NM West Takes Swiss; Agashe Wins Quad

On Saturday, NM Jim West took first place in the 8-player Swiss tournament, while Aditya Agashe won the quad.

Round Two: Sicilian Defense, Lowenthal Variation

Jim West (USCF 2214) - Terry Fricker (USCF 1910), Rahway NJ 12/12/2015

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qe7 8.Qd1 Nf6 9.Nc3 h6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 d6 12.O-O O-O 13.Be3 Be6

14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Rac8 16.c3 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Na5 18.a4 Nc4 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qxb5 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Rb8 22.Qe2 Qb7 23.Rad1 Qxb2 24.Qxb2 Rxb2 25.Rxd6 Rc2 26.Rc6 Rb8 27.h4 f6 28.Rf3 Rb1+ 29.Kh2 Rbc1

30.Kg3 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 Rxc3 32.Kg4 Rc4 33.Kf5 Kf7 34.h5 Rc2 35.g3 Rh2 36.Kg4 g6 37.hxg6+ Kxg6 38.Rf1 h5+ 39.Kf3 h4 40.gxh4 Rxh4 41.Rg1+ Kf7 42.Ra1 Rh3+ 43.Kf2 Rh2+ 44.Kg3 Rh5 45.Ra7+ Kg6 46.Ra8 Rg5+ 47.Kf3 Kf7, draw.

Photos from Saturday Game/60 Quads

On Saturday, I snapped these pictures during the game/60 quads.

John Lekocevic flagged against Ken Cohen.

Nikhil Kalyanraman defeated Eric Yuhan Li.

NM Mauricio Camejo triumphed over NM Art Macaspac.

Eric Yuhan Li bested Ken Cohen.

Nikhil Kalyanraman completed his sweep by beating John Lekocevic.

NM Mauricio Camejo won against Terry Fricker.

West and Kalyanraman Win Saturday Quads

Saturday's game/60 quads were won by NM Jim West and Nikhil Kalyanraman.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Jim West (USCF 2205) - Art Macaspac (USCF 2214), Rahway NJ 12/5/2015

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.f5 Be7 10.Qf3 Nxb3 11.axb3 O-O 12.Be3 Qc7 13.O-O Rb8

14.g4 h6 15.h4 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Qf4 Qxf4 21.Rxf4 Re8 22.Kf2 Bd7 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 Re8+ 25.Kf2 f6 26.h5 Kf7 27.b4 Ke7 28.Rf3 Kd6 29.Re3 Re5 30.Nf3 Re4

31.Rxe4 dxe4 32.Nd4 Ke5 33.Ke3 Ba4 34.b3 Bd7 35.c4 Bc8 36.b5 Bd7 37.bxa6 bxa6 38.Ne6 a5 39.Nc5 Bc6 40.Na4, draw.

Revised Start Time For Sunday G/30s

The starting time for December's Sunday G/30 tournaments (12/6, 12/13 & 12/20) has been pushed back to 3:00 p.m.

Our online TLAs will not reflect the new times.

Photos from Saturday Game/60 Swiss

During Saturday's tournament, I photographed the players.

In a time scramble, NM Art Macaspac outlasted NM Mauricio Camejo.

Eric Yuhan Li lost to NM Mauricio Camejo.

NM Art Macaspac defeated NM Vladimir Polyakin.

Eric Yuhan Li won against Ken Cohen.

NM Vladimir Polyakin got the better of NM Mauricio Camejo.

Art Macaspac Takes Saturday Game/60 Swiss

On Saturday, NM Art Macaspac [pictured, left] took first place in the Game/60 Swiss tournament, ahead of NM Jim West and NM Vladimir Polyakin [pictured, right] who split the second place prize.

Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

Art Macaspac (USCF 2203) - Jim West (USCF 2203), Rahway NJ 11/21/2015

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.h3 b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 a5 14.a3 Ba6

15.axb4 axb4 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.Be3 Qb7 18.Qd2 h6 19.Rfd1 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Bg5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Qd2 f6 23.Be4 Nc5 24.Bf5 Rfd8 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.c4 b3 27.Kg2 Ra4 28.Rc1 Qa6 29.Qc3 Qa5 30.Qe3 Ra2 31.Rb1 Qb4

32.Bd3 Ra4 33.Rc1 Ra2, draw.

