During Saturday's tournament, I took these pictures at the Marshall Chess Club.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
FIDE Mondays 7/16/2018
On Monday, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round One: King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation
Daniel Halpern (USCF 1913) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/16/2018
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3 Re8 10.e3 c6 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Ng5 Nc5 13.Qc2 h6 14.Nge4 Nfxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5
16.b4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Qc2 a5 23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Qe7 25.Qd2 e4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qd4+ f6 28.c5 Kf7 29.h4 h5 30.Kg2 Ke8 31.f3 exf3+ 32.Kxf3 Qe6 33.Qf4 Kd7
34.Qd4+ Ke7 35.Qf4 Qd5+ 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Ke1 Qd3 38.g4 hxg4 39.Qxg4+ Kd5 40.Qd7+ Kc4 41.Qxb7 Qxe3+ 42.Kf1 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Qxh4 44.Qxc6 Qd4+ 45.Kg2 Kxb4 46.Qb6+ Kc4 47.Qa6+ Kxc5
48.Qa7+ Kd5 49.Qf7+ Ke5 50.Qc7+ Kf5 51.Qc8+ Kg5 52.Qc1+ Kg4 53.Qh6 Qe4+ 54.Kg1 Qe1+ 55.Kg2 Qg3+ 56.Kf1 Qf4+, White resigns.
Monday, July 16, 2018
Marshall Sunday Game/50 7/15/2018
On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Daniel Stronger (USCF 1687), Marshall Chess Club 7/15/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qf3 Re8 11.O-O Nc6 12.f5 Ne5
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Marshall Saturday Game/50 7/14/2018
On Saturday, I finished with a score of 2-2-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round One: Philidor Counter Gambit
Hamilton Shillingford (USCF 1764) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/14/2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.f3 O-O 10.fxe4 Qe8
11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Ng4 Bxg3+ 13.hxg3 Qxe4+ 14.Qe2 Bxg4 15.Qxe4 dxe4 16.Bc4+ Kg7 17.Kd2 f5 18.a4 Nd7 19.b4 Nf6 20.b5 Rad8 21.c3 h5 22.Rhb1 Rfe8 23.a5 e3+ 24.Ke1 Ne4 25.Rc1 Nxg3 26.Ra2 f4
27.Rb2 h4 28.b6 axb6 29.axb6 c6 30.Ra1 Ra8 31.Ra7 Rxa7 32.bxa7 b5 33.Bd3 Ra8 34.c4 Rxa7 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.Rxb5 Ra1+ 37.Bb1 Bf5 38.Rb7+ Kf6 39.Rb6+ Kg5 40.d5 Rxb1+ 41.Rxb1 Bxb1
42.d6 f3 43.gxf3 Kf6 44.d7 Ke7 45.f4 Kxd7 46.f5 Bxf5 47.Kd1 h3 48.Kc1 h2 49.Kb2 h1=Q 50.Kb3 Qc1 51.Kb4 e2 52.Ka4 Qb1 53.Ka5 e1=Q+ 54.Ka6 Bd3+ 55.Ka7 Qa5#.
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Friday, July 13, 2018
Thursday Night Action 7/12/2018
On Thursday, I finished with a score of 2-0-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation
Jim West (USCF 2200) - Jacob Pope (USCF 2070), Marshall Chess Club 7/12/2018
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Be3 b5 10.a3 Bd7 11.Qf3 O-O 12.O-O Nc6 13.f5 e5 14.Nde2 Na5
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
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