Westfield Quads 7/8/2018

On Sunday, I drew all my games in the quads at Westfield.

Round One: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Mark Kernighan (USCF 2282), Westfield NJ 7/8/2018

1.Nf3 Nf6 2,g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 d4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Re1 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxd2 12.Qxd2 O-O

13.Nh4 Ne8 14.f4 exf4 15.Nf5 fxg3 16.Nxd4 h5 17.Nf5 h4 18.Qf4 g5 19.Qg4 Ng7 20.d4 Nxf5 21.Qxf5 Re8 22.e5 Nf8 23.c3 Re6 24.Re4 Rg6 25.Rf1 Qd7 26.Rg4 Qe7 27.Be4 c5 28.d5 Re8 29.d6 Qe6

30.Qxe6 Rgxe6 31.Rxg5+ Ng6 32.Bxg6 fxg6 33.Rf4 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Rxe5 35.Rxh4 Rd5 36.Rg4 Rxd6 37.Rxg3 Kg7 38.Rf3 Rd1+ 39.Kg2 Rd2+ 40.Rf2 Rxf2+ 41.Kxf2 Kf6 42.c4 Kf5 43.Kf3, draw.

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Round Two: Nimzovich-Larsen Attack

Sean Colure (USCF 2227) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 7/8/2018

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.c4 d5 8.d3 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.a3 d4 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Nf1 Rfe8 14.e3 e5

15.exd4 exd4 16.Bc1 Bd6 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Re1 Rxe1 20.Nxe1 h6 21.Bc1 Nf6 22.Qe2 Na5 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Qd1 Qe7 25.Bd2 Nc6 26.f4 Qd7 27.Qf3 Ne7 28.Kg2 Qc6 29.h3 Qxf3+ 30.Nxf3 Nc6

31.g4 Kf8 32.Ng3 Ne7 33.Nh4 Bc7 34.Kf3 Ne8 35.Nhf5 Nxf5 36.Nxf5 Nf6 37.Be1 h5 38.Bh4 hxg4+ 39.hxg4 Ng8 40.Ng3 g6 41.f5 Bxg3 42.Bxg3 gxf5 43.gxf5 Ne7 44.Ke4 Ke8 45.Ke5 Kd7 46.Kf6 Ke8 47.Bd6 Nc6

48.Bf4 Na5 49.Bb8 Nc6 50.Bd6 Na5 51.b4 Nb7 52.Bb8 cxb4 53.axb4 a5 54.bxa5 bxa5 55.Ke5 a4 56.Kxd4 a3 57.Kc3 a2 58.Kb2 Nc5 59.Kxa2 Nxd3 60.Kb3 Ke7 61.Kc3 Nc5 62.Be5 f6 63.Bf4 Kd7 64.Kd4 Kc6

65.Bg3 Nb3+ 66.Kc3 Nc5 67.Kd4 Nb3+ 68.Kc3 Nc5 69.Bf4 Ne4+ 70.Kd4 Nc5 71.Be3 Nb7 72.Bf4, draw.

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Round Three: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Peter Radomskyj (USCF 2200), Westfield NJ 7/8/2018

1.e4 Nc6 2.d3 e5 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nbd2 Bc5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O h6

8.c3 dxe4 9.dxe4 Be6 10.b4 Bd6 11.a4, draw.

Pix from Sunday Game/50 7/1/2018

Last Sunday, I took these pictures during the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Pix from Saturday Game/50 6/30/2018

During last Saturday's tournament, I snapped these photos at the Marshall Chess Club.

Thursday Night Action 7/5/2018

Last night, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Pavel Kibrik (USCF 1825), Marshall Chess Club 7/5/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 b5 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5

15.Nf5 Qb7 16.Qf3 Ra7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Bxa7 Qxa7+ 19.Qf2 Qc7 20.Rae1 Nd7 21.Qd4 Nb6 22.Rd1 Nd5 23.c3 Rc8 24.a3 Qe7 25.Rf3 Rc4 26.Qf2 Qc7 27.Rf1 f5 28.exf6 Nxf6 29.Rxf6 gxf6 30.Qxf6 Qd6

31.Qf7+ Kh8 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.Rf7+ Kh6 34.Rf6+ Kg5 35.Rxe6 Qc5+ 36.Kh1 Kf5 37.Re1 Rg4 38.Qe6+ Kf4, Black resigns.

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[photo by Eric Dluhos]

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Anthony Kozikowski (USCF 2095) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/5/2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f3 Be7 8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 e5 10.Nde2 Be6 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.g4 b5 13.Ng3 Nb6

14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Kb1 b4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bd7 18.Bd3 Bg5 19.Qe2 Bb5 20.Nf5 O-O 21.h4 Bf4 22.g5 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 h5 24.g6 Rae8 25.Rhg1 f6 26.Ng3 Bxg3 27.Rxg3 Qd4 28.Qe2 Qxh4 29.Qg2 e4

30.f4 Qxf4 31.Rf1 Qe5 32.Rh3 Qxd5 33.Rfh1 Re5 34.Qe2 Rc8 35.Rxh5 Rxh5 36.Rxh5 Qc4 37.Qd1 e3 38.b3 e2 39.Rh8+ Kxh8 40.Qh1+ Kg8 41.bxc4 Re8 42.Qh7+ Kf8 43.Qh8+ Ke7 44.Qxg7+ Kd8 45.Qxf6+ Kd7

46.Qf5+ Re6 47.Qf7+ Re7 48.Qf5+ Re6, draw.

Independence Day Action 7/4/2018

On Wednesday, I finished with a score of 1-1-4 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Five: English Opening, Symmetrical Variation

Dwight Dans (USCF 2333) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/4/2018

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.e3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5

13.Be3 Be6 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Bf1 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Rc8, draw.

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Marshall Sunday Game/50 7/1/2018

On Sunday, I finished with a score of 2-1-1 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

[photo by Eric Dluhos]

Round Four: Philidor Counter Gambit

Jenny Zhu (USCF 1817) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/1/2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6

11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Qe8 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Rab1 b5 16.f3 Qg6 17.Qe3 Rae8 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.fxe4 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qxe4 21.Qf2 Qe3 22.Bd3 g6 23.Qxe3 Rxe3 24.Kf2 Re7 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Kxe1 Kf7

27.Kd2 Kf6 28.Ke3 Bf5 29.Kf4 g5+ 30.Ke3 Bxd3 31.cxd3 Kf5 32.Kf3 h5 33.h3 a5 34.g3 h4 35.gxh4 gxh4 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.Kf4 Kd6 38.Kg4 c5 39.dxc5+ Kxc5 40.Kxh4 d4 41.cxd4+ Kxd4 42.Kg5 b4 43.axb4 axb4

44.h4 b3 45.h5 b2 46.h6 b1=Q 47.h7 Qb8 48.Kh6 Qh8 49.Kg6 Kxd3 50.Kh6 Ke4 51.Kg6 Ke5 52.Kh6 Kf5 53.Kh5 Qxh7#.

Marshall Saturday Game/50 6/30/2018

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 1-1-2 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Dwight Dans (USCF 2384) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 6/30/3018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Be2 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Qxe5 Rxe5 14.O-O-O d6

15.Bf3 Rb8 16.Rd4 b6 17.Rhd1 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Rd5, draw.