Thursday, February 15, 2018

#1287 Kenilworth Championship - Round 5 Annotations

My draw versus Kernighan:
[Event "27th Kenilworth Club Championship"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2018.02.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Kernighan, Mark"] [Black "Moldovan, John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2252"] [BlackElo "1802"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2018.01.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Moldovan, John"] [SourceDate "2018.02.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.02.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 1. G/75+5 (delay). A48 King's Indian Defense vs. London System.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 {This is okay} ({but} 4... c5 $142 $1 5. e3 $140 cxd4 $1 (5... d6 {was played in Alekhine - Euwe : London 1922}) 6. exd4 d5 { , transposing into an Exchange Caro-Kann.}) 5. e4 Nbd7 {This may be inaccurate. } (5... O-O {C. Watson - Euwe : London 1922}) ({&} 5... Nc6 {(Auffenberg - Chirkov : Weymouth, ENG 1968) are good alternatives.}) 6. Bc4 c6 {[#]} ({ A rare reply. Castling is usual & the engine recommends} 6... c5 {Sukandar - Richards : Melbourne 2014.}) 7. Qe2 $146 {Already a new move.} ({Previously seen here were:} 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 {Vink - Kerstens : Hengelo 1997}) (7. Bb3 { Wagle - Kirschner : Schoeneck 2002}) ({&} 7. h3 d5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. c3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 {Burch - Coburn : England 2010}) 7... d5 (7... O-O {/\ ... Nxe4!}) ({&} 7... Nh5 8. Be3 e5 {were options.}) 8. Bb3 (8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 ( 9. Bb3 a5 $11) 9... Nh5 10. Be3 Qc7 {is of little or no improvement.}) { Now the game takes-on a Gurgenidze CK character.} 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 {[#]} O-O $6 (11... a5 $142 12. a4 Bg4 13. c3 (13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Ne5+ Ke8 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qxd4 $11) 13... Nd5 14. Bg3 Qb6 $11) 12. O-O (12. h3 $142 $14 {preventing the following.}) 12... Bg4 {Black is a tempo down vs. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.0–0 0–0 10.Qe2 Bg4 (D. Mann - Athens : correspondence, IECG 1998, with transposition) but White's extra move (Bb3) is of no benefit.} 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bc1 (15. Bh4 $143 Bf6 $1 16. Bg3 a5) 15... Qc7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. c3 Rd7 {[#]} 20. h4 Qd8 21. h5 g5 22. Bc2 Nf6 23. Re5 Rd5 $2 (23... Re8 $142 $11) 24. Bb3 $6 (24. Qe2 $142 $14) 24... Rd7 25. Qh3 Nd5 26. Re4 Nf6 (26... c5 $142 $1 27. dxc5 Nf4 28. Qf3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Nd3 31. Be3 Nxb2) 27. Ree1 Qc7 {Time check: White has 26 minutes left vs. Black's 18.} 28. Bc2 Rfd8 29. Rd3 {[#]} c5 {Black finally (some 25 moves late!) gets in his thematic break & eliminates White's space advantage.} 30. dxc5 $8 (30. Be3 $4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 $2 {loses to} Rxd4 $1 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Qxc2) 30... Rxd3 31. Bxd3 Qxc5 32. Be2 Qa5 {Black offers a draw.} 33. a3 {White declines but his outside majority & B pair are only illusory advantages.} Qa4 34. Qf3 b6 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Qe4 {This forces a Q trade.} 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 {[#]} 38. Kf1 Bf8 $6 (38... f5 $142 $1) 39. Bf3 Nf6 40. Be3 Bd6 41. Bd4 Nd7 $6 (41... e5 $142 $11) 42. Ke1 $5 (42. Bc6 e5 43. Bxd7 exd4 44. cxd4 $14 {wins a P but creates an opposite Bs ending.}) 42... Bc5 {This forces a trade of Bs.} 43. Bxc5 Nxc5 (43... bxc5 $142 $1) 44. Kd2 Kf8 45. Bc6 { [#]} (45. b4 $142 Nd7 46. Kd3 Ke7 47. Kc4 {but} Kd6 48. Kb5 Kc7 49. Ka6 Kb8 { gets Black to the Q-side in time.}) 45... e5 $2 (45... Ke7 46. b4 Kd6 (46... Na6 $5) 47. bxc5+ Kxc6 48. cxb6 axb6 $11 {was right.}) 46. Ke3 (46. g4 $1 Ke7 47. b4 Ne6 48. Ke3 $16 {would have given White winning chances.}) 46... f5 $1 47. Bd5 $2 (47. b4 $142 $11) 47... Ke7 $2 (47... Na4 $142 $17) 48. g3 $4 (48. b4 $142 $15) 48... Nd7 $2 (48... Na4 $142 $19) 49. Kd3 $4 (49. Bb3 $142 $17) 49... Nf6 $19 {[#] Black offers a draw. White accepts. Game drawn by agreement. Time left - Kernighan 0:40, Moldovan 6:14. Estimated time used - Kernighan 78: 25, Moldovan 72:46. Longest thinks: White - 9 minutes for 3.Bf4. Black - 7 minutes for 6...c6.} 1/2-1/2

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