Thursday Night Action 10/18/2018

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

Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Michael Fuglesang (USCF 1795) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Marshall Chess Club 10/18/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxe5 dxe4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxh8 Qd5 11.Bxe7 Kxe7 12.Qg7+ Qf7 13.Qe5+ Kf8 14.Qc5+ Qe7 15.Qb5 c6 16.Qb3 Be6

17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Na6 19.O-O Nf6 20.Rae1 Re8 21.Qb3 Qb4 22.Qg3 Kg7 23.c3 Qe7 24.c4 Qc7 25.Qg5 Rh8 26.g3 Rh5 27.Qd2 Qa5 28.Qe3 Rxh2 29.f3 Qh5 30.Qf4 Rh1+ 31.Kf2 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 exf3

33.Kg1 Qg4 34.Qxg4 Nxg4 35.Rxf3 Nc7 36.Kg2 Nf6 37.Kf2 Ne6 38.Ke3 Ng5 39.Rf1 Ne6 40.b4 a6 41.a4 b5 42.axb5 axb5 43.cxb5 cxb5 44.Kd3 g5 45.Rf5 Kg6 46.Rxb5 Nh5 47.g4 Nhf4+ 48.Kc4 Ne2 

49.Kb3 N2xd4+ 50.Kc4 Nxb5 51.Kxb5 Kf6 52.Kb6 Ke5 53.Kc6 Kf4 54.Kd6 Nd4 55.Kc5 Ke4 56.Kc4 Nc2 57.Kb3 Nxb4 58.Kxb4 Kf4 59.Kc3 Kxg4 60.Kd3 Kf3, White resigns.

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Round Four: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2206) - Boris Privman (USCF 2249), Marshall Chess Club 10/18/2018

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 c5 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.a4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nc4 Nb6 11.Nfd2 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.a5 Nd5 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Qd2 Rb8

17.Rfe1 b5 18.axb6 axb6 19.Ne5 Bb7 20.Ra7 f6 21.Rxb7 fxe5 22.Bxd5+ e6 23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Be4 Bd6 25.Qg5 Be7 26.Qg4 Kf7 27.Re3 Bf6 28.Rf3 Ke7 29.Bg5 Bxg5 30.Qxg5+ Kd6 31.Rf7 Qc8 32.f4 exf4 33.Qxf4+ e5 34.Qf6+ Re6 35.Qg7 c4

36.Rf6 cxd3 37.Rxe6+ Kxe6 38.Bxd3 Qc5+ 39.Kg2 Qd5+ 40.Kh3 Qd8 41.Qxh7 Kd5 42.Qf7+ Kd4 43.Qc4+ Ke3 44.Qe4+ Kd2 45.Qe2+ Kc1 46.Qe1+ Kxb2 47.Qxe5+ Kc1 48.Bxg6, and White wins in ? moves.

                                          Final Position                            

Pix from Sunday Game/50 10/14/2018

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

FIDE Mondays 10/15/2018

This game was played on Monday at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2206) - Serge Adelson (USCF 1835), Marshall Chess Club 10/15/2018

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Rc1 c6 7.Nf3 h6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.d3 Re8 12.h3 Nh7 13.Qd2 Ng5 14.Nd4 Bg6

15.f4 Ne6 16.f5 Nxd4 17.exd4 Bh7 18.Rcd1 Bg5 19.Qc2 Be3+ 20.Kh1 Qh4 21.Rf3 Bxd4 22.Rdf1 Qf6 23.Nd1 Bxb2 24.Nxb2 Re7 25.Bd1 Rae8 26.Qd2 b5 27.R3f2 Qd4 28.b4 Qe3 29.Qc2 Ne5 30.Be2 f6 31.Nd1 Qb6

32.Bh5 Ra8 33.Re2 Qd4 34.Qc5 Qxc5 35.bxc5 Rc7 36.d4 Nd3 37.Re3 Nb4 38.Nc3 Nc2 39.Rd3 Re7 40.Rd2 Ne3 41.Re1 Nxf5 42.Rxe7 Nxe7 43.Bg4 Bf5 44.Re2 Bxg4 45.Rxe7 Bf5 46.g4 Bd3 47.Rc7 b4 48.Nd1 Bc2 49.Ne3 Ba4

