Greater Pitman Chess Championship

The 3rd Annual Greater Pitman Chess Championship will take place on Saturday at the Pitman Memorial VFW.

Russ Makofsky on Channel Thirteen

Russ Makofsky, founder and president of NYC Chess, is interviewed on Channel Thirteen.

Hulse Lecture Tonight at Marshall CC

A lecture by

USCF LIFE MASTER BRIAN HULSE

“Fifty Years in Chess – My Best Games“

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

7 p.m.

National life master Brian Hulse has been a fixture on the U.S. chess circuit for five decades. A highly successful tournament player (Brian won the Marshall Chess Club Championship in 1978), sought after coach, and brilliant lecturer, he will present and analyze a choice selection of games from his illustrious chess career.

($10 for non-members)

Marshall Chess Club
23 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281
http://www.marshallchessclub.org/

New Jersey Open Details

FIDE Rated! - 40 Grand Prix Points

SEPTEMBER 4 - 6, 3-Day (9/5-6, 2-Day)

2010 New Jersey State Championship

Somerset Ramada Inn, 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset Exit 12 off I-287 at Weston Canal Road.

In 4 Sections: Open, Gold U1900 Silver U1600 & Booster U1300. Type: 6-SS, TC: 40/2, SD/1.

Playing Schedules: 3-day, 9/4-6, 2-day, 9/4-5. All prizes guaranteed.

Open Prizes: $500-400-300-200-150-150. Bonus cash: $300 bonus to Top NJ player.

Lower Sections Prizes: $400-300-200. Bonus cash: $150 to Top NJ players lower Sections.

Top Expert & Class A, B, D. $100 each. No Pooling with Bonuses.

Trophies: Top 3 each section. NJ Champion, Expert, Class A, B, D, E & Unrated.

New players may win first prize only in Open Section.

Early EF: Open: $75 / lower sections $69. (Former NJ Champs, see below).

Entry mailed in must be sent by Aug 31st. Online must be by Sept 2nd.

Late EF at site: Open $90 - Lower Sections $85. Reentries $45. 3 Byes in Rounds 1-5.

Make Online entries to website entryfeesrus.com via PayPal.

3-Day: Register Sept 4, 9-11 am. Rounds. Sat. 12-7, Sun. 11-6, Mon. 9-4.

2-Day: Register Sept 5, 9-10:30 am, Rounds 1-3 (G/45) starts 11am ASAP.Round 4 merges.

Hotel: $79 free Breakfast. (732) 560-9880. Mention"NJ Chess" for special rate.

NOTICE: NJ Champions pay $35 early EF or $75 Late. No phone or email entries. Multi-year NJ Champions pay $1 early EF or $75 Late. Only timely payments get discount. No exceptions.

Entries: Ken Thomas, 115 West Moore St., Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Make checks payable to NJSCF.

Info: Ken, acn@goes.com or (908) 763-6468.. NS, NC, W. FIDE.

SEPTEMBER 4

2010 New Jersey U1200 K-8 State Championship

In 3 Sections. Hot Shots U1200, Chess Mates U900 & New Stars U600.

All sections details: 5-SS, G/30, Prizes $100 first. Trophies to Top 10, awards to all others.

Registration: September 4th, 11am-Noon. Rounds: 12:30 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Lunch after round #1.

Early EF: $30 if by August 31 or online by September 2nd. Late EF: $40 cash only.

See website no online refunds.

Two half-point bye allowed. August Rating supplement used.

Mail entries: See above instructions.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 8/8/2010

Playing in the one day schedule of a FIDE rated tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, I won this game earlier today.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (FIDE 2090) - Frank Paciulli (FIDE 1949), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.a3 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2 Nbd7 14.Ng3 Rac8 15.Bg5 a5 16.Nh5 b4 17.axb4 axb4


18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qc5+ 22.Qxc5 dxc5 23.Bd5 Rc7 24.b3 Bg5 25.g3 Be3+ 26.Kg2 Bd4 27.Ra6 Rd8 28.f6 g6 29.h4 h5 30.g4 Kh7 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Rf5 Rg8+ 33.Kh3 Kh6 34.Bc4 Rg4


35.Rxh5+ Kxh5 36.Be2 c4 37.Bxg4+ Kh6 38.Bf5 Ra7 39.Rc6 Ra8 40.Rxc4 Rg8 41.Rxb4 Be3 42.Rc4 Bf4 43.Bg4 Kg6 44.Rc8 Rxc8 45.Bxc8 Kxf6 46.Kg4 Bd2 47.c4 Bb4 48.h5 Bf8 49.Kh4 Be7 50.Kg4 Bf8 51.Bf5 Kg7 52.Bd7 Kf6 53.Bc6 Bd6 54.Bd5 Bf8


55.Kh4 Be7 56.h6 Kg6+ 57.Kg4 Kxh6 58.Bxf7 Kg7 59.Kf5 Kxf7 60.Kxe5 Bb4 61.Kd5 Ke7 62.c5 Ba5 63.Kc4 Kd7 64.b4 Bc7 65.Kd5 Bb8 66.b5 Bf4 67.b6 Be3 68.e5 Bf2 69.c6+ Kc8 70.e6 Bh4 71.c7 Kb7 72.Kd6, Black resigns.

Greater Cherry Hill Premiere Chess Camp

The Greater Cherry Hill Premiere Chess Camp will take place from August 16th to August 20th. IM Bryan Smith, GM Joel Benjamin, and GM Alex Lenderman are the instructors.

