3rd Saturday Swiss 4/19/2014

These games were played in yesterday's tournament.

Round One: Bird's Opening

Boris Privman (USCF 2312) - Errol Singh (USCF 2048), Rahway NJ 4/19/2014

1.f4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.d3 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.e3 e5 8.Qd2 exf4 9.exf4 Qe7+ 10.Be2 O-O-O 11.O-O Re8 

12.Rae1 Qe3+ 13.Qxe3 Rxe3 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Nb4 16.Bd1 Re7 17.Rxe7 Bxe7 18.Re1 Re8 19.a3 Nc6 20.Nb5 Bd8 21.Rxe8 Nxe8 22,Bh5 Nf6 23.Bf3 a6 24.Nd4 Nxd4 25.Bxb7+ Kxb7 26.Bxd4 c5 27.Bb2 d5

28.Be5 Ne8 29.Nf2 Bc7 30.g4 Bxe5 31.fxe5 f4 32.g5 Nc7 33.gxh6 gxh6 34.Ng4 h5 35.Nf6 h4 36.Kf2 Kc6 37.Kf3 Ne6 38.c3 b5 39.Nh5 a5 40.Nxf4 Nxf4 41.Kxf4 d4 42.c4 b4 43.a4 Kd7 44.Kf5 Ke7 45.e6 Ke8 46.Ke5 Ke7 47.h3 Ke8 48.Kd6, Black resigns.

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Round One: Sicilian Defense, Closed Variation

Ken Cohen (USCF 1339) - Ramneek Singh (USCF 1696), Rahway NJ 4/19/2014

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nd5 O-O 8.c3 e6 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.d3 Bd7 11.Be3 b6 12.Qd2 Ne5

13.f4 Ng4 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxa8 Rxa8 16.h3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 exf4 18.Nxf4 Qe7 19.Rae1 Bc6 20.Qd2 Rd8 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.Rd1 e5 23.Ne2 Qxh3 24.Nc1 Qxg3+, White resigns.

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Round Two: King's Indian Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Boris Privman (USCF 2312), Rahway NJ 4/19/2014

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Nd4 10.c3 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 c6 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.Qe2 h5 14.Bf3 h4 15.b3 hxg3 16.hxg3 g6 17.Nd2 Kg7

18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Kg2 Be6 20.Bg4 Rae8 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.Ne3 Bg5 23.Rd3 Rd8 24.Rad1 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rd6 26.Nc4 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 b5 28.Nd2 Qa5 29.Nf3 Bf6 30.Qd2 a6 31.b4 Qc7 32.a3 a5 33.Qd3 Be7

34.Kf1 f6 35.Ke2 Kf7 36.Nd2 Qd6 37.Qxd6 Bxd6 38.bxa5 Ke6 39.a6 Bc5 40.c4 Kd7 41.cxb5 cxb5 42.Nb3 Ba7 43.f4 Kc7 44.fxe5 fxe5 45.Kf3 Kc6 46.Kg4 Be3 47.a7 Kb7 48.Na5+ Kxa7 49.Nc6+ Kb6 50.Nxe5 Bc1 51.Nd3 Bxa3 52.Kg5 b4

53.Nxb4 Bxb4 54.Kxg6 Bd6 55.g4 Kc5 56.Kf5 Kd4 57.g5 Be5 58.g6 Bh8 59.Kf4 Bg7 60.Kf5 Be5, draw.

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Round Three: Bird's Opening

Ilya Zhurbinskiy (USCF 1911) - John Moldovan (USCF 1806), Rahway NJ 4/19/2014


1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d3 d6 6.e4 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 e5 9.fxe5 Ng4 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Ngxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.O-O O-O 

14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.bxc4 Qe7 17.Rf4 Qe5 18.Raf1 Qd4+ 19.Kh1 f6 20.Qg4 Bc8 21.Qe2 Qe5 22.Qf2 Bb7 23.g4 Rf7 24.h4 Raf8 25.h5 Qg5 26.Rg1 Qh6 27.Bh3 Bc8 28.Rg3 Kh8 29.Kg2 gxh5 30.g5 Bxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Qg6 32.gxf6 Rxf6

33.Rxg6 Rxf4 34.Qg2 hxg6 35.Qxg6 R8f6 36.Qe8+ Kg7, draw. 

