The cost to view the lecture is $10 for Chess Mates members, $15 for non-members.
The lecture starts at 9am, and the tournament begins at 11am.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
GM Rohde to Lecture at "Chess Mates"
The cost to view the lecture is $10 for Chess Mates members, $15 for non-members.
The lecture starts at 9am, and the tournament begins at 11am.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Tournament Results at Riker Hill School
On Tuesday, the final class in the fall 2015 session took place at Riker Hill School in the after school enrichment program on chess, conducted by Enrich and Grow Academy and coached by me.
The tournament winner with 3 points was Payton Gao on tie-breaks over Keunh Young Kim. Both players received medals.
A half point behind the leaders were Shayne Apple, Jared Goldstein, Zoe Parrott, and Salvatore Rosa, with Sal being awarded the third place medal on tie-breaks.
Certificates were distributed to all eleven students.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Westfield CC Championship, Day 1
Round One: French Defense, King's Indian Attack
Jim West (USCF 2203) - Bharat Karia (USCF 1831), Westfield NJ 12/6/2015
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nge7 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.e5 a5 10.Nf1 b6 11.a4 Ra7 12.h4 h6 13.Bf4 Nf5 14.c3 Kh7 15.N1h2 Nce7 16.Qd2 Ng8 17.d4 h5 18.Bh3 Ngh6
19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Bxh6 Bxh6 22.Ng5+ Kg8 23.f4 Be6 24.Nhf3 Rfc8 25.Rec1 c4 26.Rcb1 b5 27.axb5 a4 28.Qc2 Qa5 29.b6 Ra6 30.Ra2 Qxb6 31.Rxa4 Rca8 32.Rxa6 Rxa6 33.Nxe6 fxe6 34.Ng5 Bxg5 35.hxg5 Qa7
36.Kg2 Ra1 37.Rxa1 Qxa1 38.b4 cxb3 39.Qxb3 Qe1 40.Qb8+ Kf7 41.Qc7+ Kf8 42.Qd8+ Kf7 43.Qf6+ Ke8 44.Qxe6+ Kd8 45.Qxd5+ Kc8 46.Qf3 Qd2+ 47.Kh3 h4 48.gxh4 Kd7 49.d5, Black forfeits.
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Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit
Todd Lunna (USCF 2248) - Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2120), Westfield NJ 12/6/2015
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 Bb4 (better 7...h6) 8.fxe4 dxe4 9.Bc4 Qe7 10.O-O h6 11.Nf7 Rf8 12.Ne5 Nc6
13.Ng6 Qd6 14.Nb5 Qd8 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Nxf8 Kxf8 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Be6 Qe7 19.d5 Nd8 20.Qd4 Nf7 21.Qb4 Ne5 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.d6 Qd8 24.d7+ Qe7 25.d8=Q+ Ne8 26.Qdxe7#.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Using Chess to Keep Minds Sharp
This article by Amy Zipkin in The New York Times focuses on using card and board games (like chess) to keep minds sharp.
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
Thursday Night Action 12/3/2015
Last night, I finished with a score of 1-0-3 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
James Jeffrey (USCF 1975) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 12/3/2015
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qb6 14.Qd2 Be6 15.a3 Rac8
16.f5 Bf7 17.Nxf7 Rxf7 18.Nh5 Qc7 19.Nxf6+ Rxf6 20.g3 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Qxg3+ 22.Kh1 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 Qg3+, draw.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Substitute Teacher for 101 Discoveries
Yesterday, as a substitute teacher, I coached chess classes at the Hudson Montessori School and the Museum of Russian Art, on behalf of 101 Discoveries.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Washington Avenue Tournament, Fall 2015
On Monday, the fall 2015 session ended at Washington Avenue School, in the after school enrichment class on chess, taught by me for Enrich and Grow Academy.
The tournament finished in a tie between Gabrielle Kaplan, Kristen Lee, and Parker Solak.
These three received medals in addition to the certificates that were handed out to all nine students.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Kamsky Lecture/Simul Tonight at Marshall CC
At 8pm, Gata will play a simultaneous exhibition against 25 club members.
There are still some spots available to participate in the simul.
The cost is $25, and if you are interested please e-mail executive director Bryan Quick at bryanq@marshallchessclub.org to reserve your board.
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