FIDE Mondays 5/14/2018

[photo by Eric Dluhos]

On Monday, I won this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Nura Baalla (USCF 1829) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/14/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Na5 Qc7

15.Bxb6 Qxb6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nf4 18.Rg1 Qxg1 19.Nc6 Qxg5 20.Re1 Bf6 21.Qb4 Qh4 22.Rd1 Qf2 23.Qxd6 Qxf3 24.Rc1 Qxd5 25.Ne7+ Bxe7 26.Qxe7 Rfe8 27.Qg5 h6 28.Qg3 Rac8

29.Qe3 Qc5 30.Qg3 Red8 31.Qe1 Rd6 32.Qe4 Rd4 33.Qf3 Rd2 34.Qb3 Rxh2, White resigns.

Marshall Sunday Game/50 5/13/2018

On Sunday, I drew this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Seiji Nakagawa (USCF 1902) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 5/13/2018

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.h3 Rb8 9.Be3 Ne8 10.Nbd2 e5 11.Qc2 Nc7

12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.Nb3 Ne6 16.Rfd1 Qb6 17.Qd2 Rd8 18.Nfxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Qxd4 21.Rxd4 Be6

22.b3 Rbc8 23.Rad1 Rc2 24.R1d2 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 Kf8 26.e5 Ke7 27.exd6+, draw.

Simul Today by Somerset Freeholder

At 5pm today, Somerset County freeholder Brian Levine will give a simultaneous exhibition in Rocky Hill.

"NY Times" Tribute to GM Evgeni Vasiukov

Grandmaster Evgeni Vasiukov passed away on Thursday.

Pix from FIDE Mondays 5/7/2018

On Monday, I snapped these photos at the Marshall Chess Club.

South Jersey Innovation Center

The South Jersey Innovation Center is featured in this article.

Marshall CC April-May 2018 News

Read about challenger Fabiano Caruana, U.S. champion Sam Shankland, the 11th New York International, the Arkadij Naiditsch simul, and more!

1st Annual Grace Church Invitational

Location: Grace Church High School, 46 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10003

Sections: Rookie- Pre K- 1, 4 Rounds, Unrated, No Clock, 10:00 AM- 12:15 PM (All Win Trophies)
Primary- K-3 U600, 4 Rounds, G/40, d/5, 10:00 AM- 4:15 PM
Elementary- K-6 U1000, 4 Rounds, G/40, d/5, 10:00 AM- 4:15 PM
Championship- K-12, Open to All, 4 Rounds, G/40, d/5, 10:00 AM- 4:15 PM

USCF membership is mandatory for rated sections. This can be obtained onsite.

Awards: -Trophies to top 10 participants and top team in each section. -Medals to all with 2.5 points or more that do not win a trophy.
Entry Fee: $40 by April 15, $50 by May 13, $55 by 12:00 PM on May 19th or onsite 9:00-9:30

$5 per entry will be donated to Charity Chess, which supports Mount Sinai’s Ovarian Cancer Lab, which works on the early detection and prevention of ovarian cancer.

Contact CEO Evan Rabin at premierchess64@gmail.com or (917)776-1306 if you have any questions. 

Register at https://www.events4chess.com/events/?event_ID=872.

2nd Annual Charity Chess Championship

2^nd Annual Charity Chess Championship Sunday, May 20, 2018

Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School

4 West 93^rd Street, New York, NY 10025 (between Central Park West & Columbus Avenues)

Registration and Event Details at

WWW.CHARITYCHESS.ORG

All Net Proceeds donated to:

Mount Sinai Hospital Ovarian Cancer Translational Research Laboratory 

Can't Make it to the event and would like to donate?  Tax-Deductible Donations can be made at http://www.charitychess.org/contact.html

There will be three primary events plus a Silent Auction:

