Friday, June 16, 2017

#1226 KST - Round 2 Annotations

My games against Greg Tomkovich & Alex Hu:
[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2017.06.08"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Tomkovich, Greg"] [Black "Moldovan, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "1648"] [BlackElo "1781"] [Annotator "Moldovan, John"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2017.06.01"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1226"] [SourceDate "2017.06.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.06.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 2 #1 of 2 simultaneous games G/60 A42 Modern Defense Averbakh System} 1. d4 g6 {I didn't want to play a Dutch or face some system again...} 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Bd3 f5 8. f4 {... but upon seeing this I realized we were re-tracing another path.} (8. exf5 $142 Nxf5 ({not} 8... gxf5 $2 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Qe2 $14) 9. Bd2 $11) ({or} 8. f3 {. For the latter, see my 2010 loss to Pawlowski.}) 8... exf4 (8... Nf6 $142 $1 9. fxe5 { T. Walter - E. Karst : Friedersdorf 1995} ({For} 9. Qc2 $2 {& full opening notes see our 2010 game.}) 9... Ng4 $1 {TN} 10. Bf4 fxe4 $1 11. Nxe4 O-O $1 12. Ne2 Nxe5 $11) 9. Bxf4 {[#]} Nh6 $2 $146 {A terrible move.} (9... Nf6 $142 $11 10. e5 $140 $2 Nh5 $17 {was right.}) 10. Nf3 Nf7 11. O-O fxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Rae1 Nh4 $4 (14... Bd7 $142 $16 {which is foul enough.}) 15. Ng5 Bf6 $2 (15... Ne5 $142) 16. Nxf7 $2 (16. Ne6 $142 $18 Bxe6 $140 17. dxe6 Ne5 18. Nd5) 16... Rxf7 17. Bg3 $2 (17. h3 $142 $16) 17... Nf5 18. Bf2 (18. Bf4 $142 $14) 18... Qf8 (18... Be5 $142 $11) 19. Ne2 Qg7 (19... Qh6 $142) 20. b3 Bd7 (20... Be5 $142 $11) 21. Qd3 (21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Bd4) 21... b6 $2 (21... Be5 $142 $11) 22. Nf4 Nd4 $4 (22... Raf8 $142 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Re7 $16) 23. Kh1 $4 (23. Ne6 $142 $18) 23... Raf8 24. Ne2 $2 (24. g3 $142 $11) 24... Nxe2 25. Rxe2 Be5 26. Bf3 Qh6 {Threatening mate.} 27. Bg1 Bf5 (27... g5 $142 $1 $17 28. Ree1 $140 g4 29. Be2 g3) 28. Qd2 $2 (28. Qd1 $142 $15) 28... Qxd2 29. Rxd2 {[#]} Be4 $1 30. Be3 (30. Rdf2 $142) ({Obviously not} 30. Bxe4 $4 {as that drops the Exchange & the game to} Rxf1) 30... Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Bg5 Bf6 34. Kg2 $4 (34. Bxf6 $142 Rxf6 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Kg2 $17) 34... Rf5 $4 (34... Bxg5 $19 35. Kxf3 $140 Bxd2) 35. Bh6 $4 (35. Bxf6 $142 Rxf6 36. Kg3 $17) 35... Kf7 $2 (35... g5 $19 {, /\ trapping the enemy B, would've forced White to cough-up his h-pawn.}) 36. Re2 $4 (36. Be3 $142 $19) 36... Re5 $4 ( 36... g5 $142 37. h4 gxh4 $19 {Black also had this at moves 37 & 38.}) 37. Rf2 $4 (37. Rxe5 $142 Bxe5 38. h4 $17) 37... Rf5 $4 38. Re2 $4 (38. Rxf5 $142 gxf5 39. Bd2 $15) 38... Be5 $4 39. Bd2 a5 $2 (39... g5 $142) 40. h3 $2 (40. h4) 40... g5 41. Rf2 $4 {The losing move.} (41. Be1 $17 {would've offered greater resistance.}) 41... Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Kg6 $19 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. a4 $2 {This makes the b3 P backwards &, as a result, weakens the other links in White's Q-side chain.} (44. Be1 $142) 44... h5 (44... Bf4 45. Bxf4 gxf4 46. Kf2 Ke4 47. Ke2 f3+ {was a good alternative. ...Bf4 could also have been played at moves 45 & 47.}) 45. Be3 Bc3 46. Bf2 Bd2 47. Bg3 Bc3 48. Bf2 Be5 49. Be1 g4+ 50. hxg4+ hxg4+ 51. Kg2 Ke4 52. Bh4 Kd3 53. Bd8 Kc3 54. Bxc7 Kxb3 55. Bxb6 Kxa4 56. c5 dxc5 57. Bxc5 Kb5 58. Be7 a4 59. d6 $2 Kc6 {White resigned. Time left - Tomkovich 25:00, Moldovan 9:31 Time used - Tomkovich 35:00, Moldovan 50:29 Longest think by White - 4 minutes for 30.Be3 Longest think by Black - 5 minutes for 22...Nd4??