Stoyko Joins DOCA Futurity

The 2nd Annual FIDE Invitational at the Dean of Chess Academy just got stronger with the addition of FIDE master Steve Stoyko [pictured], who replaces Rohan Shah.

The round times are, as follows.

August 13- 7:30pm
August 14 - 11am, 3:30pm
August 15- 11am, 3:30pm
August 21- 11am, 3:30pm
August 22- 11am, 3:30pm

Here are the revised pairings.

Round 1
2-9 Steve Ferrero v. Daniel Zhu
1-10 Dean Ippolito v. David Grasso
5-6 Steve Stoyko v. Matthew O’Brien
3-8 Rahul Swaminathan v. James West
4-7 Kevin Chen v. Andy Walker

Round 2
10-6 Grasso v. O’Brien
9-3 Zhu v. Swaminathan
7-5 Walker v. Stoyko
1-2 Ippolito v. Ferrero
8-4 West v. Chen

Round 3
6-7 O’Brien v. Walker
4-9 Chen v. Zhu
5-8 Stoyko v. West
3-1 Swaminathan v. Ippolito
2-10 Ferrero v. Grasso

Round 4
2-3 Ferrero v. Swaminathan
9-5 Zhu v. Stoyko
1-4 Ippolito v. Chen
8-6 West v. O’Brien
10-7 Grasso v. Walker

Round 5
6-9 O’Brien v. Zhu
7-8 Walker v. West
4-2 Chen v. Ferrero
5-1 Stoyko v. Ippolito
3-10 Swaminathan v. Grasso

Round 6
2-5 Ferrero v. Stoyko
9-7 Zhu v. Walker
1-6 Ippolito v. O’Brien
3-4 Swaminathan v. Chen
10-8 Grasso v. West

Round 7
6-2 O’Brien v. Ferrero
7-1 Walker v. Ippolito
4-10 Chen v. Grasso
8-9 West v. Zhu
5-3 Shah v. Swaminathan

Round 8
2-7 Ferrero v. Walker
4-5 Chen v. Stoyko
1-8 Ippolito v. West
3-6 Swaminathan v. O’Brien
10-9 Grasso v. Zhu

Round 9
6-4 O’Brien v. Chen
9-1 Zhu v. Ippolito
7-3 Walker v. Swaminathan
8-2 West v. Ferrero
5-10 Stoyko v. Grasso

"Chess Movie" Receives Grant

Chess Movie, by filmmaker Katie Dellamaggiore [pictured], has received a grant from Chicken & Egg Pictures.

Sarkar - West @ "Contre Gambit Philidor"

Frederic Fournier provides a link to my game as Black against Justin Sarkar.

Pix from "Chess Mates" 8/1/2010

During Sunday's grand prix tournament at Chess Mates, I took these pictures.

This is the playing venue at 1531 Irving Street in Rahway.

Here are FIDE master Victor Shen, senior master Yaacov Norowitz, and international master Jay Bonin.

Candidate master Alex Eydelman relaxes before the first round.

On the other side of the door, FM Victor Shen defeats GM Leonid Yudasin.

Class A player Kevin Dresher manages to draw against FM Arthur Shen.

In the background, candidate master Rahul Swaminathan loses to FM Arthur Shen, while GM Michael Rohde is held to a draw by FM Gregory Markzon.

GM Leonid Yudasin and Kevin Dresher observe games that are in progress.

"Chess Mates" Grand Prix 8/1/2010

IM Justin Sarkar [pictured, standing left] won yesterday's game/45 grand prix event at Chess Mates in Rahway with a score of 4-0-1. The field of 18 players was strong, with 2 grandmasters, 2 international masters, 3 FIDE masters, 1 senior master, 1 national master, and 4 candidate masters.

Here is Sarkar's drawn game.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Justin Sarkar (USCF 2475) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 8/1/2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.f3 h6 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 d5 9.fxe4 dxe4 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.c3 Bd6 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.O-O Qe7 14.Bf4 O-O 15.Nd2 Na5


16.Qa4 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 b5 18.Qb3 a5 19.Rae1 a4 20.Qc2 Qxe6 21.Bxd6 cxd6 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Qxe4 Qxa2 25.Qe6+ Qxe6 26.Rxe6 Rd8 27.d5 Kf7 28.Kf1 Rd7 29.Kf2 Rd8 30.Kf3 Rd7


31.g4 a3 32.bxa3 Ra7 33.Rxd6 Rxa3 34.Rc6 b4 35.Ke4 bxc3 36.Ke5 Ke7 37.d6+ Kd8 38.h4 Ra4 39.Kf5 g6+ 40.Kxg6 Rxg4+ 41.Kh5 Rd4 42.Kxh6 Rxh4+ 43.Kg5 Rd4 44.Rxc3 Rxd6, draw.

Jinky to Earn Royalties from Movie

According to a report in the Manila Standard Today, Jinky Young stands to receive royalties from a movie about Bobby Fischer.

Let the reader beware! There may be factual errors in the article. The reporter seems to have his films mixed up.

Kevin Macdonald is the director of Bobby Fischer Goes to War.

Tobey Maguire will star as Fischer in Pawn Sacrifice.

At the time of his death, only a few days after Fischer's, Heath Ledger was working on a film adaptation of Walter Tevis's novel The Queen's Gambit.