Pix from Thursday Night Action 8/2/2018

On Thursday, I photographed the players during the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Thursday Night Action 8/2/2018

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 1-1-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

Daniel Halpern (USCF 1913) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/2/2018

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Be3 Be6 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.Qd2 Rac8 15.h3 Qa5

16.Qxa5 Nxa5 17.b3 Nc6 18.Rfd1 Nb4 19.a3 Nc2 20.a4 Nxe3 21.fxe3 h5 22.Kf2 Bf6 23.h4 b6 24.Bf1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Bb5 Kf8 28.Ne1 Ke7 29.Ng2 Bg7 30.Nf4 Be6 31.Bd3 Bh6

32.b4 Bxf4 33.exf4 a5 34.bxa5 bxa5 35.Ke3 Bd7 36.Bc2 Bf5 37.Bxf5 gxf5 38.Kf3, draw.

Pix from Sunday Game/50 7/29/2018

Look at these pictures that I took during Sunday's tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Photographer Andres Kudacki

On Monday afternoons in the summer, I give private chess lessons to Eric Dluhos at Hamilton Park in Jersey City.  On Sunday, Eric tied for first place in the beginner tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

During Eric's lesson on July 30th, professional photographer Andres Kudacki (who lives nearby) paid a visit.  As a young boy in Argentina, Andres once played against Garry Kasparov in a simultaneous exhibition.  The current issue of New York magazine features a cover photo by Andres.

 [photo by Andres Kudacki]

 [photo by Eric Dluhos]

 [photo by Eric Dluhos]

[photo by Jim West]

After having our pictures taken with Andres, my student and I tried to talk Andres into visiting the Marshall Chess Club.  Who knows? Maybe one day Andres will stop by the historic club in Greenwich Village to play chess or do a photo shoot!

Pix from Saturday Game/50 7/28/2018

During Saturday's tournament, I photographed the players at the Marshall Chess Club.

Marshall Sunday Game/50 7/29/2018

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

[photo by Eric Dluhos]

Round Two: Vienna Game

Pedro Espinosa (USCF 1897) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/29/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Nf6 5.f4 Bg4 6.Nf3 exf4 7.Bxf4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Ne5 11.Bxe5 dxe5 12.Nd5 c6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Rf2 Rad8 15.Raf1 Rd7

16.a3 Ne8 17.Bb3 Nd6 18.Qe3 a6 19.Rf3 Kh8 20.g4 h6 21.Qf2 f6 22.h4 Nb5 23.c3 Rfd8 24.Qg3 Qc5+ 25.Kg2 Nxc3 26.bxc3 Qxc3 27.Be6 Rxd3 28.g5 Rxf3 29.Rxf3 Qc2+ 30.Kh3 Rd1

31.gxf6 Rh1+ 32.Kg4 Qxe4+ 33.Kh5 Rxh4+ 34.Qxh4 Qxf3+ 35.Kg6 Qxf6+ 36.Qxf6 gxf6 37.Bf5 b5 38.Kxf6 c5 39.Kxe5 b4 40.a4 c4 41.Kd4 c3 42.a5 Kg7 43.Kc4 Kf6 44.Bd3 Ke5 45.Kb3 Kd4 46.Bxa6 Kc5

47.Bf1 h5 48.Be2 h4 49.Bf3 Kb5 50.a6 Kxa6 51.Kc2 h3 52.Be2+ Ka5 53.Bf3 Ka4 54.Bc6+ Ka3 55.Bd5 h2 56. Be4 Ka4 57.Bc6+ Ka5 58.Kb3 Kb6 59.Be4 Kc5 60.Bg2 Kd4 61.Kc2 Ke3 62.Kb3 Kf2 63.Bh1 Kg1 64.Be4 h1=Q, White resigns.

Marshall Saturday Game/50 7/28/2018

On Saturday, I played this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: King's Indian Defense

Wesley Hellner (USCF 1897) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/28/2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.f4 exf4 7.Bxf4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Nc5 10.O-O Re8 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.h3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qf3 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 Qe7 17.Rf2 Bd7

18.Raf1 Rf8 19.Qh6 a6 20.Rf6 Bf5 21.R6xf5 gxf5 22.Rxf5 f6 23.Rf4 Kh8 24.Ne2 f5 25.Rh4 Qg7 26.exf5 Qxh6 27.Rxh6 Rxf5 28.Re6 Re5 29.Nf4 Rxe6 30.Nxe6 Rc8 31.b3 c6 32.Nf4 Kg7 33.Kf2 b5 34.dxc6 bxc4 35.c7 cxb3 36.axb3 Kf6

37.Ke3 Ke5 38.Nd3+ Kd5 39.Nf4+ Kc6 40.Ne6 Kd7 41.Ng5 Rxc7 42.Kd3 Kc6 43.g4 Re7 44.Nf3 Kd5 45.Nh4 Rb7 46.Kc3 a5 47.Nf5 Ke5 48.Nd4 Rb6 49.Kd3 d5 50.Ke3 Rh6 51.h4 Ra6 52.Nf3+ Kd6

53.Ng5 a4 54.bxa4 Rxa4 55.Kf3 Ra7 56.Kf4 h6 57.Nf3 Rf7+ 58.Ke3 Kc5 59.Nd4 Re7+ 60.Kd3 Re4 61.g5, White resigns.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 7/26/2018

During Thursday's tournament, I snapped these photos at the Marshall Chess Club.