} 0-1 [Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2017.06.08"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Hu, Alexander"] [Black "Moldovan, John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "1781"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2017.06.01"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1226"] [SourceDate "2017.06.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.06.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 3 #2 of 2 simultaneous games G/55+5 (delay) B15 Caro-Kann Defense Gurgenidze System} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be2 Nf6 $5 { This position can also be reached via the Pirc, with 1...d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 c6.} (5... dxe4 $142 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 {Poltoranov - Petrovs : Swerdlovsk 1942}) 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O (7. Nxe4 $142 dxe4 8. Ng5 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 (10. cxd4 $143 Nc6 11. Be3 Qa5+ {Miloradovic - Ahrens : Chania 1994} 12. Kf1 O-O 13. Qb3 b6 14. Nxe4 Be6 $44 15. Qc3) 10... Qxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 $14 {Felix - Spodny : Brno 2000}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 O-O (8... Nd7 $142 9. e6 $140 $5 (9. Re1 Nb6 $11) 9... fxe6 10. Ng5 $44 Nf6) 9. Bf4 (9. Rb1 $142 Nd7 10. Re1 $14) 9... e6 $2 $146 (9... Nd7 $142 10. a4 Nb6 (10... f6 $143 11. exf6 (11. e6 $143 Nb8 12. Rb1 b6 {ChessCentaur - HydraAssasin : playchess.com 2007} 13. Re1 Bxe6 14. Ba6 Nxa6 15. Rxe6 $44 Rc8) 11... Nxf6 12. Be5 Ne4 13. Ra3 $14) 11. Bd3 Nc4 $11) 10. Qd2 (10. h4 $142 $14) 10... Nd7 (10... Qa5 { /\ ...b6 + ...Ba6 was considered.}) 11. Bg5 $2 (11. Qe3 $142 $14) 11... f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 $2 (12... Nxf6 $142 $1 $11 13. Ne5 $140 $2 Ne4 $1 14. Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Be7 Re8 16. Rfd1 Ne4 $15) 13. Bxf6 $6 (13. c4 $142 $16) 13... Qxf6 (13... Nxf6 $142) 14. Rae1 $2 (14. Qe3 $142 $16) 14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. c4 d4 (17... Qf4 $142 $11 18. Qxf4 $140 Rxf4 19. cxd5 cxd5) 18. Bf3 Qc5 19. Be2 $2 (19. Re4 $142 Qxc4 20. Rxd4 Qf7 21. Re1 $14) 19... Be6 20. Rd1 (20. h4 $142 $1 $11 Bxc4 $140 21. Bxc4+ Qxc4 22. Re7 $44) 20... Rad8 $6 (20... Bxc4 $142 21. Bxc4+ Qxc4 22. Qxd4 Qxa2 $15) 21. Qd3 Bf5 (21... Qf5 $142) 22. Qb3 b6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 (23... Be6 $142 $1) 24. cxd3 Kg7 25. Rfe1 Qf5 (25... Rde8 $142) 26. Re2 ( 26. Qb2 $142) 26... c5 27. Rde1 Rf7 $2 (27... Rde8 $142 $1 28. Qb2 $140 $4 Qxf2+ $3 {Dan Schaefer} 29. Rxf2 Rxe1+ 30. Rf1 Rfxf1#) 28. f3 Rdf8 29. a4 Rf6 ( 29... Qg5 {threatening ...Rxf3!}) 30. Re7+ (30. Re5 $142 Qf4 31. a5 $14) 30... R8f7 31. R7e2 h5 (31... Qg5 $142) 32. Re5 Qf4 33. Qc2 Rf5 34. R5e4 Qc7 (34... Qg5 $142) 35. Re8 R5f6 36. Qd2 Qf4 37. Qe2 Qf5 (37... Qg5 $142) 38. Re5 Qf4 39. Re4 Qf5 (39... Qg5 $142) 40. Re8 (40. Qd2 $142) 40... Qd7 (40... Qg5 $142) 41. Qd1 Qc6 42. Qb3 Qd7 (42... h4 $142) 43. Qb5 (43. Qc2 $142) 43... Qf5 44. Qb3 Qd7 (44... Qg5 $142) 45. R1e4 (45. Qc2 $142) 45... Rf4 46. Re1 R4f6 47. Qb5 ( 47. Qc2 $142) 47... Qf5 48. R8e4 Qg5 49. Kh1 Qd2 50. Qb3 (50. Qb1 $142) 50... Rf4 $2 (50... h4 $142 51. Rxh4 $140 $4 Qxe1#) 51. R4e2 Qa5 52. Qc2 Qb4 (52... Qa6 $142) 53. Rb1 $2 (53. h3 $142 $16) 53... Qa3 $2 (53... Qc3 $142 54. Qd1 ( 54. Qxc3 $143 dxc3 55. Rc2 Rd7 56. Rxc3 Rfd4 57. Rd1 Kf6 $44) 54... Kf8 $14) 54. Rbe1 Qb4 (54... Rf8 $142) 55. Rb1 $6 (55. h3 $142 $16) 55... Qa3 (55... Qc3 $142 $14) 56. Rbe1 $6 (56. h3 $142 $16) 56... Qb4 {Black claimed a draw by 3-fold repetition. Time left - Hu 0:19, Moldovan 7:16 Estimated time used - Hu 59:21, Moldovan 52:24 Longest think by White - 6 minutes for 13.Bxf6 Longest thinks by Black - 3 minutes for 20...Rad8 & 23...Bxd3} 1/2-1/2

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