Thursday Night Action 8/4/2011

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

Round Three: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2204) - Ryan Tam (USCF 1750), Marshall Chess Club 8/4/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Bg5 c6 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 Re8 14.f4 Qb6


15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Qd3 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 f6 19.Bxf6 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Nd7 21.Kh1 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Rad8 23.Rad1 Qxb2 24.Qxg6 Qc3 25.Qf7+ Kh7 26.Qb3 Qa5 27.Rf5 Rd5 28.c4 Rd7 29.e6 Rxe6 30.Rxa5, Black resigns.

"Taxpayer Largesse" in the Schools

This article in the New York Post reminds me of what Babe Ruth said, when asked why his annual salary of $80,000 was higher than President Hoover's $75,000: "I had a better year than he did."

Lev Strikes Again @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"

At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier gives a link to the game between Ed Kopiecki and "the hunter of cowards" Lev Zilbermintz [pictured, with position from Newark gambit].

FIDE Mondays, Round 3

At the Marshall Chess Club, I won this game last night.

Round Three: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2204) - Payam Parhami (USCF 2131), Marshall Chess Club 8/1/2011

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.c3 Nf8 11.Qc2 Bh5 12.Ne5 Bg6 13.Re2 Ne6


14.Nxg6 Nxg5 15.Nxe7+ Rxe7 16.Rae1 Rxe2 17.Rxe2 Qd6 18.f3 g6 19.Qd1 Ne6 20.g3 Rd8 21.Qe1 b6 22.f4 Ng7 23.Nf3 c5 24.Kg2 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Nfxe8 26.f5 c4 27.Bc2 Nc7 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Qe5 Qxe5 30.Nxe5 Kf8


31.Bd1 a6 32.Nd7+ Ke7 33.Nxb6 Kd6 34.Bf3 Nge6 35.h4 Kc6 36.Nxc4 Kd7 37.Ne5+ Ke7 38.Kf2 Nf8 39.Ke3 f6 40.Nd3 Kd6 41.a4 Nfe6 42.b3 Ng7 43.g4 g5 44.hxg5 fxg5 45.c4 Nge6 46.c5+ Kd7 47.b4 Ke7 48.Be2 Ke8 49.Bf1 Ke7 50.Ne5 Kd8


51.b5 axb5 52.axb5 Ne8 53.b6 Nf6 54.c6 Ne8 55.c7+ N8xc7 56.bxc7+ Kxc7 57.Bg2 Kd6 58.Bf3 Nd8 59.Kd3 Ke6 60.Ke3 Kd6 61.Nd3 Nc6 62.Bd1 Na5 63.Ne5 Ke6 64.Ba4 Kf6 65.Kd3 Ke6 66.Kc3 Nb7 67.Bd7+ Kd6 68.Bf5 Nd8 69.Kb4 Nb7


70.Nf7+ Ke7 71.Nxg5 Kf6 72.Nf3 Nd6 73.Kc5 Ne4+ 74.Bxe4 dxe4 75.Ne1 Ke6 76.d5+ Ke5 77.d6 Ke6 78.Kc6, Black resigns.

Kopiecki - Zilbermintz

In winning a game/15 tournament at the Queens Chess Club, Lev Zilbermintz [pictured] defeated Ed Kopiecki with the Newark gambit 4...b5 in the PCG.

Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Ed Kopiecki (QC 1967) - Lev Zilbermintz (QC 2036), Queens Chess Club 7/1/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Nxe5 Bb4+ 9.c3 Re8 10.Bg5+ Be7 11.Nf7+ Kd7 12.O-O fxe4 13.f3 h6 14.Be3 exf3 15.Ne5+ Ke6 16.Nxf3 Bf6 17.Bd4 Nd7 18.Na3 a6 19.Rae1+ Kf7


20.Nh4 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Bxh4 22.Nc2 Bb7 23.Rf1+ Bf6 24.Ne3 Be4 25.Rf4 Re8 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nxf6 Nxf6 28.Kf2 Re6 29.Kg3 Kg6 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Rf2 f5 32.Rd2 Rd6 33.Re2 Rd3+ 34.Kf4 Kf6 35.h4 Rd1 36.Rf2 Rh1 37.g3 Rd1 38.b3 c5 39.c4 bxc4 40.bxc4 Rc1


41.Rb2 Rxc4 42.Rb6+ Ke7 43.Kg5 Ra4 44.Kxh5 c4 45.Kg5 c3 46.Rb8 Rc4 47.Rb6 c2 48.Rxa6 c1=Q+ 49.Kg6 f4+ 50.Kg7 Qc3+ 51.Kh6 Rc6+ 52.Rxc6 Qxc6+, White forfeits.

