[Event "27th Kenilworth Club Championship"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "McAuliffe, Geoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Moldovan,John"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Board 2. G/75+5 (delay). D41 Queen's Gambit, Semi-Tarrasch Defense.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {Thanks to frequent use by Vladimir Kramnik this
is back in fashion} ({but} 4... exd5 {, which I faced in round 4, remains best.
}) 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 {This is a favorite of Kenilworth member Bob Sherry.}
(6... c5 {/\ ...cxd4 followed by ...Bb4+ is the norm.}) 7. Nf3 (7. Qg4 $5 g6 {
Landgren - H. Karlsson : Stockholm 1994} 8. Bc4 $146 c5 9. Ne2 {was an option.}
) 7... c5 8. Bb5+ {?! Tsesarsky} Bd7 9. Bd3 $1 cxd4 ({For} 9... O-O {see
Karpov - Kegelij : simul, Kamp Lintfort 2004 & my 2011 draw vs. J. Demetrick.})
10. cxd4 O-O (10... Bb4+ $143 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 $16 {Soulas - Alozy :
correspondence, ICCF 2008 & Krumm - Heidrich : correspondence, Germany 2008}) (
10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Nxd2 $16 {Ererdem - Micoogullari :
Manavgat 2015}) 11. O-O {[#]} Bc6 $146 (11... Nc6 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Rb1 $14 {
was played in Cumming - Saint Louis : correspondence, ICCF 2012.}) 12. Re1 Bb4
{This gains a tempo on my R but side-tracks a K-side defender.} 13. Re2 (13.
Re3 $142 $1 $16) 13... Nd7 14. Qb3 a5 (14... Qa5 {was expected.}) 15. Bf4 Re8
16. Rc1 Rc8 $2 {[#]} (16... Nf8 $142 $14) {Now I gain 2 pieces for a R.} 17. d5
$1 exd5 18. exd5 Rxe2 19. Bxe2 Nc5 20. Rxc5 Bxc5 21. dxc6 Rxc6 {White is close
to winning. He has a material advantage & the B pair.} 22. Bc4 (22. Qxb7 $142
Rb6 23. Qe4) 22... Rb6 $2 (22... Qe7 $142 $16) 23. Qc2 Rb4 $2 (23... h6 $142)
24. a3 $4 {This gives Black a chance to get back in the game. [#]} (24. Ng5
$142 $1 $18 {-> was right.}) 24... Rb6 $4 (24... Rxc4 $1 25. Qxc4 Qd1+ 26. Qf1
{, when Black wins the a3P & creates connected passers, would have given Geoff
chances to hold.}) 25. Ng5 $1 {Now I have a winning attack.} Bd6 $2 (25... Kf8
$142) 26. Nxf7 Qe7 (26... Qf6 27. Ng5+ Kf8 $8 (27... Kh8 28. Qxh7#) 28. Nxh7+ {
was little or no improvement.}) 27. Nxd6+ (27. Ng5+ $142 Kf8 $8 (27... Kh8 28.
Qxh7#) 28. Qf5+ Qf6 (28... Ke8 29. Qc8+ Qd8 $8 30. Bf7+ Ke7 (30... Kf8 31.
Qxd8#) 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Nxh7#) 29. Nxh7+ Ke7 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Qe6+) 27... Kf8
$2 {This allows mate in 3.} (27... Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Ng5+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Ke8
31. Qc8+ Qd8 32. Bf7+ Ke7 {would've held-out a number of moves longer.}) 28.
Qf5+ {[#] &, rather than play to the bitter end, my opponent resigned. Time
left - Moldovan 19:07, McAuliffe 15:27. Estimated time used - Moldovan 59:13,
McAuliffe 62:53. Longest thinks: White - 7 minutes at moves 17, 25 & 26. Black
- 8 moves for 25...Bd6? Despite the big mistake at move 24, this was my best
game of the tournament.} (28. Qf5+ Qf6 29. Qc8+ Ke7 30. Qe8#) 1-0
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