#1213 Westfield Grand Prix Aborted Due To Power Outage, Re-Scheduled For June 25th

Today's Westfield Grand Prix was aborted midway through the 1st round, due to a power outage & the resulting YMCA evacuation.

With the event's abrupt conclusion, the club could not issue on-site refunds. Players desiring one should email their pertinent data to westfieldchessclub@gmail.com. If you do not contact them, your entry fee will be held as credit toward future events.

All reported results will be submitted for rating later today, as will 3 adjudicated games in the U1200 Section. Players in the Open & U1800 Sections may submit games for possible adjudication to westfieldchessclub@gmail.com.

The Grand Prix has been re-scheduled for Sunday, June 25th. If the USCF's publication deadline, can be beat ads will appear in Chess Life's May & June issues.

A reminder: The Westfield CC's web site is now located at westfieldchessclub.org (not .com). Its blog remains at westfieldchessclub.blogspot.com 

#1212 West Orange & Chess Mates Closed Tonight

The West Orange Chess Club & Rahway's Chess Mates are closed tonight, due to the wintry weather.

Here is the revised 2017 West Orange Chess Club Championship schedule:

March 21 - Round 1

March 28 - Round 2

April 4 - NO ROUND - Garden State League match: Hamilton vs. Newark-McDonald's

April 11 - Round 3

April 18 - Round 4

April 25 - Round 5

#1211 Garden State Chess League Game

On Thursday night, I played in Westfield's Garden State Chess League victory over Hamilton.

Here is my game against Ed Sytnik:

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 He wants to discuss the Q's Gambit again, instead of an Indian? Okay! 3.c4 e6 No Slav?... 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 ... & no Ragozin, either? That suits me just fine. 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qc2 I've had this position 52x before!! 0-0 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Re8 This is imprecise. >= the 9...h6! 10.Bh4 Re8 he played in the 2009-10 season. 10.0-0 10.h3 ∆h6 11.Bf4! , as in my 2008 USATE win over Scheinbach, is a good alternative. 10...h6

11.Bh4 11.Bf4! ∆Nh5? 12.Nxd5! Nxf4 12...cxd5?? 13.Bc7+- Roebuck - Hickey : Nice 1938 13.Nxf4± Nedeljkovic - Van Steenis : YUG-NED match, Utrecht 1950 11...Nf8 RR ≤11...b6?! Moldovan - P.T. Boris : Westfield, Quads 3/15/2015 12.Rac1 or 12.Rfe1 12.Rab1 Bg4 12...Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.b4 a6 H. Mueller - Glass : Vienna 1931 13.Ne5 Bh5 14.h3 14.b4 Lechleitner - A. Mueller : Bayern 1998 or 14.Bf5N +/= 14...N6d7

15.Nxd7N Previously seen here were 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.b4= Ferry - Wiltshire : Clarkston 1997 & 15.Bg3 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rfc1 Bg6 19.b4 Bxd3 20.Qxd3= Jovanic - Banic : Portoroz 2004 15...Qxd7 16.Bf5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.b4 16...Qd8 16...Bg6! 17.Bxg6 Safest. After 17.Bxd7 Bxc2 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Rbc1 Bg6 20.Bg4 f5 21.Bf3 f4 White has to try 22.Bxd5+!? ≤22.exf4 Ne6 22...cxd5 23.Nxd5 Rd7 24.Nxf4 17...Nxg6 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.b4 Nh4 17.Bg3 Bg6 18.b4 Bd6 18...Bxf5 19.Qxf5 a6 20.a4 Nd7= 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Rfc1 20.b5 20...a6

21.Ne2 21.Bxg6 Nxg6 22.a4 Rec8 23.Ne2 21...Qf6?! 21...Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Nd7= 22.Ng3?! 22.Bxg6 Nxg6 23.a4 22...Bh7?! 22...Nd7 23.Bxg6 fxg6= 23.Bxh7+ Nxh7 24.Nh5 24.a4 24...Qg5 25.Nf4

25...Re4? Now the long-delayed minority attack is very strong. My pieces are perfectly placed for it. Black's aren't. Only his Q, which is watching d5, is remotely involved in the action. 25...Rec8= 26.a4 Nf8 26...Qd8 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 Rc8 29.Qb3?! 29.bxc6 Rxc6 ≤29...bxc6 30.Rb6 30.Qa2 29...Ne6??

29...Ng6 30.bxc6 bxc6 ≤30...Rxc6 31.Nxd5 Nh4 32.g3 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 Nxd4! 34.Qa2 31.Qb7 Rf8 32.Nxg6 fxg6± 30.Nxe6?? We missed 30.Nxd5!+- ∆Qxd5? 31.Qxd5 cxd5 32.Rxc8+ Kh7 33.Rb8 after which White will emerge an Exchange & 2 Ps to the good. 30...Rxe6 Black offers a draw. 31.bxc6 White declines. bxc6?! 31...Rg6 32.g3 Rgxc6 33.Rxc6 bxc6= 32.Qb7 Rce8? 32...Qd8 33.Rxc6 Rxc6?! 33...Qf5 34.Qxc6 Re6? The losing move. 34...Rd8± 35.Qc8++- Kh7 36.Rb8

36...Rxe3? 36...Kg6 37.Qc2+ Qf5 38.Qxf5+ Kxf5 39.Rb7 Ke4 40.Rxf7 g6 not ≤36...Rg6? 37.Qh8# 37.Qg8# 37.fxe3 Not 37.Qg8+?? Kg6 38.fxe3 Qxe3+ 39.Kh1 as Qc1+ forces a draw. 37...Qxe3+ 38.Kf1? This lets Black get in several spite checks. After the simple 38.Kh1 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 he has to throw-in the towel. 38...Qf4+ 39.Ke1 Qe4+ 40.Kd1 Qxd4+ 41.Kc1 Qg1+ 42.Kb2 Qd4+ 42...Qxg2+ allows 43.Qc2+ Qxc2+ 44.Kxc2 43.Qc3

&, after picking-up his Q, my opponent resigned. 1–0

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Moldovan,J

1786

Sytnik,E

1700

1–0

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