[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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