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Round Three: King's Indian Defense, Bayonet Attack

Art Macaspac (USCF 2218) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 4/19/2014

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Rc1 Bf6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 fxe4

17.Qd4 a5 18.b5 c6 19.Qxe4 d5 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Qd4 Qd6 22.Bf3 Rac8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.h4 Qb4 25.Qe5 Qc3 26.Qe2 Qc2 27.Qe5 Qc3, draw.

Privman, Macaspac, 4 Others Saturday Swiss Winners

FM Boris Privman and NM Arthur Macaspac won the Open Section of yesterday's 3rd Saturday Swiss.

LM James West, Guido Kampel and Ryan Feng tied for 3rd.

In the U1800 section, there was a 4-way tie for 1st among Jonathan Chin, David Zhurbinsky, Ramneek Singh and John Lekocevic.

Jim West will present a selection of games & photos in a subsequent report.

Privman & Elberling Win Morning G/30

LM Boris Privman & Thomas Elberling won yesterday's Saturday Morning G/30.

More Photos From Dr. Machan Open #33

Here are some additional photos from last Saturday's Dr. Luzviminda Machan Open:

 John Cartier vs. the tournament winner, NM Arthur Macaspac.

Abhinav Chinnambeti vs. expert Errol Singh, in round 1.

 New Yorkers Ken Cohen and Ted Belanoff strike similar poses.

En route to a 2nd place finish, Jim West defeated fellow LM Stan Busygin.

Roshan Idnai lost to NM Sameer Mujumdar & the Queen's Gambit (above) but crushed Singh's Pirc to earn the Biggest Upset prize (below).

NM Belanoff played 4.Qc2 against Robert Ruggiero's last round Slav.

Taran Idnani vs. West in a Sicilian.

Pix from Luzviminda Machan Open 4/12/2014

Take a look at these photos from the Luzviminda Machan Open tournament on Saturday afternoon.

Pix from Saturday Game/30 4/12/2014

These are pictures from the Saturday morning game/30 tournament, won by NM Art Macaspac.

Luzviminda Machan Open 4/12/2014

NM Art Macaspac won yesterday's Luzviminda Machan Open tournament.

Round Two: Pirc Defense

Roshan Idnani (USCF 1812) - Errol Singh (USCF 2026), Rahway NJ 4/12/2014

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qd2 O-O 7.O-O-O e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bh6 Ne8 10.g4 f5 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.Bb5 f4 13.Qg2 Ng6 14.Bxe8 Rxe8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.h4 Kh8 17.h5 Nf8 18.Nge2 Nd7

19.Rdg1 Qe7 20.h6 c6 21.Rh5 Nf6 22.Rg5 Qf8 23.Rg7 cxd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Bf5 26.Qg5 b5 27.Nc3 Rac8 28.Rxa7 b4 29.Ne4 Rc4 30.Qg7+ Qxg7 31.hxg7+ Kg8 32.Nf6#.

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Round Two: Sicilian Defense

Stanislav Busygin (USCF 2296) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 4/12/2014

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Ne2 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Na3 d6 9.b4 Be6 10.Qa4 O-O 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Rb1 Qd8

13.Bxc5 Qxd3 14.Rxb7 Bg4 15.Qc2 Bxe2 16.Qxd3 Bxd3 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Rxe7 Rfc8 19.Kd2 Rd8 20.Ke3 Bh6+ 21.f4 exf4+ 22.gxf4 Bf8 23.e5 Bxe7 24.Bxa8 Bc5+, White resigns.

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Round Four: English Opening

Sameer Mujumdar (USCF 2307) - Art Macaspac (USCF 2199), Rahway NJ 4/12/2014

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 c5 3.e4 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Nc6 7.Qf4 Nh5 8.Qe3 Ng7 9.Bd3 Ne6 10.a3 Bg7 11.f4 Bb7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Ne4 d6 14.exd6 exd6 15.O-O Ncd4

16.Kh1 Re8 17.Qf2 Nb3 18.f5 Nec5 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.Bc2 Nxa1 22.Bg5 Bf6 23.Qh4 Rf8 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Qxf6 Rxf6 26.Rxa1 Re8 27.Bd1, White resigns.

