.h4 h6 24.Rae1 g5 25.hxg5 Qxg5 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.Rf2 Rf8 28.Ref1 Rxf2 29.Rxf2 b5 30.axb5 b6


31.Bf3 g4 32.Bg2 Ra5 33.Rf1 Rxb5 34.Ra1 Ra5 35.Rxa5 bxa5 36.Kf2 Kf6 37.Ke1 Ke7 38.Kd2 Kd6 39.Kc1 Kc6 40.Kb2 Kb5 41.Bf1 Kb4 42.Be2 Bd7 43.Bd1 a4 44.bxa4 Kxa4 45.c3+ Ka5 46.cxd4 cxd4


47.Kc1 Kb4 48.Kd2 Ka3 49.Be2 Kb2 50.Bd1, draw.


Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Sunday Game/50, Round 2, 5/26/2019

This game was played in Sunday's tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: King's Indian Defense

Wesley Hellner (USCF 1912) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/26/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.O-O Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Ne8 12.Ne1 f5


13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 fxe4 15.Be3 Rxf1+ 16.Bxf1 Bf5 17.g3 Qe7 18.Ng2 g5 19.Be2 b6 20.Rf1 Bh7 21.a3 Nd3 22.Bg4 Kh8 23.Be6 Bf6 24.b3 Ng7 25.Bg4 Rf8 26.Nb5 Ne5 27.Be2 Nf3+ 28.Kh1 Nf5 29.Qd1 Nxe3 30.Nxe3 Bg7 31.Nc2 Kg8


32.Ncd4 Nxd4 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Nxd4 Bxd4 35.Qxd4 Qg7 36.Qf2+ Kg8 37.Bg4 Kh8 38.Be6 Bg8 39.Qf5 Bh7 40.Qf2 Bg6 41.h3 Qe7 42.g4 Kg7 43.Kg1 Qf6 44.Qxf6+ Kxf6 45.Kf2 e3+ 46.Kxe3 Ke5


47.b4 axb4 48.axb4 Be4 49.Bf7 b5 50.cxb5 Bxd5 51.Be8 Bc4 52.Bc6 d5 53.Kf2 Kd4 54.Be8 Kc3 55.Ke3 d4+ 56.Kf2 d3 57.Bc6 d2 58.Bf3 Bb3 59.Ke3 d1=Q 60.Bxd1 Bxd1 61.Ke4 Kxb4 62.Kf5 Kxb5


63.Kg6 c5 64.Kxh6 c4 65.Kxg5 c3, White resigns.


Monday, May 27, 2019

Sunday Game/50, Round 1, 5/26/2019

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

Round One: Caro-Kann Defense, King's Indian Attack

Samuel Eyre (USCF 1763) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/26/2019

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Qc7 5.g3 Bg4 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Bc5 8.c3 O-O 9.a4 a5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nh4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qb6 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Be3 b5


16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.axb5 cxb5 18.Ne3 a4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qd7 21.Qf5 Qxf5 22.Nxf5 Nb3 23.Ra3 Nd2 24.Re1 Bf3 25.Kh1 Bxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Nc4 27.Ra2 Rfe8 28.Rd1 g6 29.Ne3 Nd6 30.Ra3 Rac8 31.Rc1 f5


32.b3 f4 33.Ng4 Kg7 34.bxa4 h5 35.Nh2 b4 36.Rb3 fxg3 37.fxg3 Nf5 38.Rxb4 Ne3+ 39.Kg1 Nxd5 40.Rb3 e4 41.c4 e3 42.Rbb1 e2 43.Nf3 Ne3 44.Nd4 Nf1 45.Nxe2 Nd2 46.Rb7+ Kh6 47.Nf4 Re3


48.Rd1 Rxg3+ 49.Kh2 Ne4 50.Re1 Re8 51.Rxe4 Rxe4 52.Kxg3 Rxc4 53.a5 h4+ 54.Kf3 Ra4 55.Rb6 Ra3+ 56.Kg4 Rxa5 57.Rxg6+ Kh7 58.Kxh4 Ra4 59.Rg4 Ra6 60.Rg5 Rh6+ 61.Rh5 Rxh5+ 62.Kxh5 Kg7


63.Kg5 Kh7 64.h4 Kg7 65.h5 Kh7 66.h6 Kh8 67.Kg6 Kg8 68.Ne6 Kh8 69.Ng5 Kg8 70.Nf7 Kf8 71.h7, Black resigns.