Review of Harry Benson's Book

David Friedman writes a review of photographer Harry Benson's book on Bobby Fischer.

Summer Chess Academy in Cherry Hill

Next week, the second of three summer chess academies will be held at the Cherry Hill library [pictured].

At lunch time, students will travel to the Playdrome by bus for food and recreation.

Thursday Night Action 7/28/2011

This game ended in a draw on Thursday night at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Philidor Defense

Andre Harding (USCF 2014) - Jim West (USCF 2205), Marshall Chess Club 7/28/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.h3 Nc6 7.Be3 Na5 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 a6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.g4 c6


12.g5 Nh5 13.d4 Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Qxf4 f6 16.gxf6 Rxf6 17.Qe3 Rh6 18.Ke2 Kh8 19.Rag1 Qd7 20.h4 Bg4 21.Kd2 Rf8 22.Ng5 Bxg5 23.hxg5 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 Rf3 25.Qe1 Qf7 26.Kc1 Rxf2 27.Kb1 Qf4 28.g6 h6 29.Rg1 Bh5 30.e5 Bxg6 31.exd6 Bxc2+ 32.Ka2 Qd2


33.Qxd2 Rxd2 34.Rg2 Rxd4 35.Rxc2 Rxd6 36.Re2 Kh7 37.Re7 b5 38.Ne4 Rg6 39.Nc5 a5 40.Nd7 Rg2 41.Nf8+ Kg8 42.Re8 Kf7 43.Rc8 a4 44.bxa4 bxa4 45.Nd7 Ke7 46.Ne5 h5 47.Rxc6 h4 48.Ng6+ Kd7 49.Nxh4 Rxb2+ 50.Kxb2 Kxc6 51.Ka3 g5 52.Nf3 g4 53.Ne5+, draw.

Pix from Marshall July Sunday Action

These are pictures that I took on Sunday at the Marshall Chess Club during the game/30 tournament.

Ziping Liu - Michael Wu

Earlier this month, Ziping Liu won the following game at the Westfield quads.

Round Three: King's Indian Attack

Ziping Liu (USCF 1706) - Michael Wu (USCF 1788), Westfield NJ 7/10/2011

1.e4 c5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 dxe4 9.dxe4 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.Nfd2 Rad8 14.Qe2 Nd4 15.Qe4 Nb4


16.c3 Ndc2 17.cxb4 Nxa1 18.b5 Bc8 19.Qb1 Rd4 20.Re4 Bb7 21.Rxd4 cxd4 22.Qxa1 Bd5 23.b3 Rd8 24.Ba3 f6 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.f4 Qc5 27.Qa3 Qxa3 28.Nxa3 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Kf7


30.Nac4 fxe5 31.fxe5 Kg6 32.Kf3 Rf8+ 33.Ke2 Kg5 34.h3 g6 35.Nd6 h5 36.Nf3+ Kh6 37.Nxd4, Black resigns.

FIDE Mondays, Round 2

This game ended in a draw last night at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Vienna Game

Karan Bhatty (FIDE 2066) - Jim West (FIDE 2134), Marshall Chess Club 7/25/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.a4 a5


12.Nd5 g5 13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.Bg3 Nxe4 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Qf3 Bg6 17.Rad1 Nxg3 18.Qxg3 Qf6 19.Bxg6 Qxg6 20.Rxd6 Re6 21.Rxe6 Qxe6 22.f4 Qd6 23.Qe3 Qe6 24.Qxe6 fxe6 25.fxg5 hxg5 26.Rf6 Rd8


27.Rxe6 Rd1+ 28.Kf2 Rb1 29.Rg6+ Kf7 30.Rxg5 Rxb2 31.Rb5 Rxc2+ 32.Kg3 Rc3+ 33.Kh4 Rc4+ 34.g4 Rxa4 35.Rxb6 Rb4 36.Rxb4 axb4 37.Kg5 Kg7 38.h4 b6 39.Kf4 Na5 40.Nd2 b3 41.g5 b2 42.h5 Nc4 43.Nb1 b5 44.Kf5 Nd6+ 45.Ke6 Ne4 46.g6 b4


47.Kf5 Ng3+ 48.Kg5 Ne4+ 49.Kf5 Ng3+ 50.Kg5 Ne4+ 51.Kf5, draw.

Marshall Ambassador Award to Ippolito

In a unanimous vote, international master Dean Ippolito is the recipient of the 2011 Frank J. Marshall Ambassador Award from the U.S. Chess Federation.

It will be presented at the annual USCF awards luncheon held on August 6, 2011 during the U.S. Open in Orlando FL.

Ippolito joins such well-known chess names as grandmasters Maurice Ashley, Gregory Kaidanov and John Fedorowicz as recipients of this prestigious award.