Saturday, March 24, 2018

#1301 Kenilworth Spring Swiss - Round 2 Annotations

Here is my win over Terry Fricker, which put me back over 1800 again. I missed a win at move 20 & made a small mistake 2 turns later but otherwise played well:
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MoveNResultElo
1.e41,165,57054%2421
1.d4946,47455%2434
1.Nf3281,31256%2441
1.c4181,93756%2442
1.g319,68856%2427
1.b314,23654%2427
1.f45,88648%2377
1.Nc33,79651%2384
1.b41,75348%2380
1.a31,19754%2403
1.e31,06848%2408
1.d394850%2378
1.g466246%2361
1.h444653%2374
1.c342651%2425
1.h327956%2416
1.a410860%2468
1.f39147%2431
1.Nh38966%2508
1.Na34262%2482
Board 3 G/61+5 (delay) D36 Queen's Gambit Exchange Variation (by transposition) 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 The only move I prepared for. 2.g3 would have caused some consternation. 2...d5!? I usually opt for 2...f5 & did so in our previous game (in Rahway on 12/12/2015) but trying to force my foe into a Q's Gambit seemed like a good idea. 3.d4 Avoiding the aforementioned, with 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Ne5 Qc7 8.Qa4!? (De Veauce - Nunn : Birmingham, ENG 1974), was possible. 3...Nf6
I wanted no part of 3...c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Marshall's Gambit Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ but 3...Be7 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 was an option. 4.a3!? A waiting move. Normally one would not see this until move 6 (in an Anti-Cambridge Springs line) or 8 (in the Classical Defense). Nbd7 4...b6 , /\ transposing into a Q's Indian, was considered but not 4...Be7 & 4...c6 though, as it turns out, I've played those before! 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bg5 This position is more naturally reached via 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.a3!? ≤8.Bf4 N. Schneider - Proeschel : Germany 2012 Nh5N 8...Nf8 /\ of trading light-squared Bs, with ...Ne6, ...Pg6, ... Ng7 & ...Bf5, a plan 1st seen in Reshevsky - Stahlberg : Kemeri 1936. 9.e3 Ne6 10.Bxf6 10.Bh4 Kotov - Spassky : Leningrad 1956 10...Bxf6 11.Bd3 g6 12.0-0 Ng7 12...0-0 13.b4 Bg7 /\ ...f5. Tiggelman - Theulings : Enschede 1990 13.b4
13...0-0N 13...a6 14.a4 Bf5 was tried in Nendick - Boyce : Bristol 1990 & Pogosian - Ustinov : Obninsk 2009. 14.h3 Bf5 15.g4? 15.Bxf5 Nxf5 16.b5= 15...Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Ne6 17.a4? 17.Na4 17...Bg7 18.Rab1 f5 19.Nh2?? 19.Kg2 19...Qh4 20.f4
20...Qxh3?? I spent 3 minutes looking at 20...Qg3+! 21.Kh1 but could not find fxg4! 22.hxg4 Rxf4!-+ 21.Rf3 Qh4 22.g5 h6?! 22...Bxd4! 23.Ne2 23.exd4? Nxf4 24.Qf1 Qxg5+ 25.Kh1 Ne6 23...Bb6! 24.a5 Nxg5! 25.fxg5 Bc7 23.Qf1 Nxg5 23...Bxd4! 24.Ne2 hxg5 25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.exd4 g4 24.fxg5 Qxg5+ 25.Qg2 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 f4 27.Ne2 27.Rxf4 Rxf4 28.exf4 Bxd4 29.Ne2 27...fxe3 28.Rbf1 28.Rxe3 28...Rxf3 29.Rxf3
29...a5! 30.b5? 30.bxa5 Rxa5 31.Rxe3 Rxa4 32.Re7 Bxd4 33.Nxd4 Rxd4 34.Rxb7 c5 30...cxb5 31.Rxe3?? 31.axb5 a4 32.Rf1 31...bxa4-+ 32.Ng4? b5 33.Ne5? b4 34.Nc6? b3 35.Nc3 a3 36.Re1 Ra6 37.Ne7+ Kf7 38.Nexd5 Bxd4 39.Nb5 Bb2?! 39...a2! 40.Nxd4 b2 40.Rf1+ Kg7 41.Nbc7 White offers a draw. Rc6 Black declines. 42.Ne8+ Kh7 White time-forfeits. Time left - Fricker 0:00, Moldovan 2:46 Estimated time used - 64:35, Moldovan 61:44 Longest thinks: White - 6 minutes for 30.b5? Black - 7 minutes for 23...Nxg5 With the win, I'm back over 1800! 0–1
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Fricker,T1835Moldovan,J17840–1
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