1. 3-ROUND USCF-RATED QUADS / GAME 45, d/5

2. GRANDMASTER TANDEM SIMUL FEATURING GM MARC ARNOLD & GM ROBERT HESS

3. GRANDMASTER BLITZ TOURNAMENT

3-ROUND USCF-RATED QUADS / GAME 45, d/5

Open to adults and children. Non-Cash prizes awarded to Quads winners. Winner of highest-rated Quad wins free entry to GM Blitz tournament.  Players will be paired in quads of 4, starting with 4 highest registered players based on their USCF May Ratings Supplement and continuing down. The 1st round will start at 9AM sharp! Please arrive by 8:30am, so we can begin Round 1 promptly at 9:00am.

CHECK IN BY 8:45AM is MANDATORY!

Approximate end time 2:30pm. Byes are not permitted. All players must be registered on site before 8:30am .

GRANDMASTER TANDEM SIMUL FEATURING GM ROBERT HESS & GM MARC ARNOLD

Open to adults and children. Two of the top players in the US will be taking on all comers in an exhibition of their chess prowess! Do you have what it takes to upset them? Non-cash prizes awarded for wins or draws. All players must beregistered on site before 10:45AM. Starts at 11:00AM sharp.Approximate end time is 1:00pm.

GRANDMASTER BLITZ TOURNAMENT

7 Round, Swiss 3/2 USCF BLITZ RATED

GM Marc Arnold

GM Maurice Ashley
GM Oliver Barbosa

GM Joel Benjamin
GM Anatoly Bykhovsky

GM Pascal Charbonneau
GM Max Dlugy

GM John Fedorowicz 
WGM Sabina Foisor

GM Robert Hess
GM Irina Krush

GM Elshan Moradiabadi 
GM Magesh Panchanathan

GM Mark Paragua 
GM Arun Prasad

GM Michael Rohde
GM Alexander Stripunsky

With Special Guest IM JAY BONIN

Would you like to play in the Grandmaster Blitz tournament? We will be auctioning off several wildcard spots in our Silent Auction and a spot in our Raffle! In addition, the winner of the highest-rated Quad will receive automatic entry into the GM Blitz tournament. Those are the only ways to enter to play with the GMs in the GM Blitz tournament. The GM blitz tournament will start at 2:30pm and the format is 7-Round, Swiss-System. 3 minutes/with 2 minute increment. USCF Blitz-Rated.

SILENT AUCTION & RAFFLE

Wildcard spots to play in the GM Blitz Tournament to be auctioned off as well as raffled off. Chess lessons, Chess camps, sports tickets, autographed items and other incredible items in the silent auction at: http://www.charitychess.org/2018-silent-auction.html

QUESTIONS: Please contact championship@charitychess.org

Charity Chess Championship, Inc. is a 501(c )( 3) organization

All donations are fully tax deductible to the extent permitted under the law

Westfield Quads 5/6/2018

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 1-1-1 in the quads at Westfield.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Taran Idnani (USCF 2141) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 5/6/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Qxf8 15.d5+ Nce5

16.Bb5 Qc5 17.Qxc5 Nxc5 18.O-O-O Bg4 19.Rd4 a6 20.Bf1 Rd8 21.h3 Bh5 22.g4 Bf7 23.c4 Ncd3+ 24.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 25.Kc2 Nxf2 26.Re1 Nxh3 27.Kc3 Ng5 28.Rf1 Bg6 29.c5 e3 30.Re1 Nf3 31.Rxe3 Nxd4 32.Kxd4 Rd7

33.b4 Kg7 34.a4 Bc2 35.Ra3 Bd1 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 Bxg4 38.Rg3 h5 39.c6 bxc6 40.bxc6 Rf7 41.d6 cxd6 42.Kd5 Kh6 43.Kxd6 Kg5 44.c7 Rf8, White resigns.

Pix from FIDE Mondays 4/30/2018

On Monday, I took these pictures at the Marshall Chess Club.

Pix from Sunday Game/50 4/29/2018

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