Laurie and Brian Hulse at Marshall CC

The Marshall Chess Club cordially invites you to a reception and lecture honoring newly wedded Marshall Chess Club governors Laurie and Brian Hulse.

Please join us for a celebratory reception in honor of the marriage between Laurie and Brian Hulse. Both Laurie and Brian are members of the Marshall Chess Club board of governors, and they first met at the club!

Following the reception, Brian (a FIDE master and 1978 Marshall Chess Club champion) will give a lecture on "Pawn Down Endgames."

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Reception 7pm to 8pm

Lecture 8pm

Refreshments will be served.

Marshall Chess Club
23 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281
http://www.marshallchessclub.org/

Frederic Fournier Analyzes 7...Bd6 in PCG

Frederic Fournier analyzes my new move 7...Bd6, at Contre Gambit Philidor.

3 African-American Masters in "NY Times"

[photo by Derrick Bryant]

Three African-American chess players, who became national masters at age 12, are featured in this article from The New York Times.

Marshall November Grand Prix, Day 2

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

Round Three: Dutch Defense

Justin Sarkar (FIDE 2394) - Jim West (FIDE 2087), Marshall Chess Club 11/13/2011

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh6 Qe7 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.O-O-O d6 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 O-O-O


14.Qg5 Qxg5+ 15.Nxg5 Rdf8 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Rxh8 Rxh8 18.Nf3 Rh1 19.Bd3 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Be8 21.c3 Kd8 22.Kd2 Ke7 23.g4 Kf6 24.g5+ Kg7 25.Be4 b6 26.Nh2 Ne7 27.Ng4 Bc6 28.Bc2 Bf3 29.Nf6 Nd5 30.Ne8+ Kf7 31.c4 Kxe8 32.Bxg6+ Kf8 33.cxd5 Bxd5


34.Kc3 Kg7 35.Bd3 c5 36.a3 Bf3 37.b4 cxb4+ 38.axb4 a5 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.Kc4 d5+ 41.Kb5 Be4 42.Be2 Kg6 43.Bg4 e5 44.dxe5 Kxg5, draw.

Marshall November Grand Prix, Day 1

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

Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Aravind Kumar (FIDE 1889) - Jim West (FIDE 2087), Marshall Chess Club 11/12/2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Bd3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Qxe5 Rxe5 14.O-O d6 15.b4 b6 16.e4 Bb7 17.f3 a5


18.Kf2 Kf8 19.Rfe1 h6 20.b5 f6 21.Re2 Rae8 22.Rae1 g5 23.g4 Kg7 24.h3 Bc8 25.Kg3 Be6 26.Rc1 Bf7 27.Rcc2 Rc5 28.Rh2 Rc8 29.Rhf2 c6 30.Rfe2 h5 31.Rf2 h4+ 32.Kg2 cxb5 33.cxb5 Rxc2 34.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 35.Bxc2 Bc4 36.a4 Kf7


37.f4 Ke6 38.Kf3 Bf1 39.Bb3+ Ke7 40.f5 Bxh3 41.Bc4 d5 42.Bxd5 Bf1 43.Ke3 Kd6 44.Bb3 Ke5 45.Bd5 Bg2 46.Bc6 h3, White resigns.

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Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (FIDE 2087) - Frank Paciulli (FIDE 1932), Marshall Chess Club 11/12/2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.a3 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2 Nbd7 14.Ng3 Rac8 15.Qf3 h6 16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.Rac1 Nb6


18.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 19.Kh1 Rxc3 20.bxc3 d5 21.Bxd5 Bxa3 22.Ra1 Bxd5 23.exd5 e4 24.Qe2 Bd6 25.c4 b4 26.c5 Qxc5 27.Rxa6 Bxg3 28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.hxg3 Qd6 30.Qe3 Kh7 31.Kh2 Qe5 32.d6 Qxf5 33.Rd4 Rd8 34.Qxe4 Qxe4 35.Rxe4 Rxd6 36.Rxb4 Rc6 37.c4 Kg6


38.g4 Kg5 39.Kg3 f5 40.gxf5 Kxf5 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.Ke3 f5 43.Rb5+ Kf6 44.Kd4 Kg5 45.c5 Ra6 46.Rb2 f4 47.Kd5 Rf6 48.c6 Rf5+ 49.Kd4 Rf8 50.c7 Rc8 51.Rc2 Kg4 52.Rc3 h5 53.Ke5 Re8+ 54.Kd6, Black resigns.