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Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Taran Idnani (USCF 1867) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 4/12/2014

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.h4 Nb6

13.h5 b4 14.Ne2 Nc4 15.Qd3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Nxg4 17.Qg1 Nh6 18.Ng3 Qc7 19.Kb1 a5 20.Bd3 a4 21.Nd2 a3 22.Nf5 Nxf5 23.exf5 Bxa2+ 24.Kxa2 axb2+ 25.Kb1 Ra1+ 26.Kxb2 Qc3#.

Saturday Afternoon Game/45 4/5/2014

These games were played in the Saturday afternoon tournament.

Round One: King's Indian Defense, Petrosian Variation

John Moldovan (USCF 1793) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 4/5/2014

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Nc5 9.Nd2 a5 10.h3 c6 11.O-O cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7

13.g4 h6 14.Kh2 a4 15.Rg1 b5 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Bxb5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Qb6 19.Qe2 Rfb8 20.Na3 Qxb2 21.Nac4 Qb7 22.Rab1 Qc7 23.Qd3 Nd7 24.Qg3 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Rb8 26.Rxb8+ Qxb8 27.Qc3 Qb4 28.Qxb4 cxb4

29.Kg3 Kf8 30.Kf3 Ke7 31.Ke3 Nc5 32.Na5 Kd7 33.Nc6 b3 34.axb3 axb3 35.Na5 b2 36.Nac4 Na4 37.Nb1 f6 38.Kd2 Bf8 39.Kc2 Bc5 40.Nxb2 Nxb2 41.Kxb2 Bxf2 42.Kc3 f5 43.gxf5 gxf5 44.exf5 Kd6 45.Kc4 e4

46.Nc3 Ke5 47.Nxe4 Kxe4 48.f6 Bh4 49.f7 Be7 50.h4 h5 51.Kc3 Kxd5 52.Kd3 Ke6 53.Ke4 Kxf7 54.Kf5 Bxh4 55.Kf4 Kf6 56.Kf3 Kf5 57.Kg2 Kg4 58.Kh2 Bg3+ 59.Kh1, draw.

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Round One: French Defense, Tarrasch Variation

John Cartier (USCF 1675) - Guy Rawlins (USCF 1561), Rahway NJ 4/5/2014

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Qd8 9.Nb3 cxd4 10.Nbxd4 Bc5 11.b3 Kh8 12.Bb2 b6 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nge4 Nbd7

17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Be2 Qc7 19.Qc2 Rad8 20.Rad1 Qc6 21.Bf3 Qc7 22.Bxb7 Nxb7 23.Qc1 Ng4 24.g3 Qc5 25.h3 Nf6 26.Ne4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Qh5 28.Nxf6 gxf6 29.Bxf6+ Kg8 30.Rd4 Qf5 31.Rg4+ Kh7 32.Rg7+ Kh8 33.Qxh6#.

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Round Three: Ruy Lopez, Classical Defense

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Mauricio Camejo (USCF 2166), Rahway NJ 4/5/2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.h3 f6 11.Qe2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 fxe5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe5 Bd7

15.Qa6 c5 16.Qb7 Bf5 17.Nc6 Qd7 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qxd5+ Kh8 20.Ba3 Qg5 21.Bxc5 Rfd8 22.Qf3 Qg6 23.Rfe1 Be6 24.a3 a6 25.Re3 Bd5 26.Qg3 Qxg3 27.Rxg3 Kg8 28.Re1 Rd7 29.Rge3 Rad8 30.Re7 Rxe7 31.Rxe7 c6

32.a4 Bb3 33.a5 Bc4 34.Rc7 Bb5 35.g3 h5 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Re8 38.Re7 Rd8 39.Kg2 Bc4 40.Kg3 Rb8 41.Bb6 Kf8 42.Rc7 Bd5 43.c4 Bxc4 44.Rxc6 Bb5 45.Rc7 g6 46.f4 Re8 47.Kh4 Bd3 48.Kg5 Rd8 49.Rc3 Be4 50.Bxd8, Black resigns.

Pix from Morning Game/30 4/5/2014

Yesterday NM Vladimir Polyakin won the morning tournament.

Edward McDonald defeated Daniel Komunicky.

 NM Mauricio Camejo lost to Aravind Kumar.

FM Boris Privman and NM Vladimir Polyakin drew their game.

Friday Lessons

Starting this week, Chess Mates resumes offering Friday Lessons.

The sessions, for players rated 700 & under, will run from 4-6 p.m. and cost $25.

Arthur Macaspac or Errol Singh will be the instructor.