Friday, May 04, 2012

#1021 Last Night

Last night I drew a Garden State League game at the Kenilworth Chess Club:

Aravind Kumar (DOCA) 1923 - John Moldovan (Summit) 1823

E58 Nimzo-Indian Defense
Rubinstein Variation


My opponent played the opening well and eventually got an edge but, with the match going in his team's favor (they won 3.5-0.5) and the clock in mine, he offered a Q trade instead of trying to squeeze with 25...Qc7.

PGN to copy & paste:

[Event "Garden State League 2011-12"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ"]
[Date "2012.05.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Kumar, Aravind"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "John Moldovan"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ba3 c4 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Rfe1 Re6 19. a5 b5 20. f3 Rae8 21. Bc1 g6 22. Bd2 f5 23. Qb2 a6 24. Qb4 Nf6 25. Kf2 Qd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Re2 Rde6 28. Rae1 Kf7 29. h4 h5 30. g3 R8e7 31. Ra1 1/2-1/2


Notes will follow

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