National Chess Day 2014

Today is National Chess Day, but unofficially.

Pix from Marshall October Grand Prix

Last weekend, I photographed the players in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

                                              Saturday

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Columbia Academy Moves to WizIQ

Columbia Academy has recently changed its virtual classroom, and all of our on-line programs will now be provided through WizIQ.

A live on-line chess class “Opening Rules of Chess” is now scheduled for 9am EST on November 29, 2014.  This class will be taught by national master Jim West.

To learn more and register for the class, please visit our profile page on WizIQ at https://www.wiziq.com/columbia-academy.

Knockouts Clip Wings of Ospreys

In week seven of the U.S. Chess League, the Rio Grande Ospreys had their wings clipped by the New Jersey Knockouts.

Watch the games like a hawk on boards one, two, three, and four.

Marshall October Grand Prix 10/5/2014

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

Round Four: King's Indian Defense, Petrosian Variation

Harold Scott (FIDE 1969) - Jim West (FIDE 2044), Marshall Chess Club 10/5/2014

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.O-O a5 13.a3 f5 14.f3 Nf6

15.b4 fxe4 16.Ndxe4 Bf5 17.Bd3 axb4 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Bxf5 Qxf5 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Qd3 22.Ne4 Qxc4 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qc1 Qd4+ 25.Kh1 Rf7 26.b5 Qxd5 27.b6 cxb6 28.Rd1 Qc6 29.Qb1 d5 30.Rc1 Qe6 31.Nf2 Re7

32.h4 Bd4 33.Nh3 Be3 34.Rd1 gxh4 35.Qd3 d4 36.Rb1 Rc7 37.Ra1 Kg7 38.Ra8 Rc3 39.Qb5 Rc5 40.Qb2 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Qg6, White resigns.

Marshall October Grand Prix 10/4/2014

On Saturday, this game was played in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (FIDE 2044) - Paul Joseph (FIDE 1829), Marshall Chess Club 10/4/2014

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bg2 dxe4 7.dxe4 e5 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.a4 h6 11.c3 Be6 12.Qc2 Qd7

13.Nh4 Rfd8 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Bf1 g6 16.Ne3 Rac8 17.Ndc4 Qc7 18.a5 Rd7 19.f3 Rcd8 20.Qa4 Nh7 21.Kf2 Bg7 22.Qb5 Ne7 23.g4 Rf8 24.h4 f5 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Bh3 Kh8 27.Rg1 Bf6 28.Ng2 a6 29.Qa4 h5 30.Bh6 Rfd8

31.Nb6 Rd3 32.Rae1 Qd6 33.Nc4 Qc7 34.Nb6 c4 35.Be3 R8d6 36.exf5 Bxf5 37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.Bxf5 Nxf5 39.Nf4+ Ng5, Black forfeits.

Flower Man of Chess

[photo by Michael Appleton]

In The New York Times, Nikita Stewart tells the story of Sonny Gibbs.

Pix from Sunday Game/60 9/28/2014

These pictures were taken by me during Sunday's tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Pix from Saturday Game/45 9/27/2014

On Saturday, I snapped these photos during the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Uninspired Play by Inventors against NJKO

In week six of the USCL, the Philadelphia Inventors lacked creativity against the New Jersey Knockouts.

Study the games on boards one, two, three, and four.

Marshall Sunday Game/60 9/28/2014

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

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Dennis Li (USCF 1954), Marshall Chess Club 9/28/2014

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.f5 e5 10.Nde2 Nxb3 11.axb3 Be7 12.Bg5 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.O-O Nf6 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nec3 b5

17.Nxb5 O-O 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Nc7 Ra7 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.f6 g6 22.Qd2 Kh8 23.Qe3 Rb7 24.Qh6 Rg8 25.Ne7 Rxe7 26.fxe7 Qxe7 27.Rf2 f5 28.Qd2 f4 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.c4 Bg4 31.Re1 g5 32.Qa5 Bc8 33.Qc3 g4

34.Rxf4 Qg7 35.Rf2 h5 36.Ref1 Be6 37.Qe3 h4 38.Rf6 Bg8 39.Qh6+ Bh7 40.Rf8+, Black resigns.

Macauley Peterson at Marshall CC Tonight

Macauley Peterson is an award winning chess journalist.  He was voted 2008 "Chess Journalist of the Year" by the Chess Journalists of America.  His written work has appeared in Chess Life (United States), Chess Life Online (United States), New in Chess (Netherlands), 64 (Russia), Chess (United Kingdom), and elsewhere.

In 2006, he completed work as an editor on Adam Nemett's independent feature film The Instrument, which appeared at the 2005 Dances With Films festival in Los Angeles and was part of the New Filmmakers series at New York's Anthology Film Archives; and he has produced the DVD releases of A Turnpike Runs Through It (2008) and Excess Hollywood (2006) for the Princeton Triangle Show.

In this lecture and video presentation, Macauley will discuss stories from his travels with the top stars of international chess.  His video archive includes rarely seen footage of the chess elite.

Tuesday, September 30th, in the Great Hall

7pm

Refreshments will be served.

Marshall Chess Club
23 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281
e-mail admin@marshallchessclub.org
www.marshallchessclub.org