Saturday Quad 4/13/2019

National masters Jim West and Mauricio Camejo [pictured right, playing against Timothy Xie] tied for first place in yesterday's quad.

Round Two: King's Indian Defense

Timothy Xie (USCF 1991) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 4/13/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Rc1 Rf7 17.Nb5 a6 18.Na3 b5 19.Nb4 Bd7

20.Nc6 Qf8 21.Nb1 g4 22.a4 g3 23.hxg3 fxg3 24.Bxg3 Nh5 25.Bh2 Bh6 26.Rc3 Bf4 27.Bxf4 Ngxf4 28.Kf2 Qg7 29.g4 Nxe2 30.Qxe2 Nf4 31.Qe3 Bxg4 32.Na3 b4 33.Nxb4 Bxf3 34.Qxf3 Nh3+ 35.Ke1 Rxf3 36.Rfxf3 Nf4 37.Nd3 Rf8 38.Nxf4 exf4

39.Nc4 Qe7 40.Nd2 Qh4+ 41.Ke2 Qg4 42.Kd3 a5 43.Kc2 Rc8 44.Kb3 Rb8+ 45.Ka3 Re8, draw.

Photos from Saturday Swiss 3/9/2019

These pictures were taken by me during Saturday's tournament.

In the first round, Nikita Panasenko drew against Timothy Xie, NM Mauricio Camejo did the same against Errol Singh, and Aarav Mahajan lost to filler John Moldovan.

Timothy Xie and Errol Singh drew their game in round three.

There was yet another draw when Errol Singh played against Nikita Panasenko in the final round.

Saturday Swiss 3/9/2019

Timothy Xie won yesterday's tournament.

Round Three: King's Indian Defense

Nikita Panasenko (USCF 1957) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 3/9/2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5

13.a4 a5 14.Nd3 Nf6 15.b4 axb4 16.Nb5 g4 17.Na7 g3 18.hxg3 fxg3 19.Be3 Nh5 20.Nxc8 Nxc8 21.Re1 Qh4 22.Kf1 Nf4 23.Nxf4 exf4 24.Bg1 Bxa1 25.Qxa1 Qh5 26.Bd3 Ne7 27.e5 Ng6 28.exd6 cxd6 29.c5 Ne5 30.Be4 dxc5 31.Bxc5 Qh1+ 32.Bg1 Rae8

33.Qd4 Ng4 34.fxg4 f3 35.gxf3 Rxf3+ 36.Ke2 Rf4 37.Kd3 Rfxe4 38.Rxe4 Rxe4 39.Qxe4 Qxg1 40.Qe8+ Kg7 41.Qe5+ Kg6 42.Qf5+ Kg7 43.Qe5+ Kg6 44.Qf5+, draw.

Saturday Quad 3/2/2019

Pictured are national masters Mauricio Camejo and Art Macaspac, playing in yesterday's quad.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Taimanov Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Errol Singh (USCF 1988), Rahway NJ 3/2/2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.N5c3 b5 8.Nd5 Nf6 9.Bb6 Qd7 10.Nc7+ Ke7 11.Nxa8 Qb7 12.Be3 Qxa8 13.Nc3 Be6 

14.Bg5 Nd4 15.a3 h6 16.Bxf6+ gxf6 17.g3 Bg7 18.Bg2 Rc8 19.O-O a5 20.Rc1 h5 21.Qxh5 Bc4 22.Nd5+ Bxd5 23.exd5 Rh8 24.Qd1 Bh6 25.Rb1 Qg8 26.c3 Nf5 27.Qd3 Qh7 

28.h4 Kf8 29.Be4, Black resigns.