Brandon Jacobson Wins 1st Saturday Swiss

8 players showed up for yesterday's quads which, due to the big difference in ratings, were turned into a 6-player Swiss and a 2-player double round robin.

The winner of the Swiss tournament was Brandon Jacobson, while FM Boris Privman and Lev Zilbermintz shared second place.

Round One: French Defense

Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2118) - John Moldovan (USCF 1781), Rahway NJ 7/5/2014

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Be3 dxe4 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.c3 a6 8.Ba4 Nd5 9.Qe2 exf3 10.Ngxf3 Be7 11.Bc2 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 O-O 13.O-O-O b5

14.Qd3 f5 15.g4 Bf6 16.d5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Rhe1 Qf6 19.g5 Qxg5 20.Rxe5 Rad8 21.Kb1 Bc6 22.Bb3 Qg4 23.Nf3 Rfe8 24.Qe3 Bb7 25.Rg1 Qh5 26.Rxe6 f4 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qd4 Qf5+ 29.Ka1 Qf8

30.d6+ Kh8 31.d7 Rd8 32.Ne5 c5 33.Qxc5 Qxc5 34.Nf7+ Kg8 35.Nxd8+ Kh8 36.Nf7+ Kg8 37.d8=Q+ Qf8 38.Nh6+, Black resigns.

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Round Two: Alekhine Defense, Four Pawns Attack

Brandon Jacobson (USCF 2096) - Boris Privman (USCF 2331), Rahway NJ 7/5/2014

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 g6 6.Nc3 dxe5 7.fxe5 Bg7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be3 Bf5 10.Be2 Qd7 11.O-O O-O-O 

12.Qb3 f6 13.d5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 fxe5 15.Rfd1 e6 16.d6 c6 17.Bxb6 Bh6 18.Qa4 a6 19.Bxd8 Qxd8 20.Bf3 Be3+ 21.Kh1 Bd4 22.c5 h5 23.Rxd4 exd4 24.Qxd4 Rh7 25.b4, and White wins in ? moves.