Friday, June 16, 2017

#1227 KST - Round 3 Annotations

My win over Joseph Dovydaitis:
[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2017.06.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Dovydaitis, Joseph"] [Black "Moldovan, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [BlackElo "1781"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2017.06.01"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1227"] [SourceDate "2017.06.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.06.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 1 G/55+5 (delay) B08 Pirc Defense (by transposition)} 1. e4 g6 {Yet another Modern, my 4th in 4 games!} 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 ({I used to play} 3... c6 {/\ ...d5 but have preferred the text since 2012.}) 4. Bf4 {This stops an immediate ...e5} ({but} 4. c4) ({&} 4. Nc3 {are more natural replies.}) 4... Nc6 ({RR} 4... c6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 (7. gxf3 $143 Qb6) 7... Bxd4 { C. Panuyas - Moldovan : skittles game, Springfield 4/28/2002} 8. Bc4 $44) 5. h3 $6 {This stops ...Bg4} ({but} 5. Bb5 $142 {threatening 6.d5}) ({or} 5. c3 { securing the center.}) 5... Nf6 (5... Nxd4 $142 $1 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Bxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qf3 {Menchik - Mieses : London (m/7) 1942} c6) 6. Nc3 O-O {This position is also reached via 1...d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 0-0 6.Bf4 Nc6.} 7. Bc4 $2 {[#]} (7. Be2 $142 $11) 7... Nxe4 $1 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bd3 $146 (9. c3 $142 $146 dxe4 10. Ne5 $11) (9. Bxc7 $143 $2 Qxc7 10. Bxd5 { Ryan - J. Yates : 14th U.S. Correspondence Ch. Preliminaries 1998} Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Rd8 $17) (9. Bxd5 $2 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qc4 $17 {Buyukasik - Bozhurt : Izmir 2006}) 9... dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxd4 11. c3 $2 (11. Nxd4 $142 Bxd4 12. c3 $15) 11... Ne6 $2 (11... e5 $142 $1 12. cxd4 $140 exf4 $17) 12. Bd2 $4 (12. Be3 $142 $15) 12... Nc5 {Now White is lost.} 13. Bc2 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxd3 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Nd4 b6 ( 16... c5 $142 17. Nb3 b6) 17. Ne2 $2 (17. a4 $142 Bb7 18. f3) (17. Nc6 $143 $2 Bb7 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 {& the N is trapped.}) 17... Bb7 18. O-O Rfd8 {[#]} 19. Nd4 $2 {This loses a piece.} (19. Qc2 $142) 19... c5 20. Qe2 $2 (20. Qc2 $142 cxd4 {21.Resigns.}) 20... cxd4 21. Qxa6 Bxa6 22. cxd4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Bxd4 {I'm a R+P ahead now but my foe hasn't had enough.} 24. Bc1 Rac8 25. b3 $2 Rc2 26. a4 $2 Bxf2+ $1 27. Kh2 ({Of course, if} 27. Rxf2 {then} Rd1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rxc1+) 27... Bc5 (27... Rd3 $142) 28. Bf4 Bd6 (28... f6 $142) 29. Bg3 Bxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rd3+ 31. Rf3 Rxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rb2 33. h4 Rxb3 34. Kg4 Rb4+ 35. Kg5 Kg7 ( 35... f6+ $142 36. Kh6 Rxh4#) 36. f4 Rxa4 (36... h5 $142 37. f5 ({or} 37. a5 f6#) 37... Rg4#) 37. h5 Ra5+ (37... f5 {mates in 8, rather than 11.}) 38. f5 Rxf5+ 39. Kg4 Kf6 (39... Kh6 {mates in 7, instead of 8.}) 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Kg3 Kg5 42. Kh3 e5 (42... Kf4 {mates in 4, rather than 5.}) 43. Kg3 e4 44. Kh3 e3 ( 44... Rf2 45. Kg3 $8 e3 46. Kh3 $8 Kf4 47. Kh4 $8 Rh2# {was a move faster.}) 45. Kg3 e2 46. Kh3 e1=Q 47. Kg2 Kg4 48. Kh2 Rf2# {White is checkmated. Time left - Dovydaitis 3:45, Moldovan 36:00 Estimated time used - Dovydaitis 55:15, Moldovan 23:00 Longest think by White - 7 minutes for 20.Qe2 Longest think by Black - 2 minutes for 16...b6} 0-1

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