Anand Wins Match and Retains Title

Yesterday, Viswanathan Anand won the twelfth and final game of his world championship match against Veselin Topalov. Anand retains the title, winning the match by one point.

South Jersey Open 2010 on May 15th

On Saturday, May 15th, the South Jersey Open 2010 will be held at the Holiday Inn in Cherry Hill. Here are the pre-registered players.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 5/9/2010

GM Mark Paragua [pictured above, right] won yesterday's game/30 tournament, at the Marshall Chess Club.

For the second day in a row, I broke even. My final score was 2-2-1.

After two rounds, I had one win and one loss. Ironically, I won the game where I stood worse and lost the game where I had good chances! This often happens in game/30 events, where errors in time pressure may determine the outcome.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto

Jim West (USCF 2204) - Stuart Chagrin (USCF 1826), Marshall Chess Club 5/9/2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4 9.Qd1 e5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Nd5 f5 13.f3 Be6 14.Rc1 Qd7 15.Qd2 Rac8 16.b3 Kh8 17.Kh1 b6


18.Nc3 Rf7 19.Ne2 Nc6 20.Bb1 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Qe7 22.Nc3 f4 23.Bg1 Qh4 24.Bf2 Qh5 25.Nd5 g5 26.Bd3 g4 27.fxg4 Bxg4 28.Re1 Bh6 29.Bf1 f3 30.Be3 f2 31.Bxh6 fxe1=Q 32.Rxe1 Nd4


33.Qg5 Qxg5 34.Bxg5 Rdf8 35.Bd3 Be2 36.Bxe2 Nxe2 37.h3 Rf1+ 38.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 39.Kh2 Ra1 40.Be7 Rxa2 41.Bxd6 Ra1 42.Bxe5+ Kg8 43.Bxa1 Nc1 44.b4, and White wins.

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Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Joe Lux (USCF 2057) - Jim West (USCF 2204), Marshall Chess Club 5/9/2010

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e5 4.dxe5 Ne4 5.Qd5 Bf5 6.exd6 Nxd6 7.Ng5 Qf6 8.e4 c6 9.Qd3 Bg6 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.f4 h6 12.h4 O-O-O


13.f5 Ne5 14.Qg3 Nxf5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Nge4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Bb4+ 19.Ke2 Qf5 20.Qh3 Ng4


21.Kf3 Ne5+ 22.Kg3 Qxh3+ 23.Rxh3 Ng6 24.Be2 Nxf4 25.Kxf4 g5+ 26.Kf5, and White wins.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 5/8/2010

In Saturday's game/60 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club, I finished with a score of 1-1-2.

Round Three: Pirc Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Sam Barsky (USCF 2130), Marshall Chess Club 5/8/2010

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Ngxe2 e5 7.O-O Be7 8.d5 Nb8 9.Ng3 Nbd7 10.Nf5 Bf8 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 g6


15.Ng7+ Kf8 16.Ne6+ fxe6 17.dxe6 Kg7 18.exd7 g5 19.Bg3 Bd6 20.Rf5 Qxd7 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Qxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rae8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.h3 h5 26.g3 c6 27.a4 a5 28.Rd4 Re5 29.Kg2 b5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.Kf3 Rc5 32.Rd2 a4


33.Nd5 Nd7 34.Ne3 Ne5+ 35.Ke2 b4 36.Rd4 Rb5 37.Nc4 Nxc4 38.Rxc4 b3 39.cxb3 Rxb3 40.Rxa4 Rxb2+ 41.Kf3 Rb3+ 42.Kf2 Rb2+ 43.Kf3 Rb3+ 44.Kf2 Rb2+, draw.

Photos from Westfield Quads 5/2/2010

Before the start of Sunday's quads in Westfield, I took these pictures.

Chess Encounter of the Third Kind

FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov claims that he was abducted by aliens in 1997.

Wu - West @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"

At Contre Gambit Philidor, Frederic Fournier provides a link to my game as Black against Christopher Wu.

"The NY Times" Article on Karpov-Conn

FM Dylan McClain [pictured above], who is the chess columnist for The New York Times, writes about the Karpov-Conn campaign in this article.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Bobby Fischer

Boxing columnist Lee Groves compares Floyd Mayweather Jr. to Bobby Fischer in this amusing article.

Anand Leads Midway through Match

[photo by Cathy Rogers]

Midway through their world championship match, Viswanathan Anand leads by one point against Veselin Topalov.

Westfield Quads 5/2/2010

At today's quads in Westfield, I won the following game.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Christopher Wu (USCF 2170) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 5/2/2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.Nb3 Nd3+ 13.Kd2 Bxf2 14.Kc2 Ne7 15.Be3 Rxh8


16.Nd4 Bd7 17.g3 Rf8 18.b4 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Kd2 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Rf2+ 22.Be2 Bg4 23.Rhe1 Rxh2 24.Qg5 Qh6 25.Qxh6 gxh6 26.Ke3 Bxe2 27.Rxe2 Rh3 28.Rg2 c6 29.Kd4 Rh5 30.Rf1 Ne5


31.Rf8+ Kd7 32.Rh8 Nf3+ 33.Ke3 Ng5 34.Rg8 Kc7 35.Rg7+ Kb6 36.a4 Rh1 37.a5+ Ka6 38.Re7 Rc1 39.Kd2 Ra1 40.Rf2 Rg1 41.Rf6 Rg2+ 42.Ke3 Rxg3+ 43.Kd4 Rd3+ 44.Ke5 e3


45.b5+ Kxb5 46.Rxb7+ Ka4 47.Rf1 Rxc3 48.Kd4 Ra3 49.Rfb1 e2 50.Kc5 and White forfeits.

1st Bryant Park Open

The Marshall Chess Foundation presents the 1st Bryant Park Open chess tournament.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

5-round Swiss system, game/20 minutes

Prizes:

1st: trophy and one-year Marshall Chess Club membership
2nd: trophy and six-month Marshall Chess Club membership
3rd: trophy and three-month Marshall Chess Club membership

The highest scoring players under 10, 13, 15, and 18 years win a one-year premium membership in the United States Chess Federation.

Entry Fee: $20, $10 if under age 21
Registration: 11:00 to 11:45 a.m.
Rounds: 12-12:50-1:40-2:30-3:20 p.m.

USCF membership not required.
Bring boards, sets, and clocks, if possible.

Marshall Chess Club in Bryant Park
NE corner of 6th Avenue and 41st Street
Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281
http://www.marshallchessclub.org/