FIDE Mondays 8/12/2019

This game was played on Monday at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Two: French Defense, Exchange Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Neel Yerramilli (USCF 1850), Marshall Chess Club 8/12/2019

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 O-O O-O 7.Re1 Bf5 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 c6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Bg3 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Nd7 14.Re3 Ng6 15.Rae1 Rxe3 16.Qxe3 Ndf8

17.a4 Kf7 18.Nb3 Qe7 19.Qc3 Qd6 20.Kf1 Nd7 21.Re3 b6 22.Qe1 Qf8 23.a5 Re8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rxe8 Qxe8 26.Qxe8+ Kxe8 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.Nh4 Nxh4 29.gxh4 Kd6 30.g3 Nf8 31.c3 Ne6 32.Ke3 Nc7

33.Nc1 Ne6 34.Nd3 Ke7 35.f4 g6 36.g4 Ng7 37.Kf3 Ke6 38.b3 h6 39.Nb4 Kd6 40.Nc2 Ke6 41.Ne3 f5 42.g5 hxg5 43.hxg5 Ne8 44.Ng2 Nd6 45.Ke3 Nc8 46.Nh4 Ne7 47.Nf3 Kd6 48.Ne5 Ke6 49.Kd3 Kd6

50.c4 c5 51.dxc5+ bxc5 52.cxd5 Kxd5 53.Ke3 Ke6 54.Kd3 Kd5 55.Nf3 Nc6 56.Nh4 Ne7 57.Ng2 Kc6 58.Kc3, draw.

From Edison with Lev

Candidate master Lev Zilbermintz [pictured] sends this game from the Edison quads.

Round Three: Philidor Counter Gambit

Errol Singh (USCF 1941) - Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2083), Edison NJ 8/10/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.d5 c5 8.Nb5 Qe7 9.c4 a6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Be2 Qf7 12.Qd3 h6 13.Bd2 g5 14.O-O-O Qc7 15.Kb1 Bg7

16.Nh2 h5 17.Nf3 Nh7 18.g3 Nd7 19.gxf4 exf4 20.e5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxh5+ Kd8 23.h4 g4 24.Bg6 Qg7 25.Na4 Nf8 26.Ba5+ Ke7 27.h5 Nxg6 28.hxg6 Kf6 29.Qe2 Bf5+ 30.Ka1 Qxg6 31.Nb6 Rae8

32.Bc3 Rxh1 33.Rxh1 Kg5 34.Rg1 Rh8, draw.

Edison Quads, Round 3, 8/10/2019

On Saturday, I finished with a score of 1-1-1 in the quads at Edison.

Round Three: King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation

Aarush Tippa (USCF 1472) - Jim West (USCF 2210), Edison NJ 8/10/2019

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Re8 9.d5 Nd4 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Be2 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 Nh5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qe7 15.Rfe1 a6 16.a3 b6 17.b4 a5 18.b5 Nf4

19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Rac1 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Qe5 22.a4 f5 23.g3 fxg3 24.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 25.fxg3 Re5 26.Rce3 Rae8 27.Kf2 fxe4 28.g4 g5 29.Kg3 Kg7 30.Rf1 R8e7 31.h4 h6 32.h5 Rf7 33.Rfe1 Rf4 34.R1e2 Kf6 35.Re1 Rf3+

36.Rxf3 exf3 37.Rxe5 Kxe5 38.Kxf3 Kd4 39.Ke2 Kxc4 40.Ke3 Kxd5 41.Kd3 c6 42.bxc6 Kxc6 43.Kd4 b5 44.axb5+ Kxb5 45.Kd5 a4 46.Kxd6 a3 47.Ke6 a2 48.Kf6 a1=Q+, White resigns.

Edison Quads, Round 2, 8/10/2019

On Saturday, I drew this game in the quads at Edison.

Round 2: King Pawn Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2083), Edison NJ 8/10/2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Bd6 5.Bd3 Qe7 6.Nc3 c6 7.h3 h6 8.Be3 Be6 9.a4 Nd7 10.Qe2 g5 11.Nd2 Bc5 12.Bc4 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Ngf6 14.Qe2 Nf8 15.Bb3 Bxb3 16.Nxb3 Ne6 17.O-O-O Nf4

18.Qf3 Ng6 19.g3 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Qe3 b6 22.a5 Kc7 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.axb6+ axb6 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Na4 Kb7 27.Nc3, draw.

Thursday Action, Round 4, 8/8/2019

On Thursday, I finished with a score of 3-1-0 in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Leonardo Liu (USCF 2000), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.Bg5 b5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Nd5 Re8

17.Rxh5 gxh5 18.Qh2 gxf3 19.Qxh5 Bg4 20.Qh4 Qd7 21.Rh1 Ng6 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Bh6 Bxh6+ 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Nxe7+, Black resigns.

