Marshall June Grand Prix 6/17/2012

All four games of mine were drawn, in the weekend tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Wesley Hellner (FIDE 1784) - Jim West (FIDE 2112), Marshall Chess Club 6/17/2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Bf3 Nb6

14.Qe2 Nc4 15.Nxc4 Rxc4 16.Bg5 Qc7 17.Bd2 Rc8 18.Rac1 Qd7 19.Bg5 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Bxg5 22.Rcd1 g6 23.c3 R4c5 24.Bd5 Kg7 25.g4 Bf4 26.f3 Rh8 27.Kg2 h5 28.Rh1 hxg4 29.fxg4 Qe7 30.Qf3 a5 31.Rhe1 Qf6 32.Rf1 Rb8 33.Rde1 b4

34.axb4 axb4 35.c4 Ra5 36.Qb3 Qh4 37.Ra1 Qd8 38.Rad1 Qb6 39.Bxf7 Rf8 40.Bd5 Qe3 41.Qxe3 Bxe3 42.Rxf8 Kxf8 43.Be4, draw.

Marshall June Grand Prix 6/16/2012

Yesterday I drew this game at the Marshall Chess Club, on day one of the Marshall June Grand Prix tournament.

Round One: Dutch Defense

David Spigel (FIDE 1981) - Jim West (FIDE 2112), Marshall Chess Club 6/16/2012

1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.c4 a5 9.Nc3 Na6 10.Rc1 Ne4

11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.d5 Nc5 13.dxe6 Nxe6 14.Bh2 Bf6 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.exd4 d6 17.Qd2 Bg5 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Qf6 20.Rfd1 g5 21.Qd2 f4 22.Bf1 Rae8 23.c5 dxc5 24.dxc5 Rd8 25.Qe2 Bg6 26.cxb6 cxb6 27.Qb5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Bc4+ Bf7 30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Bxf7+ Kxf7

32.Qf5+ Kg7 33.h4 h6 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Qe5+ Qf6 36.Qd5 Kh6 37.Qb5 Qd6 38.a3 g4 39.Qe2 Kg5 40.Qe8 g3 41.Qg8+ Kf5 42.Qh7+ Ke5 43.Qh5+ Kd4 44.Qd1+ Kc5 45.Qxd6+ Kxd6 46.fxg3 fxg3 47.Kf1 Kd5 48.Ke2 Kc4 49.Kd2 Kb3 50.Kc1 a4

51.Kb1 Kc4 52.Kc2 Kd4 53.Kd2 Kc4 54.Kc2 b5 55.Kd2 Kd4 56.Ke2 Kc4 57.Kd2 Kb3 58.Kc1 b4 59.axb4 Kxb4 60.Kc2 Kc4 61.Kd2 Kd4, draw.

Pix from Westfield Quads 6/10/2012

These pictures were taken by me on Sunday at the Westfield quads.

Pix from I.S. 318

While attending a screening of Brooklyn Castle at I.S. 318 yesterday, I took these photos of the school and its surroundings.

"Chess Mates" Championship, Round 2

Yesterday I played this game at Chess Mates in the club championship.

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2208) - Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2098), Rahway NJ 6/13/2012

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Bc5 4.e3 Qe7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 a6 7.Nf3 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Ba7 10.a3 Bf5 11.b4 Nd8 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Re1 Re8 14.h3 Be6 15.Bf1 h6

16.Na4 Bd7 17.c5 Nc6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nc3 Nd8 20.Ne2 Ne6 21.Qd2 Nh7 22.Ng3 Nef8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rc6 25.d4 e4 26.Rxc6 Bxc6 27.d5 Bd7 28.Nd4 Qg5 29.Nde2 f5 30.Nf4 Nf6 31.Qc3 Bb6 32.Be2 Ng6

33.Ne6 Bxe6 34.dxe6 Ne7 35.Nh5 Ned5 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Nxf6+ Nxf6 38.e7 Bxe3 39.Bxf6 Qg3 40.Qxf5+ g6 41.e8=Q gxf5 42.Qf7+, Black resigns.

Four by Fournier

It was a busy week for me and the Philidor Counter Gambit!

At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier [pictured] analyzes my games as Black against George Berg, Paul Rachlin, Michael O'Connor, and Brandon Nydick.