Jim West On Chess

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Marshall Saturday Game/60 1/9/2016

On Saturday, I played these games in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Vienna Game

Luca Johnson (USCF 1601) - Jim West (USCF 2211), Marshall Chess Club 1/9/2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Be7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.d3 Nd4 9.Qf2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Be3 b5 12.Bb3 a5

13.a3 Nxb3 14.cxb3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nd7 16.d4 Nb6 17.Rae1 a4 18.b4 Nc4 19.Nd1 Bf6 20.e5 dxe5 21.dxe5 Bh4 22.g3 Be7 23.Ne3 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Qd7 25.Re2 Qe6 26.Ref2 Rad8 27.Qf3 Rd5 28.Qh5 c5

29.Kh2 cxb4 30.axb4 Bxb4 31.Bg5 Rxe5 32.Rf4 Re2+ 33.Kg1 Bc5+ 34.Kh1 Re1 35.Kg2 Qe2+ 36.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 37.Kh1 Rxb2 38.Rf5 Bd6 39.h4 f6 40.Be3 Re8, White resigns.

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Round Three: Sicilian Defense

Alexander Crump (USCF 2232) - Jim West (USCF 2211), Marshall Chess Club 1/9/2016

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.e4 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Nc3 a6 10.h3 Rb8 11.Be3 b5

12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bb7 14.Qd3 Nd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd4+ Kg8 17.Rae1 Qb6 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.Kh2 Rbc8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rfe8 22.f4 Nc4 23.Qc1 Qd4 24.c3 Qd2 25.Qxd2 Nxd2 26.Rf2 Nc4 27.Rfe2 Kf8

28.Bf3 Nb6 29.Kg2 Na4 30.Bg4 f5 31.Bf3 Nc5 32.Re3 Na4 33.R1e2 Rc7 34.g4 fxg4 35.Bxg4 Rb8 36.a3 a5 37.Rf2 Kg7 38.f5 Rf8 39.Ref3 Nb6 40.fxg6 Rxf3 41.Rxf3 Nxd5 42.gxh7 Nf6 43.Bf5 Nxh7 44.Rg3+ Kh8 45.Be6 Nf6

46.Rg5 b4 47.axb4 axb4 48.cxb4 Rc2+ 49.Kf3 Rxb2 50.Rb5 Kg7 51.Rb7 Kg6 52.b5 Nh7 53.h4 Kf6 54.Bd5 Rb4 55.Kg3 Nf8 56.Bc6 Ng6 57.Rb8 Nxh4 58.b6 Nf5+ 59.Kf2 Rb2+ 60.Ke1 Nd4 61.Bd7 Ne6

62.Bc6 Nc5 63.b7 Nxb7, draw.

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Round Four: French Defense

Jim West (USCF 2211) - Jose De Villa (USCF 1913), Marshall Chess Club 1/9/2016

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nf3 c6 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.h4 e5 12.Bd3 exd4

13.Ng5 g6 14.h5 Ne5 15.hxg6 Nxd3+ 16.cxd3 Qxg6 17.Nxh7 Rd8 18.Rh6 Qxg2 19.Nf6+ Kg7 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.Rh8+, Black resigns.

Monday, January 11, 2016

"Drunk History" of Spassky - Fischer 1972

From Comedy Central, watch the "Drunk History" of the 1972 world championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Pix from Saturday Game/60 1/9/2016

On Saturday, I took these pictures during the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Interview of Patti Smith on Bobby Fischer

In this PBS News Hour interview, Patti Smith tells of her midnight encounter with Bobby Fischer in Iceland.

Friday, January 8, 2016

My Winter 2016 Teaching Schedule

In the winter 2016 session, I will be teaching after school enrichment classes on chess for Enrich and Grow Academy, as follows:

Mondays - Gottesman RTW Academy;

Tuesdays - Woodbrook Elementary School;

Wednesdays - Brooklake Elementary School;

Thursdays - Golda Och Academy;

Fridays - Torey J. Sabatini School.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Substitute at Hudson Montessori & MORA

Yesterday afternoon, on behalf of 101 Discoveries, I was a substitute teacher in the chess class at the Hudson Montessori School before teaching two chess classes at the Museum of Russian Art.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Pix from January Weekend FIDE

During the weekend tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, I snapped these pictures.

Saturday

Sunday

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Marshall January Weekend FIDE 1/3/2016

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

Round Four: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (FIDE 2070) - Jose De Villa (FIDE 1806), Marshall Chess Club 1/3/2016

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Ne5 Be7 12.f4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nbd7 14.Rae1 Re8

15.Re2 c5 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Rfe1 c4 18.Qf3 h6 19.Bh4 Rad8 20.Kg2 Kh7 21.g5 Ng8 22.Re5 f6 23.Rxd5 Qc8 24.Qe4+ Kh8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.gxh6 Nxh6 27.Qxe7 Nf5 28.Qe2 Nxh4+ 29.Kh2 Qf5 30.Qf2 Ng6

31.Re4 b5 32.a3 a5 33.Qe3 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Ne2 Kh7 36.Ng3 Qd5 37.f5 Nf8 38.c3 bxc3 39.bxc3 Rb8 40.Rf4 Rb2+ 41.Rf2 Rb8 42.Qf3 Qa5 43.Ne2 Re8 44.Qh5+ Kg8 45.Qxe8 Qc7+ 46.Kg1 Qa5 47.Qe3 Kh7

48.Qf3 Qa1+ 49.Kg2 Kh8 50.Nf4 Kh7 51.Ne6 Qa3 52.Qh5+ Kg8 53.Qe8, Black resigns.

Monday, January 4, 2016

Marshall January Weekend FIDE 1/2/2016

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

Round Three: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

Wesley Hellner (FIDE 1788) - Jim West (FIDE 2070), Marshall Chess Club 1/2/2016

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2 d5 10.e4 d4 11.Ne2 e5 12.a3 a5 13.Ne1 Be6 14.f4 Rb8

15.Rb1 Bg4 16.h3 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 f5 18.Nc2 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Qd7 20.Kh2 b5 21.b3 bxc4 22.bxc4 exf4 23.Bxf4 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 g5 25.Bd2 Be5 26.Qg2 Qd6 27.Rb6 Bxg3+ 28.Qxg3 Rf2+ 29.Bg2 Qxg3+ 30.Kxg3 Rxd2 31.Bxc6 Rxc2

32.Be4 Ra2 33.Rxh6 Kg7 34.Re6 Kf7 35.Re5 Kf6 36.Rxc5 Rxa3 37.Rb5 a4 38.c5 Rc3 39.Rb4 a3 40.Rxd4 Nf5+ 41.Bxf5 Kxf5 42.Ra4 Rxd3+ 43.Kg2 Rc3 44.c6, draw.