"Brooklyn 64" on Lecture by Irina Krush

Blogger Brooklyn 64 describes Tuesday's lecture by IM Irina Krush at the Marshall Chess Club.

PCG with 7...Bd6 at Internet Chess Club

Until recently, I did not play at the Internet Chess Club. But a student of mine, who wanted lessons via the ICC using Skype, bought me a one year membership.

At the end of my two hour lessons, if time permits, I sometimes play casual games against my students. On Tuesday, I tried a new move 7...Bd6 in the Philidor Counter Gambit during one such game, at a time control of 20 minutes per player.

Instead of revealing my student's ICC handle, I will give his initials.

Philidor Counter Gambit

C. D. (ICC 1559) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Internet Chess Club 11/8/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd6 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nge6 Bxh2+ 11.Kxh2 Bxe6 12.Nxe6 Qd6+ 13.Nf4 g5 14.g3 gxf4 15.Bxf4 Qd7 16.Kg2 Nc6


17.Rh1 Rf7 18.c3 Re8 19.Qc2 Ree7 20.Bf5 Qe8 21.Be3 Ne4 22.Bg4 Nxg3 23.Kxg3 Rxe3+ 24.fxe3 Qxe3+ 25.Kg2 Rg7


26.Qf5 Ne7 27.Qf3 Qg5 28.Kh3 Ng6 29.Raf1 Qh4+ 30.Kg2 Nf4+ 31.Qxf4 Rxg4+ 32.Qxg4+ Qxg4+ 33.Kh2 Qe2+ 34.Kh3 Qh5+ 35.Kg3 Qg5+ 36.Kh3, draw.

Review of "Endgame" at "ChessCafe"

At ChessCafe, Steven B. Dowd reviews Frank Brady's Endgame.

Here is the review, by Patrick Wolff, in the Wall Street Journal.

Frederic Fournier Analyzes Hellner - West

At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier analyzes my recent game as Black against Wesley Hellner.

Funding "Brooklyn Castle"

Nelson and Katie Dellamaggiore of Rescued Media need your help in funding their documentary film Brooklyn Castle.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 11/6/2011

On Sunday, I drew this PCG in a game/30 tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Wesley Hellner (USCF 1869) - Jim West (USCF 2207), Marshall Chess Club 11/6/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.f4 c6 7.Be2 Bc5 8.c3 Ne7 9.b4 Bb6 10.a4 a6 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Nd4 Nf5 13.O-O Qh4 14.Na3 Be6 15.Nac2 Nd7


16.g4 Ng3 17.hxg3 Qxg3+ 18.Kh1 Qh3+ 19.Kg1 Qg3+ 20.Kh1 Qh3+, draw.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 11/5/2011

At the Marshall Chess Club, I drew this game on Saturday in a game/60 tournament.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Sozin Attack

Jim West (USCF 2207) - Matthew Herman (USCF 2418), Marshall Chess Club 11/5/2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nde2 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.a3 O-O 10.Be3 Qd8 11.f3 Bd7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rad1 Ne5 14.Ba2 b5


15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.b3 Qd7 20.h3 a6 21.Rf2 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.Qxd4 a5 25.Rd3 Rec8 26.e5 dxe5 27.Qxe5 Rc7 28.Rfd2 Qc5+ 29.Qxc5 Rxc5 30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Rxd8+ Kg7 32.Ra8 a4 33.bxa4 bxa4 34.Rxa4 Rxc2


35.Ra7 Kf6 36.Kh2 g5 37.h4 gxh4 38.Ra4 h5 39.Rxh4 Kg5 40.Re4 e6 41.Kh3 Ra2 42.Re5+ Kf6 43.Rxh5 Rxa3 44.Rb5 e5 45.Kg4 Ra4+ 46.Kg3 Kf5 47.Rc5 f6 48.Rb5 Ra6 49.Rb4 Ra5 50.Rc4 Ra6 51.Rb4 Kg5 52.Rg4+ Kf5, draw.