A Case of Identity

The Marshall Chess Club needs your help in solving a mystery.  Do you know the person in the picture below?

If you can identify this individual, please e-mail club president Noah Chasin at nchasin@marshallchessclub.org.

Marshall Sunday Game/50 3/10/2019

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

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Elizabeth Moshkevich (USCF 1855) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 3/10/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O

13.e6 h6 14.Nf7 Qe8 15.Qg4 Kh7 16.Bb2 Qxf7 17.exf7 Bxg4 18.f3 exf3 19.Bd3+ Bf5 20.Rxf3 Bxd3 21.cxd3 Rad8 22.Raf1 d4 23.a4 Ne5 24.Rg3 Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Nxf7 26.Rg4 Ne5 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Bxd4 Nxd3 29.Bxa7 Nc6

30.Bb6 Nb2 31.a5 Nc4 32.Kf2 N4xa5 33.h4 Nc4 34.Bc5 b5 35.Ke2 Kg6 36.g4 Kf6 37.Kd1 N4e5, White resigns.

"Chess Mates" Saturday Swiss 3/9/2019

Yesterday's tournament at Chess Mates was won by Timothy Xie.

E-mail from Howard Gutman

Yesterday I received this e-mail from class A player Howard Gutman.

Thank you for your interesting post on Vince Klemm [pictured].  I am sorry to report that Vince recently passed away.  See https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/vincent-klemm-obituary?pid=191441629.  I'd like to see if a small tournament could be named the Vince Klemm Memorial as a way of honoring him.  Sadly he was tough to locate; and when I called USCF on another matter, they told me the sad news. 

 Howard Gutman

Thursday Night Action 3/7/2019

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

Round Three: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2201) - Antoine De Mautor (USCF 2054), Marshall Chess Club 3/7/2019

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.Ne5 Re8 12.Re1 Be7 13.Qd2 Nbd7

14.Bg3 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Re2 b5 18.Rae1 Kf8 19.Nd1 a5 20.c3 a4 21.a3 Bd7 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Rxe8+ Kxe8 24.Ne3 Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qe2 f5 

27.Qh5+ g6 28.Qxh6 Kf7 29.Qh7+ Kf6 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.Qh7+ Kf6 32.Qh8+ Kf7 33.Qh7+, draw.

Chess Squashed & Snookered by IOC

Chess is out at the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Video Showing Final Moments at USATE

This video shows the final moments of the decisive game at the USATE 2019.

Sparta Chess Team Heads to Nationals

The chess team from Sparta NJ won the mid-Atlantic regional championships in Baltimore.

Princeton Orange Wins USATE 2019

This year's United States Amateur Team East tournament was won by Princeton Orange [pictured].

"Chess Mates" Saturday Quad 3/2/2019

At the Chess Mates blog, I have posted my game against Errol Singh from yesterday's quad.

Pix from FIDE Mondays 2/25/2019

On Monday evening, these pictures were taken by me at the Marshall Chess Club.

Pix from Sunday Game/50 2/24/2019

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