FIDE Mondays 12/10/2018

This game was played last night at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

Ed Frumkin (USCF 2000) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Marshall Chess Club 12/10/2018

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.Nbc3 O-O 7.d4 d6 8.O-O Bf5 9.e4 Bd7 10.d5 Na5 11.Qd3 a6 12.f4 b5

13.cxb5 c4 14.Qd1 axb5 15.h3 b4 16.Nb1 Nb3 17.axb3 Rxa1 18.Be3 cxb3 19.Qxb3 Bb5 20.Nbc3 Rxf1+ 21.Bxf1 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Nxe4 23.Qxb4 Nf6 24.Nc3 Qb8 25.Qa3 Qa8 26.Bg2 Qxa3 27.bxa3 Ra8

28.Nb5 Ra5 29.Bf1 Nxd5 30.Bd2 Ra4 31.Bd3 Bb2, White resigns.

AlphaZero Defeats Stockfish 155-6-839

In 1,000 chess games against AlphaZero, only 6 were won by Stockfish.

"Chess Mates" Saturday Game 12/8/2018

At the Chess Mates blog, I have posted yesterday's game between NM Jim West and NM Art Macaspac.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 12/6/2018

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

Thursday Night Action 12/6/2018

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 2-0-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Bingjie Liu (USCF 1962), Marshall Chess Club 12/6/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.O-O dxe4 8.Ng5 Qc7 9.Ngxe4 Nbd7 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.Bxb7 Qxb7 12.Qf3 Qxf3 13.Nxf3 Nd5 14.Bd2 g6

15.c4 Nb4 16.Bc3 Rg8 17.d4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Rc8 19.b3 Nd3 20.Rad1 Nc5 21.Rfe1 a6 22.Nf3 Be7 23.h4 h6 24.Kg2 f6 25.Nd4 e5 26.Nc2 Kf7 27.Ne3 b5 28.Bb2 bxc4 29.Nxc4 Rgd8 30.Ba3 Nd3 31.Rf1 e4

32.Bxe7 Kxe7 33.Rd2 Rxc4 34.Rxd3 exd3 35.bxc4 Kd6 36.Kf3 Kc5 37.Ke3 Kxc4 38.Rc1+ Kb4 39.Kd2 Ka3 40.Rc6 a5 41.Rxf6 a4 42.Rxg6 h5 43.Rg5 Kxa2 44.Rxh5 a3 45.Rb5 Rf8 46.Kxd3 Rxf2 47.Ke3 Rb2 48.Ra5 Rh2

49.Kf4 Kb2 50.h5 a2 51.Kg5 a1-Q 52.Rxa1 Kxa1 53.g4 Kb2 54.Kg6 Kc3 55.h6 Kd4 56.h7 Ke5 57.Kg7 Kf4 58.h8-Q Rxh8 59.Kxh8 Kxg4, draw.

Photos from "Chess Mates" Swiss 12/1/2018

Photos from Saturday's tournament have been posted by me at the Chess Mates blog.

"NY Times" Review: "The Grandmaster"

Jonathan Eig reviews The Grandmaster.

FIDE Mondays 12/3/2018

Last night, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Owen Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - John Brendel (USCF 1800), Marshall Chess Club 12/3/2018

1.e4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.a4 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 d5 11.e5 Ba6 12.Bf1 d4 13.c4 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nb4 15.Nb1 h6 16.h4 Rab8 17.Na3 Bb7 18.Bg2 a6 19.Bf4 Bc6 20.b3 Kh7

21.Rec1 Rfd8 22.Nc2 Nxc2 23.Rxc2 Bf8 24.Nd2 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Nf5 26.Qe4 Qb7 27.Qxb7 Rxb7 28.Ne4 Be7 29.Rh1 Kg7 30.Ra2 a5 31.Raa1 Rbd7 32.Rh2 Kh7 33.Rah1 Ng7 34.g4 Rg8 35.Bg5 Ne8 36.Bxe7 Rxe7 37.g5 h5

38.Rh3 Rf8 39.Rf3 Rd7 40.Re1 Rc7 41.Nf6+ Nxf6 42.exf6 Re8 43.Re5 Kg8 44.Rf4 Kf8 45.Kf1 Rc6 46.Ke2 Rd6 47.Kd2 Rc6 48.Kc2 Rc7 49.Kb2 Ra7 50.Rfe4 Raa8 51.Re1 Ra7 52.f4 Raa8 53.Kc2 Rab8

54.Kd2 Rbc8 55.Ke2 Rb8 56.Kf3 Ra8 57.Ke4 Rad8 58.Rb1 Ra8 59.Kf3 Ra7 60.Rbe1 Raa8 61.R1e2 Rad8 62.R2e4 Rc8 63.Ke2 Ra8 64.Kd2 Rad8 65.Kc2 Rc8 66.Kb2 Ra8 67.Re1 Rac8 68.Ra1 Ra8 69.b4 cxb4 70.Rb5 Rab8 71.Re1 Rec8

72.Ree5 Ke8 73.Kb3 Rc6 74.Kb2 Kd7 75.c5 Kc7 76.cxb6+ Kb7 77.Rxa5 Rbc8 78.Ra7+ Kxb6 79.Rxf7 Rc2+ 80.Kb1 Rc1+ 81.Kb2 R1c2+ 82.Kb1 Rc1+ 83.Kb2 R1c2+, draw.

"CL" Article by CEO of Premier Chess

The December 2018 issue of Chess Life features an article "Making a Difference Through Chess" by NM Evan Rabin, CEO of Premier Chess.

"Chess Mates" Swiss 12/1/2018

At the Chess Mates blog, I have posted games from Saturday's tournament.

Pix from Thursday Night Action 11/29/2018

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