Besides providing a link to my game as Black against Stav Brenner, Frederic Fournier also mentions Alejandro Melchor's suggested move 5.Bb3 against Lev Zilbermintz's line in the PCG.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Brenner - West @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"
Besides providing a link to my game as Black against Stav Brenner, Frederic Fournier also mentions Alejandro Melchor's suggested move 5.Bb3 against Lev Zilbermintz's line in the PCG.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
FIDE Mondays, Round 5
This game ended in a draw last night at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Five: Dutch Defense
Jay Bonin (FIDE 2323) - Jim West (FIDE 2134), Marshall Chess Club 8/15/2011
1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.c3 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.O-O-O O-O-O
12.Ba6 Nb8 13.Bxb7+ Kxb7 14.Rhe1 a6 15.Kb1 Rde8 16.d5 exd5 17.Rxd5 Qf7 18.Qd3 Qg6 19.g3 Re6 20.Nfg5 Bxg5 21.Rxg5 Qxg5 22.Nxg5 Rxe1+ 23.Kc2 Re7, draw.
Round Five: Dutch Defense
Jay Bonin (FIDE 2323) - Jim West (FIDE 2134), Marshall Chess Club 8/15/2011
1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.c3 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.O-O-O O-O-O
12.Ba6 Nb8 13.Bxb7+ Kxb7 14.Rhe1 a6 15.Kb1 Rde8 16.d5 exd5 17.Rxd5 Qf7 18.Qd3 Qg6 19.g3 Re6 20.Nfg5 Bxg5 21.Rxg5 Qxg5 22.Nxg5 Rxe1+ 23.Kc2 Re7, draw.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Fall Schedule at Enrich and Grow Academy
This fall, I will be teaching after school chess classes through Enrich and Grow Academy, as follows: Mondays at Shongum Elementary School in Randolph, Tuesdays at Saint Elizabeth Montessori School in Parsippany, and Fridays at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy in Wayne.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Marshall CC August Under 2300, Day 2
Playing in the two day schedule, I finished with a score of 2-0-2 in the under 2300 tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Ed Kopiecki (USCF 2046) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Marshall Chess Club 8/14/2011
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 O-O-O
13.Bxb5 axb5 14.Ndxb5 Qb6 15.e5 Nc5 16.Qh3 dxe5 17.fxe5 Ba6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Bf4 Bxb5 20.Nd5 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Bc6 22.Rh5 Rg8 23.Rxh7 Qa5 24.Rd1 Qa4 25.Bg3 Be4 26.Rd2 Qxa2 27.Kd1 Bxh7 28.Qxh7 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Qxf7 Qd5+ 31.Kc1 Qxg2
32.b3 Qc6 33.Kb2 Ne4 34.c4 Nxg3 35.hxg3 Qd7 36.Qf8 Qd4+ 37.Kc2 Qf2+ 38.Kb1 Qxg3 39.Ka2 Qf2+ 40.Kb1 Qb6 41.Kc2 Qc6 42.Kc3 Kd7 43.Qf7+ Be7 44.b4 Qf3+ 45.Kb2 Qe2+ 46.Kb3 Qd3+ 47.Ka4 Qxc4 48.Ka5 Qxb4+ 49.Ka6 Kc7 50.Qxe6 Qa4#.
Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Ed Kopiecki (USCF 2046) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Marshall Chess Club 8/14/2011
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 O-O-O
13.Bxb5 axb5 14.Ndxb5 Qb6 15.e5 Nc5 16.Qh3 dxe5 17.fxe5 Ba6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Bf4 Bxb5 20.Nd5 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Bc6 22.Rh5 Rg8 23.Rxh7 Qa5 24.Rd1 Qa4 25.Bg3 Be4 26.Rd2 Qxa2 27.Kd1 Bxh7 28.Qxh7 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Qxf7 Qd5+ 31.Kc1 Qxg2
32.b3 Qc6 33.Kb2 Ne4 34.c4 Nxg3 35.hxg3 Qd7 36.Qf8 Qd4+ 37.Kc2 Qf2+ 38.Kb1 Qxg3 39.Ka2 Qf2+ 40.Kb1 Qb6 41.Kc2 Qc6 42.Kc3 Kd7 43.Qf7+ Be7 44.b4 Qf3+ 45.Kb2 Qe2+ 46.Kb3 Qd3+ 47.Ka4 Qxc4 48.Ka5 Qxb4+ 49.Ka6 Kc7 50.Qxe6 Qa4#.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Marshall CC August Under 2300, Day 1
This game was played earlier today, at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Stav Brenner (USCF 2064) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Marshall Chess Club 8/13/2011
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.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.Qe6 Kxh8
14.g3 Qg8 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxg8+ Kxg8 17.Bg2 Bg5+ 18.Kb1 Nf6 19.h4 Bh6 20.Rde1 Bg4 21.Bxe4, draw.
Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Stav Brenner (USCF 2064) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Marshall Chess Club 8/13/2011
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.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.Qe6 Kxh8
14.g3 Qg8 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxg8+ Kxg8 17.Bg2 Bg5+ 18.Kb1 Nf6 19.h4 Bh6 20.Rde1 Bg4 21.Bxe4, draw.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Dan Herman a.k.a. Phi Beta Rapa
Besides being a tournament director and chess coach, Dan Herman [pictured] also writes and performs rap music.On Tuesday night, August 16th, Dan will be performing hip hop music, under his professional name Phi Beta Rapa, at Coffee Works in Voorhees.
You can register for a free ticket here.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday Chess League 8/10/2011
At the Dean of Chess Academy, I won this game last night in the Wednesday chess league.
Center Counter Defense
Jim West (USCF 2204) - James Mennella (USCF 2000), Branchburg NJ 8/10/2011
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.f3 Bf5 6.g4 Bc8 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.g5 Nb6 9.Bb5+ Nfd7 10.f4 a6 11.Be2 h6 12.g6 f6 13.d4 Nb8 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.Qe2 Bxg6
16.Bh5 Bf7 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Qe6+ Ke8 19.f5 Qd7 20.Bf4 Qxe6 21.dxe6 c6 22.O-O-O Nd5 23.Nge2 Rg8 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Bxb8 Rxb8 26.Nf4 g5 27.Nxd5 h5 28.Kb1 Bh6 29.h3 Rd8 30.c4 Kf8 31.a4 Rd6 32.a5 h4 33.Rhg1 Ke8 34.Rg4 Kd8 35.Nb6 Rc6 36.d5 Rc7 37.b4 Bf8 38.c5 Rg7
39.Kb2 Ke8 40.Kb3 Rh7 41.Rgd4 Rg7 42.c6 Rh7 43.cxb7 Rxb7 44.Rc1 Rb8 45.Rdc4 Rd8 46.Rc8 Bh6 47.Rxd8+, Black resigns.
Center Counter Defense
Jim West (USCF 2204) - James Mennella (USCF 2000), Branchburg NJ 8/10/2011
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.f3 Bf5 6.g4 Bc8 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.g5 Nb6 9.Bb5+ Nfd7 10.f4 a6 11.Be2 h6 12.g6 f6 13.d4 Nb8 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.Qe2 Bxg6
16.Bh5 Bf7 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Qe6+ Ke8 19.f5 Qd7 20.Bf4 Qxe6 21.dxe6 c6 22.O-O-O Nd5 23.Nge2 Rg8 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Bxb8 Rxb8 26.Nf4 g5 27.Nxd5 h5 28.Kb1 Bh6 29.h3 Rd8 30.c4 Kf8 31.a4 Rd6 32.a5 h4 33.Rhg1 Ke8 34.Rg4 Kd8 35.Nb6 Rc6 36.d5 Rc7 37.b4 Bf8 38.c5 Rg7
39.Kb2 Ke8 40.Kb3 Rh7 41.Rgd4 Rg7 42.c6 Rh7 43.cxb7 Rxb7 44.Rc1 Rb8 45.Rdc4 Rd8 46.Rc8 Bh6 47.Rxd8+, Black resigns.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
After School Chess at TECCS
Starting on September 7th, I will be teaching after school chess classes on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons at The Ethical Community Charter School [TECCS] in Jersey City, as an employee of 101 Discoveries founded by Natasha Kalenchits.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
FIDE Mondays, Round 4
In last night's game at the Marshall Chess Club, I managed to draw an inferior ending.
Round Four: Modern Defense
Jim West (FIDE 2134) - Yefim Treger (FIDE 2205), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2011
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 d5 5.exd5 Nd7 6.Bf4 Ngf6 7.Be5 O-O 8.Bc4 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.Nf3 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qf3 Qd6 13.Bb3 Bf5 14.h3 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa8 Rxa8 17.O-O Ra5
18.g4 b4 19.Nd1 Bc8 20.Ne3 Ba6 21.Rb1 Bd4 22.Qe4 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Bb7 24.Rd1 e6 25.c3 exd5 26.Qe8+ Qf8 27.Qxf8+ Kxf8 28.cxb4 Rb5 29.Rd4 c5 30.Rd2 c4 31.Bd1 Rxb4 32.Bf3 Ke7 33.Bxd5 Bxd5 34.Rxd5 Rxb2 35.Rc5 Rc2 36.g5 Kd6 37.Rc8 c3
38.Kg2 Rc1 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.Rc7 c2 41.Ke2 Kd6 42.Rc3 Ke6 43.Kd2 Rf1 44.Kxc2 Rxf2+ 45.Kd1 Kf5 46.Ke1 Rh2 47.Rg3 Kf4 48.Rg4+ Kf3 49.Rh4 Ke3 50.Kd1 Kf3 51.Rxh7 Kf4 52.Rxf7+ Kxg5 53.Rh7, and drawn in ? moves.
This is the final position.
