Thursday, June 11, 2015
Smith-Morra Lecture & Simul at "Chess Mates"
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Washington Avenue Tourney, Spring 2015
[mural by art teacher Kenji Hasegawa]
As happened in the winter 2015 session, the top three finishers in the tournament were Liam Kirby (first), Kiernan Smith (second), and Chloe Thorn Leeson (third). They were rewarded with certificates.
Medals were distributed to all six students.
Monday, June 8, 2015
Marshall June Grand Prix 6/7/2015
On Sunday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Four: Caro-Kann Defense, King's Indian Attack
Jim West (FIDE 2059) - Vladimir Polyakin (FIDE 2052), Marshall Chess Club 6/7/2015
1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.g3 Ne7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Re1 Nd7 10.b3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Nxf5 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Qd2 Rae8
15.Re2 e4 16.dxe4 dxe4 17.Ng5 e3 18.fxe3 Nxg3 19.Rf2 Nf6 20.Rd1 Bc5 21.Bd4 Qe7 22.Qd3 Bxd4 23.exd4 h6 24.Qxg3 hxg5 25.Qxg5 Rd8 26.c4 Rd6 27.d5 b6 28.Rdf1 c5 29.Bf3 Re8 30.Re2 Qd7 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8
32.Kh1 Ne4 33.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 34.Qg2 Qe5 35.Qg4 Rh6 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Qxf5 38.Rxf5 Rxh3+ 39.Kg2 Rd3 40.Kf2 Kg6 41.Rf8 Rd4 42.Ke3 b5 43.Rc8 bxc4 44.Rxc5 Rd1 45.bxc4 Kf6 46.Ra5 Ke5 47.Rxa7 g5
48.Re7+ Kd6 49.Re6+ Kd7 50.Rg6 Ra1 51.Rxg5 Rxa2 52.Kd4 Rd2+ 53.Kc5, Black resigns.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Marshall June Grand Prix 6/6/2015
On Saturday, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Three: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation
Zheyuan Fan (FIDE 2075) - Jim West (FIDE 2059), Marshall Chess Club 6/6/2015
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 e6 6.e4 Nge7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2 Nec6 11.Bh6 Qf6
12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f4 Nxe2+ 14.Nxe2 Nd4 15.Rab1 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Qd4+ 17.Kh1 Rb8 18.b4 cxb4 19.Rxb4 b6 20.Rfb1 Qc5 21.Qb2+ f6 22.d4 Qc7 23.a4 Ba6 24.a5, draw.
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015
Tourney at Torey J. Sabatini, Spring 2015
On Thursday, the spring 2015 session ended at Torey J. Sabatini School in the after school enrichment class on chess, coached by me for Enrich and Grow Academy.
Nivan Dhamija won the tournament, ahead of Jackson Maloney and Peter McGuire in second and third places respectively. These three players were awarded certificates.
All sixteen students received medals.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Chess Classes at MORA
On Wednesday, June 10th, I will be the substitute teacher for two chess classes at the Museum of Russian Art in Jersey City, on behalf of 101 Discoveries.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Reviews of "Pawn Sacrifice" Trailer
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Marshall Sunday Game/30 5/31/2015
On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-0-2 plus a half point bye in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Five: French Defense, King's Indian Attack
Jim West (USCF 2212) - Jay Bonin (USCF 2434), Marshall Chess Club 5/31/2015
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 Qc7 9.Qe2 b6 10.e5 h6 11.h4 Bb7 12.Nf1 O-O-O 13.Bf4 g5 14.hxg5 Ng6
15.Bd2 hxg5 16.Bxg5 Rdg8 17.N1h2 Ncxe5 18.Rab1 Nxf3+ 19.Nxf3 e5 20.b4 e4 21.dxe4 dxe4 22.Nd2 f5 23.bxc5 Bd4 24.cxb6 Qxg3 25.Qc4+ Kb8
26.Qxd4 Qxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Nf4+ 28.Kg3 Nh5+ 29.Kg2 Nf4+ 30.Kg3, draw.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Marshall Saturday Game/60 5/30/2015
On Saturday, I played this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
Round Three: King's Indian Attack
Jim West (USCF 2210) - Jose DeVilla (USCF 2017), Marshall Chess Club 5/30/2015
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.Bg2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nbd2 h6 8.c3 Be7 9.O-O g5 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.a4 a6 12.a5 O-O
13.Nc4 Nd7 14.Qc2 Kg7 15.Ne3 Bg6 16.g4 Nc5 17.Nf5+ Kh7 18.h4 Bxf5 19.exf5 Bf6 20.b4 e4 21.dxe4 Nd7 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rb1 Nce5 24.Nxg5+ Bxg5 25.f4 Nxg4 26.fxg5 Nde5 27.c4 c5 28.bxc5 Qxa5
29.Bf3 Qxc5+ 30.Kg2 Ne3+ 31.Bxe3 Qxe3 32.Qc1 Qxc1 33.Rfxc1 Rfc8 34.Be2 Kg7 35.Rb6 Nc6 36.Rcb1 Rc7 37.Rd1 Rd8 38.Bh5 Rcd7 39.f6+ Kg8 40.Bg4 Rc7 41.Bf5 Ne5 42.Rbxd6 Re8 43.Rd8 Kf8
44.Rh1 Ng6 45.Bxg6 fxg6 46.Rh8+ Kf7 47.Rdxe8, Black resigns.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
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