Pix from Dr. Machan's Super Swiss 11/14/2015

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

Errol Singh Wins Dr. Machan's Super Swiss

Yesterday Errol Singh [pictured, left] finished first in Dr. Machan's Super Swiss tournament.

Round Three: Pirc Defense

Maurcio Camejo (USCF 2000) - Jim West (USCF 2206), Rahway NJ 11/14/2015

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f3 c6 5.Bc4 b5 6.Bb3 a5 7.a4 b4 8.Nce2 Nbd7 9.Nh3 e5 10.Ng5 d5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.f4 Neg4 13.h3 Nh6 14.e5 Nd7 15.Nd4 Qb6

16.e6 fxe6 17.Ndxe6 Ba6 18.Qd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 Rc8 20.Be3 Bc5 21.O-O-O Bxd4 22.Bxd4 O-O 23.Ne6 Rfe8 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Nf5 26.Bb6 Ng3 27.Rhe1 Ne3+ 28.Kb1 Nxf4 29.Bxa5 Nxg2 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Bxb4 Nf4

32.h4 Re4 33.Bd6 Bc4 34.a5 Bb5 35.Ka2 Kf7 36.c3 Ke6 37.Bc5 Nd3 38.Bb6 Rxh4 39.Bc2 Nc5 40.Re1+ Kd7 41.Bd1 Nd3 42.Rg1 Rh2 43.Bg4+ Kd6 44.Rb1 Nc5 45.Re1 Ne4 46.Bc8 Nxc3+ 47.Ka1 Ne4 48.a6 c5

49.Bb7 Bc6 50.Re3 Rf2 51.Ra3 Rf8 and drawn in ? moves.

                                                   

     
                                       final position

Photos From The Washington Chess Congress

On Columbus Day weekend, several students and instructors from Chess Mates' Sunday School played in the Washington Chess Congress.

Pictured below, from left to right, are LM Arthur Macaspac, Charlie Silver, GM Leonid Yudasin, Jack Silver and Eric Li.

 

Pix & Game from Dr. Machan's Super Swiss

On National Chess Day, I took these pictures during Dr. Machan's Super Swiss tournament.

Round Three:  Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation

Boris Privman (USCF 2316) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Rahway NJ 10/10/2015

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.h3 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.Bd3 Bf5 10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.Qb3 Qd7 12.Be5 Ne4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.O-O Kh8 15.Rfe1 Rg8 16.Re2 Rg7 17.Ne1 Rag8

18.f3 Ng5 19.Kf2 Ne6 20.Kf1 Nf4 21.Rf2 Qe6 22.Qc2 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Qa6+ 24.Nc4 Qxc4+ 25.Qxc4 dxc4 26.Rc1 b5 27.b3 Rc8 28.bxc4 bxc4 29.Rb2 e6 30.Rc3 Nd5 31.Ra3 f6 32.Re2 Re7 33.g3 Kg7 34.f4 Kf7 35.Kf2 h5 36.h4 Rb8

37.Rc2 Rc7 38.Ra4 Rb4 39.Rxb4 Nxb4 40.Rb2 Nd5 41.Nc2 Nc3 42.a3 Nd1+, White resigns.

Chess Mates Closed Tomorrow (Sunday 10/11)

Chess Mates will be closed tomorrow, Sunday, October 11th.

Our next events will be round 2 of the October G/90 (Wed. 10/14) and Saturday Blitz (10/17).

West Wins Dr. Machan Super Swiss

LM James West won today's Super Swiss with 3.5/4.

FM Boris Privman was 2nd.

LM Vladimir Polyakin, Daniel Giammanico, Abhinav Chinnambeti and Lou Sturniolo tied for the U2201 prize (pooled with the U1800 & U1600).

U1400 honors went to Ken Cohen.

October 17th Blitz Details

Next Saturday (October 17) we will be running a Blitz Tournament.

Here are updated details on the event:

Time Control: G/5;d2.
Number of rounds: To be determined.
Format: Double Round Robin if the number of players and time permits. Otherwise, we'll run a Single Round Robin or Swiss.
Entry Fee: Chess Mates members $20, others $25.
Prize Fund: 70% of EF.
Prizes: To be determined.
Must be a current USCF member to play!
Tournament must end no later than 6:30 p.m.
Clock move.
Illegal move loses.
Kings can be captured.