Round Four: Modern Defense
Jim West (FIDE 2134) - Yefim Treger (FIDE 2205), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2011
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 d5 5.exd5 Nd7 6.Bf4 Ngf6 7.Be5 O-O 8.Bc4 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.Nf3 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qf3 Qd6 13.Bb3 Bf5 14.h3 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa8 Rxa8 17.O-O Ra5
18.g4 b4 19.Nd1 Bc8 20.Ne3 Ba6 21.Rb1 Bd4 22.Qe4 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Bb7 24.Rd1 e6 25.c3 exd5 26.Qe8+ Qf8 27.Qxf8+ Kxf8 28.cxb4 Rb5 29.Rd4 c5 30.Rd2 c4 31.Bd1 Rxb4 32.Bf3 Ke7 33.Bxd5 Bxd5 34.Rxd5 Rxb2 35.Rc5 Rc2 36.g5 Kd6 37.Rc8 c3
38.Kg2 Rc1 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.Rc7 c2 41.Ke2 Kd6 42.Rc3 Ke6 43.Kd2 Rf1 44.Kxc2 Rxf2+ 45.Kd1 Kf5 46.Ke1 Rh2 47.Rg3 Kf4 48.Rg4+ Kf3 49.Rh4 Ke3 50.Kd1 Kf3 51.Rxh7 Kf4 52.Rxf7+ Kxg5 53.Rh7, and drawn in ? moves.
This is the final position.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Sergey Kudrin to Lecture at Marshall CC
The Marshall Chess Club presents international grandmaster Sergey Kudrin
“Gata Kamsky’s Quest for the 2012 World Championship”
Sergey Kudrin has been a dominant force on the U.S. chess scene for decades. Kudrin is a three time U.S. Open champion, a three time world championship contestant, and (together with GM Mark Paragua) the reigning Marshall Chess Club champion. He is also one of the country’s most respected chess coaches.
In his lecture, GM Kudrin will present and analyze some of the most interesting and instructive games of the current world championship cycle, as well as share personal insights on the unique challenges of the competition.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
7:00pm
Lecture fee: members free, non-members $10
Marshall Chess Club
23 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281
http://www.marshallchessclub.org/
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Marshall August Grand Prix, Day 1
These games were played earlier today at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round One: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
Jim West (FIDE 2134) - Ed Kopiecki (FIDE 2031), Marshall Chess Club 8/6/2011
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 c5 14.a4 b6 15.a5 Kb7 16.axb6 cxb6
17.b4 f6 18.bxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Rdb1+ Kc7 21.Rxa6 Rb8 22.Ra7+ Kc6 23.Rba1 Nf4 24.Kh2 Ne2 25.R1a6+ Kb5 26.Ra5+ Kb4 27.Ra3 Kb5 28.c3 Nxc3 29.Rxc3 g5 30.Rb3+ Kc6 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Ra6+ Kb5 33.Rxf6 Rd8 34.Nxe5 c4 35.dxc4+ Kc5 36.Rf5 Rd2 37.Kg2 g4 38.fxg4 hxg4 39.Nf3+, Black resigns.
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Round Two: English Opening
Kyle Moon (FIDE 2054) - Jim West (FIDE 2134), Marshall Chess Club 8/6/2011
1.g3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nb5 O-O 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5
12.e4 Nf4 13.gxf4 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.Rd1 e5 16.fxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 Bg4 18.Rd3 Bc7 19.e5 Bb6+ 20.Kh1 Rad8 21.Rd6 Bc5 22.Rd2 b6 23.h3 Bf5 24.Kh2 Rd4 25.Rf2 Rd1 26.Rf1 Rfd8 27.Rxd1 Rxd1
28.Bf3 Rf1 29.Bg2 Rf2 30.Kg3 Rc2 31.Bd5 h5 32.Bb3 h4+ 33.Kxh4 Rg2, White resigns.
Round One: Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
Jim West (FIDE 2134) - Ed Kopiecki (FIDE 2031), Marshall Chess Club 8/6/2011
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 c5 14.a4 b6 15.a5 Kb7 16.axb6 cxb6
17.b4 f6 18.bxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Rdb1+ Kc7 21.Rxa6 Rb8 22.Ra7+ Kc6 23.Rba1 Nf4 24.Kh2 Ne2 25.R1a6+ Kb5 26.Ra5+ Kb4 27.Ra3 Kb5 28.c3 Nxc3 29.Rxc3 g5 30.Rb3+ Kc6 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Ra6+ Kb5 33.Rxf6 Rd8 34.Nxe5 c4 35.dxc4+ Kc5 36.Rf5 Rd2 37.Kg2 g4 38.fxg4 hxg4 39.Nf3+, Black resigns.
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Round Two: English Opening
Kyle Moon (FIDE 2054) - Jim West (FIDE 2134), Marshall Chess Club 8/6/2011
1.g3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nb5 O-O 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5
12.e4 Nf4 13.gxf4 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.Rd1 e5 16.fxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 Bg4 18.Rd3 Bc7 19.e5 Bb6+ 20.Kh1 Rad8 21.Rd6 Bc5 22.Rd2 b6 23.h3 Bf5 24.Kh2 Rd4 25.Rf2 Rd1 26.Rf1 Rfd8 27.Rxd1 Rxd1
28.Bf3 Rf1 29.Bg2 Rf2 30.Kg3 Rc2 31.Bd5 h5 32.Bb3 h4+ 33.Kxh4 Rg2, White resigns.
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