Saturday, June 03, 2017

#1222 KST - Round 1 Annotations

My win over Bob Pelican:
[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2017.06.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Pelican, Bob"] [Black "Moldovan, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1635"] [BlackElo "1781"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2017.06.01"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1222"] [SourceDate "2017.06.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.06.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 2 G/55+5 (delay) B10 Caro-Kann Defense Hillbilly Attack (by transposition - 3...c6)} 1. e4 g6 {The Modern Defense is a good choice for those seeking dynamic play & don't want to bother knowing 20 moves of theory.} ({In our previous games, I opted for} 1... c5) ({&} 1... c6) 2. Bc4 Nf6 { A new move for me.} ({I've played} 2... c6 {6x. Here's 1 example:} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 $1 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 $146 Bg4 $11 { Rainford - Moldovan : Dr. Luzviminda Machan Open VII, Rahway 12/1/2012}) 3. d3 (3. e5 $142 d5 $132 4. Bb3 (4. exd6 $143 cxd6) (4. exf6 $2 dxc4 $17) 4... Nfd7 5. d4 {Michailow - Labahn : Ratzeberg 1997} (5. Bxd5 $143 Nxe5) (5. f4 Nc5)) ( 3. Qf3 $143 $2 Nc6 $15) 3... c6 4. Nc3 $146 ({There have been 3 games with} 4. Nf3 {, including the following:} d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb3 $146 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Nc6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 e6 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. h3 Bf5 $11 {UK-BOB-1978 vs. Moldovan : G/15+10, Chess.com 12/26/2014}) 4... d5 5. Bb3 ({Another game of mine went} 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb3 Bg7 $146 7. d4 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nf3 a6 10. a3 Bf5 $11 {Dovydaitis - Moldovan : Skittles game (1 of 2 simultaneous), Kenilworth 2/26/2015}) 5... dxe4 {[#]} 6. Nge2 $2 {This just gives a P away.} ( {There was nothing wrong with} 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 $11) 6... exd3 7. Qxd3 {Why is he trading Qs?} (7. cxd3 $15 {, being a P-down, with a weak idP on a half-open file, is bad enough}) 7... Qxd3 8. cxd3 Bg7 {I'm going to finish my K-side development before deciding where to put the Nb8 & Bc8.} 9. Bd2 (9. d4 $142) 9... O-O 10. O-O Rd8 {[#]} 11. Bc2 $2 (11. d4 $142 $17 { was required.}) 11... Bf5 {Now White is lost.} 12. Nc1 $6 {After this Black's game essentially plays itself.} (12. Rad1 $142 Na6 13. Ne4 {was a better try.}) 12... Na6 {With either ...Nc5 or ...Nb4 coming, the isolated d3P is doomed.} 13. Bb1 Nb4 14. Be3 (14. Rd1 $142 Nxd3 15. Nxd3 Bxd3 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. Be3 { although} Rxd1+ {transposes to the game.}) (14. Ne4 $143 $2 Nxe4 15. Bxb4 Bxb2) 14... Nxd3 (14... Nfd5 $142) 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Rxd3 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ (17... Rdd8 $142 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxa7 Nd5 {& Black will soon restore his 2P margin. }) 18. Rxd1 b6 19. h3 {To stop ...Ng4.} Kf8 {/\ challenging White's control of the d-file, with ...Ke8 + ...Rd8.} 20. b3 Ke8 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rc2 c5 23. Bf4 ( 23. Kf1 $142) 23... Nd5 {This forces a minor piece trade.} 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bb8 $2 (25. Kf1 $142) 25... Be5 {This saves the a7P & forces the Bs off} ({but } 25... Kd7 $142 26. Bxa7 $140 $2 Kc7 {& White's cleric is trapped.}) 26. Bxe5 $8 ({Of course, if} 26. Bxa7 $2 {then} Rd1#) 26... Rxe5 {&, rather than play-out the lost ending, Bob resigned. Time left - Pelican 27:40, Moldovan 42:22 Estimated time used - Pelican 29:30, Moldovan 14:48 Longest think by White - 6 minutes for 14.Be3 Longest thinks by Black - 2 minutes for 10... Rd8 & 14...Nxd3} 0-1

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