Sunday, May 26, 2019

Digital Era Chess

Did you know that 15% of adults in the United States play chess?

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Kasparov on Cyber Cold War

According to Garry Kasparov, "deterrence is the only response" in a cyber Cold War.

Friday, May 24, 2019

Thursday Night Action 5/23/2019

On Thursday, I drew a couple of PCG games in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit

Wyatt Morgan (USCF 815) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/23/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be3 f4 7.Bc1 Bg4 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Rxd8 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.a3 Nd4 12.Bd3 O-O 13.f3 Be6 14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.Bxc4+ Kh8 16.Bd3 c6


17.Ne2 Nxe2 18.Kxe2 Bc5 19.Bd2 a6 20.Bb4 Nd7 21.Rad1 Rfe8 22.Bxc5 Nxc5 23.Bc4 b5 24.Bf7 Rf8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Kxd1 Na4 28.Be8 Nxb2+ 29.Kc1 Nc4 30.a4 Na5 31.c3 Kg8


32.Kb2 Kf8 33.Bd7 Ke7 34.Bc8 Kd6 35.Bxa6 Kc5 36.axb5 cxb5 37.Bc8 Nc4+ 38.Kc1 Ne3 39.g3 g5 40.gxf4 gxf4 41.h3 h5 42.Kd2 h4 43.Ke2 Nc4 44.Be6 Nd6 45.Kd2 Ne8 46.Kd3 Nf6 47.Bf5 Nh5 48.Be6 Ng3


49.Kd2 Nf1+ 50.Ke2 Ne3 51.Kd2 Nc4+ 52.Bxc4 Kxc4 53.Kc2 b4 54.cxb4 Kxb4 55.Kd3 Kb3 56.Kd2 Kc4 57.Kc2 Kd4 58.Kd2, draw.



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Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Andrew Zinn (USCF 1917) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/23/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.c3 f4 7.h4 Be7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxh6 Bf8 10.Nf7 Bxh6 11.Nxd8 Nxd8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.g3 Be6 14.Be2 O-O


15.gxf4 Bxf4 16.Bxf4 Rxf4 17.Nd2 Nc6 18.f3 h5 19.Kf2 Rd8 20.Ke3 Kh7, draw.


Thursday, May 23, 2019

Marshall CC Spring 2019 News

The 12th New York International will take place at the Marshall Chess Club in July.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Adults Only FIDE Weekends at DOCA

International master Dean Ippolito plans to run a series of adults only FIDE weekend Swiss events.

The first one is set for the weekend of August 3-4.

Dean is hoping to give adults a chance to play FIDE rated, professional events with players only 18 and up.

If this is successful, he will run them every month.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Under 2400, Round 3, 5/18/2019

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

Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Julia Miyasaka (USCF 1820) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/18/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.Bc3 Nd7 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.b4 Ne7 13.b5 Nb6 14.bxc6 Nxc6 15.Bb3 Bc5


16.Qb5 Qe7 17.a4 a6 18.Qe2 Bd4 19.Bxd4 Nxd4 20.Qe1 Nxf3+ 21.Nxf3 Bxf3 22.Qc3+ Kb8 23.Qxf3 Nd7 24.Rfb1 Nc5 25.Bd5 Rd7 26.a5 h5 27.Rb6 g5 28.Rab1 g4 29.Qa3 Rh7 30.Rc6 Rc7 31.Rg6 Rg7 32.Rgb6 h4


33.Qb4 g3 34.fxg3 hxg3 35.h3 f3 36.Rh6 f2+ 37.Kh1 Rh7 38.Qb6 Rxh6 39.Qxh6 Na4 40.Qh8+ Ka7 41.Qg8 Nc3 42.Rf1 Nxd5 43.exd5 Rc3 44.Qg6 Qc5 45.d6 Qc4, White resigns.


