Thursday, May 03, 2018

#1312 Game From The Westfield Quads

On Sunday, I was a filler in the last round of Westfield's G/45 Quads.

Here is the game:
[Event "Westfield Quads, Extra Game"] [Site "Westfield, NJ"] [Date "2018.04.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Moldovan, John"] [Black "Prestia, Sebastian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "1817"] [BlackElo "1817"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2018.04.29"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Moldovan, John"] [SourceDate "2018.05.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 8 G/40+5 (delay) D06 Queen's Gambit Baltic Defense Another terrible game. I missed an opening refutation (7.dxc6! +-), made 5 more mistakes (beginning with 16.Bxd3?), got away with a blunder (26.Bxf5+?? -+) & was winning at the end but taking a draw was best for business & my soul.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 (5. a3 {is a good alternative.}) 5... Nf6 6. e3 Ne4 $6 (6... Bb4 $142 $11) 7. cxd5 $1 Bb4 $4 $146 {[#]} ({He should have played} 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxd5 $14) ({or} 7... exd5 8. Bd3 (8. Qb3 $143 Bb4 {transposing to the game.}) 8... Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 $14) 8. Qb3 $4 (8. dxc6 $1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. Nd2 Bxa1 $2 11. cxb7 $1 (11. Qxa1 bxc6 {also wins.}) 11... Rb8 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Qc6 $18 {was right.}) 8... exd5 9. Bb5 (9. Bd3 $142 Nxc3 $140 $6 10. Bxf5 $14 Ne4+ 11. Kf1 $16) 9... O-O 10. O-O (10. h3 $142) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5 $1 $146 (11... Na5 12. Qb4 c6 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Rfe1 {was played in Milonakis - I. Miladinovic : Chania 1999.}) 12. Bg3 g4 $6 {This wins an Exchange} ({but} 12... Na5 $142 13. Qb2 a6 $11) 13. Nh4 Nd2 14. Qd1 Nxf1 15. Nxf5 Qg5 {[#]} 16. Bxc7 $2 (16. Bxf1 $142 Qxf5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Qb1 $14) 16... Qxf5 17. Bd3 $2 (17. Bxf1 $142 $44) 17... Qd7 $6 (17... Nxe3 $142 $1 18. Bxf5 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 h5 $17) 18. Bf4 Nxh2 (18... Nxe3 $142 $1 19. Bxe3 f5 $15) 19. Kxh2 f5 $2 (19... Ne7 $142 $15) 20. Kg3 $2 (20. Qa4 $142 $44) 20... h5 $2 (20... Ne7 $142 $17) 21. Qh1 $44 Qh7 22. Qh4 Kf7 $2 (22... Ne7 $142 ) 23. Rh1 $2 (23. c4 $142 $16) 23... Rh8 $4 (23... Ne7 $142 $14) 24. Qg5 $4 ( 24. c4 $142 $18) 24... Ke6 $2 (24... h4+ $142 $1 25. Kh2 (25. Rxh4 $143 Qxh4+ 26. Qxh4 Rxh4 27. Kxh4 Kf6 $17) 25... Rhg8 26. Qxf5+ Qxf5 27. Bxf5 Ne7 $15) 25. c4 Rag8 $4 {[#]} (25... h4+ $142 26. Kh2 Rag8 27. cxd5+ Kxd5 28. Qf6 Qg6 29. Qxg6 Rxg6 $16) 26. Bxf5+ $4 (26. cxd5+ $142 Kxd5 27. e4+ $3 (27. Qh4 $143 Qe7 28. Rc1 Qxh4+ 29. Kxh4 {though that is winning, as well.}) 27... Kxd4 28. Qf6+ $8 Kxd3 29. Qd6+ $18) 26... Kf7 $4 ({After} 26... Qxf5 {& White can resign as the intended deflection} 27. cxd5+ {is simply refuted by} Qxd5) 27. Bxh7 $18 Rxg5 28. Bxg5 Rxh7 29. cxd5 {White offers a draw.} Nb4 {Black declines.} 30. d6 $6 (30. e4 $142) 30... Ke6 31. Be7 $6 (31. e4 $142) 31... Nc6 32. Rb1 b6 33. Rc1 (33. Bg5 $142 Kxd6 34. Rb5) 33... Nxe7 34. dxe7 Rxe7 35. Kh4 (35. Rc6+ $142 Kf5 (35... Kd5 $143 36. Rh6) 36. Kh4) 35... Kf5 $6 (35... Kd5 $142) 36. Rc6 ({ Not} 36. Kxh5 $4 Rh7#) 36... Rh7 (36... Ke4 $142) 37. d5 $6 (37. f3 $142) 37... Ke5 38. d6 Rd7 39. Kxh5 {White offers a draw.} Rxd6 $2 {Black declines.} (39... Rf7 $142) 40. Rxd6 Kxd6 41. Kxg4 b5 42. Kf3 {Black offers a draw. White accepts. Game drawn by agreement. Time left - Moldovan 2:14, Prestia 2:45 Estimated time used - 41:16, Prestia 40:45 Longest thinks: White - 9 minutes for 16.Bxc7? Black - 7 minutes for 25...Rag8?} 1/2-1/2

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