50.Nf5 a5 51.Rxg7+ Kf8 52.Rh7 Ra6 53.Rxh6 b3 54.Rxf6+ Ke8 55.axb3 Bxb3 56.Re6+ Kf7 57.Re1 a4 58.Ra1 a3 59.Ne3 a2 60.Nf1 Kf6 61.Nd2 Bc2 62.Kg2 Kg5 63.Kg3 Ra3+ 64.Nf3+ Kg6 65.Kf4 Ra6

66.Ne5+ Kf6 67.g5+ Ke6 68.h4 Ba4 69.Rxa2 Bb5 70.Rxa6 Bxa6 71.Nxc6 Bd3 72.Nb4 Bg6 73.c6 Kd6 74.Nxd5 Be8 75.Nb4 Bf7 76.d5 Bg6 77.Na2 Bb1 78.Nc3 Bd3 79.h5, Black resigns.

GSCL Opens New Season

Last night, the Garden State Chess League opened the new season.

Tonight, the West Orange team plays its first match.

Marshall Sunday Game/50 10/14/2018

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 3-1-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Gary Leschinsky (USCF 1849) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/14/2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Qd3 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.e3 Nxe5 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Rfd1 b6 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.Qd4 Re8 16.Rd2 Bb7

17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Rad1 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 a5 20.a4 f6 21.g3 Rbb8 22.Kg2 Re5 23.Rd5 Rbe8 24.b3 Kf7 25.h4 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Ke7 27.Kf3 Kd7 28.g4 Kc6 29.Ke2 Re5 30.Rxe5 dxe5 31.Kd3 Kc5 32.Kc3 e4 33.Kc2 Kb4 34.Kb2 g6

35.Kc2 h5 36.gxh5 gxh5 37.Kb2 f5 38.Kc2 Ka3 39.Kc3 c5 40.Kc2 Ka2 41.Kc3 Kb1, White resigns.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 10/11/2018

During Thursday's tournament, I took these pictures at the Marshall Chess Club.

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National Chess Day 2018

Celebrate National Chess Day today!

Thursday Night Action 10/11/2018

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

Round One: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

Liam Murphy (USCF 1716) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 10/11/2018

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Rb1 e6 6.a3 Nge7 7.b4 cxb4 8.axb4 O-O 9.e3 d5 10.b5 Ne5 11.cxd5 Nd3+ 12.Ke2 Nxc1+ 13.Qxc1 exd5 14.d4 Bf5 15.Rb2 Qd7 16.h3 h5 17.Nf3 Rfc8

18.Qd2 Rc4 19.h4 Rac8 20.Rc1 Bg4 21.Kf1 Bh3 22.Kg1 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Nf5 24.Ne1 Nd6 25.Nd3 b6 26.Rb3 Qf5 27.f3 R4c7 28.Nd1 Rxc1 29.Nc3 R1xc3 30.Rxc3 Nc4 31.Qe2 Nxe3+ 32.Qxe3 Rxc3

33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.g4 Qxf3+, White resigns.

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Round Three: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Nura Baalaa (USCF 1811), Marshall Chess Club 10/11/2018

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Bf5 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ng6 11.Bg3 c6 12.Nbd2 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Bxf4 14.Re2 Re8

15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Re1 Qf7 17.Qf5 g5 18.Qc8+ Kg7 19.Qd8 Bc7 20.Qc8 Bf4 21.g3 Bd6 22.h4 h6 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Kg2 Qd7 25.Re8 Qxc8 26.Rxc8 a5 27.c4 Kf7 28.c5 Be7 29.Nf1 Ke6 30.Ne3 Kd7 31.Rh8 Bd8

32.Nf5 Na6 33.Rh7+ Ke6 34.g4 Bc7 35.Re7#.