Monday, May 20, 2019

Under 2400, Round 2, 5/18/2019

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

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) = Wesley Hellner (USCF 1954), Marshall Chess Club 5/18/2019

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.f4 d5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.a4 Nc6 9.Na3 b6 10.Bb5 Bb7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.d3 Nd6 


15.Nb5 a6 16.Na3 Rc8 17.Nb1 c4 18.Bd4 cxb3 19.cxb3 Nf5 20.Qb2 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 f6 22.Nf3 Qc7 23.Nbd2 e5 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Qb2 Qc3 26.Qxc3 Rxc3 27.Ne1 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 e4 29.dxe4 dxe4 30.Rb1 a5 31.Kf2 Bf8


32.Rb2 Bc5 33.Nc2 Bd5 34.Ke2 Rd3 35.b4 axb4 36.Nxb4 Rxe3+ 37.Kd1 Be6 38.h3 g5 39.Nc2 Rg3 40.Nxe4 Rxg2 41.Nxc5 bxc5 42.Rb8+ Kf7 43.a5 Rg1+ 44.Kd2 Rg2+ 45.Kc1 Bxh3 46.a6 Rg1+ 47.Kb2 Bg2 


48.a7 h5 49.Ne3 Be4 50.a8=Q Bxa8 51.Rxa8 h4 52.Rc8 h3 53.Rh8 g4 54.Nxg4 Rxg4 55.Rxh3 Ke6 56.Kc3 Kd5 57.Rh5+ Kc6 58.Rh3 Kb5 59.Kc2 c4 60.Kc1 Rg2 61.Rf3 Kb4 62.Rh3 Ra2 63.Kb1 Rf2 64.Kc1 Rf4


65.Rg3 Rd4 66.Kc2 Rf4 67.Kc1 c3 68.Rg8 Kb3 69.Rb8+ Kc4 70.Rc8+ Kd3 71.Rd8+ Rd4 72.Rxd4+ Kxd4 73.Kc2 Kc4 74.Kc1 Kb3 75.Kb1, draw.


Sunday, May 19, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 4, 5/16/2019

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

Round Four: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Max Yarmolinsky (USCF 2068) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 5/16/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 Nc5 7.b4 Ne6 8.e3 a5 9.b5 d6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Nb3 Ndc5 14.Nbd4 Be4 


15.Nc6 Bxc6 16.bxc6 a4 17.Nd4 Qg5 18.O-O Rad8 19.Bf3 Rfe8 20.Bd5 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Nb3 22.Ra2 Nxd4 23.exd4 b5 24.Qf3 Qf4 25.Qxf4 Bxf4


26.g3 bxc4 27.Bxc4 Rxd4 28.Be2 Bd6 29.Rb1 g6 30.Kf1 Kg7 31.Rb5, draw.


Saturday, May 18, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 2, 5/16/2019

On Thursday, I drew this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

Michael Rohde (USCF 2476) - Jim West (USCF 2202), Marshall Chess Club 5/16/2019

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Nge7 7.Rb1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O O-O 10.d3 b6 11.Bd2 d4 12.Na4 Bb7 13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 Qd7


15.Qb3 h5 16.Rfc1 Nf5 17.Nb2 b5 18.Rc5 a6 19.Bh3 Nce7 20.Rbc1 Rac8 21.Bg5 Bd5 22.Qd1 Rxc5 23.Rxc5 Qb7 24.Bf4 Rc8 25.Qc2 Rxc5 26.Qxc5 Qc6 27.Qxc6 Bxc6


28.Ne5 Be8 29.g4 hxg4 30.Bxg4 Nd5 31.Bd2 Bf8 32.e4, draw.


Friday, May 17, 2019

Thursday Action, Round 1, 5/16/2019

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

Round One: French Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2202) - Liam Murphy (USCF 1825), Marshall Chess Club 5/16/2019

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 O-O 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Qe2 b6 11.Nf1 Ba6 12.Bf4 Rac8 13.h4 Nd4


14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Rac1 Nc5 16.b3 Bb7 17.Nh2 Na6 18.Nf3 Ba3 19.Nxd4 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Qd7 21.h5 h6 22.a4 Nc7 23.Qe3 Kh7 24.g4 f6 25.exf6 Rxf6


26.Be5 Rf7 27.g5 hxg5 28.Qxg5 Ne8 29.Qg6+ Kg8 30.Bh3 Rc6 31.Nxc6, Black resigns.


Thursday, May 16, 2019

Kasparov on Cybersecurity

At Bloomberg, watch this interview of Garry Kasparov.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Roulette Champion & Chess Dad

Read this article by Zachary Crockett on Richard Jarecki, husband of international arbiter Carol and national master John.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Pix from Saturday Game/50 5/11/2019

During Saturday's tournament, I photographed the players at the Marshall Chess Club.