Thursday Action, Round 2, 8/8/2019

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

Round Two: Pirc Defense

Ahmet Shapiro-Erciyas (USCF 2117) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nbd7 7.O-O-O Nb6 8.g4 b4 9.Nb1 a5 10.h4 h5

11.gxh5 Nxh5 12.Bh2 Bh6 13.f4 d5 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.Qg2 Nxf4, White resigns.

Thursday Action, Round 1, 8/8/2019

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

Round One: Sicilian Defense, King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Kyle Anderson (USCF 1890), Marshall Chess Club 8/8/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 d5 8.Re1 Nbc6 9.e5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.a3 a5 15.h4 h5

16.Ng5 Ne7 17.g4 hxg4 18.Qxg4 Rfc8 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.b3 Rc6 21.h5 Rac8 22.Re2 a4 23.b4 Rc3 24.hxg6 Nxg6 25.Bg3 Rxd3 26.Bxd5 Rxa3 27.Be4 Bb5 28.Rd2 Rxg3+ 29.Qxg3 Bxe5 30.Qh3 Bg7, Black forfeits.

Results of Simul by Washington State AG

National master Bobby Ferguson [pictured] finished with a score of 14-1-3.

FIDE Mondays 8/5/2019

On Monday, I played this game at the Marshall Chess Club.

Round One: English Opening

Fikirte Hunt (USCF 1899) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/5/2019

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rb1 d6 12.a3 a5 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.b3 Rfc8

16.Na2 Ng4 17.Nc3 e6 18.Be1 Ne5 19.Ne4 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Rxd5 Bf5 22.Bc3 Re8 23.Rbd1 Qxb3 24.Qxb3 Rxb3 25.Bxa5 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Nc6 27.Bc2 Rxa3 28.Bb6 Nd4 29.Bxc5 Nxc2 30.Bxa3 Nxa3

31.Rd8 Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Bf8 33.e4 Nc4, draw.

Saturday Game/50, Round 2, 8/3/2019

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

Round Two: Larsen's Opening

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Wesley Hellner (USCF 1866), Marshall Chess Club 8/3/2019

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Qc1 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a4 Rc8 10.Na3 a6 11.Nc4 Nc5 12.d3 e6 13.e4 Ne8

14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qb2+ f6 16.e5 f5 17.exd6+ Kg8 18.dxc7 Nxc7 19.Nxb6 Rb8 20.Nc4 Nd5 21.g3 Bc6 22.Nfe5 Ba8 23.Bf3 Qc7 24.a5 Rfd8 25.h4 Nd7 26.Kh2 Nxe5 27.Qxe5 Qe7 28.Rae1 Re8 29.h5 Nf6

30.Qd6 Bxf3 31.Qxe7 Ng4+ 32.Kg1 Rxe7 33.Rxf3 gxh5 34.Ne5 Rc8 35.Nxg4 hxg4 36.Rfe3 Kf7 37.R1e2 Rc6 38.c4 Rb7 39.d4 Rd6 40.Rd2 Rbd7 41.Red3 Rb7 42.Kf2 Kf6 43.Ke3 h5 44.Rh2 Kg6

45.Kd2 Rd8 46.Kc2 Rdb8 47.Re3 Re7 48.d5 Rbe8 49.Rxe6+ Rxe6 50.dxe6 Rxe6 51.Kd3 Re1 52.Re2 Rd1+ 53.Kc3 Rg1 54.Re6+ Kg7 55.Re3 Rd1 56.Kb4 Kf6 57.c5 Rc1 58.Rd3 Ke7 59.Rd2 Rg1 

60.Rh2 Rxg3 61.Rxh5 Kf6 62.c6 Rg1 63.Kc5 g3 64.Rg5 g2 65.Kb6 Rb1 66.Rxg2 Rxb3+ 67.Kxa6 Rc3 68.Kb7 Rb3+ 69.Kc8 Ra3 70.c7 Rxa5 71.Rd2 Ke6 72.Re2+ Kd6 73.Kd8, Black resigns.

Saturday Game/50, Round 1, 8/3/2019

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

Round One: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation

Aidan Ahram (USCF 1955) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 8/3/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2,c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2 6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.e3 Nxe5 10.Be2 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 O-O 12.O-O d6 13.b4 Rb8 14.Rfc1 b6 15.Qd4 Bb7

16.Bd5 Rfe8 17.Qf4 c6 18.Bf3 Qe5 19.Qxe5 Rxe5 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 d5 22.Rab1 Re7 23.Bxd5 Rd8 24.Bf3 Kf8 25.Rb4 Ba8 26.Rcb1 g6 27.Rb8 Ree8 28.R8b4 Re7 29.Kf1 f5 30.h4 Re5 31.Rb8 Ree8 32.R8b4 Re5

33.Ke1 Rxc5 34.Rb8 Rc1+ 35.Ke2 Rc2+ 36.Ke1 Rc1+ 37.Ke2 Rc2+ 38.Ke1, draw.

Newspaper Article on Molner Simul

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