#1231 KST - Round 4 Annotations

My win vs. Audrey Hu:

[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2017.06.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Hu, Audrey"] [Black "Moldovan, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1223"] [BlackElo "1814"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2017.06.01"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1231"] [SourceDate "2017.06.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.06.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 1 G/55+5 (delay) B10 Caro-Kann Defense Hillbilly Attack} 1. e4 g6 { Back to this after notching a 519 point upset with the French on Saturday.} 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bc4 (3. d4 $142) 3... Nf6 $5 ({>= the straight-forward} 3... d5 4. exd5 cxd5) 4. Nc3 (4. e5 $142 d5 5. Be2 Nfd7 6. d4 Bg7 7. c3) 4... d5 5. Bd3 $146 (5. exd5 $142 cxd5 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 Bg4 {Rainford - Moldovan : Dr. Luzviminda Machan Open VII, Rahway 12/1/2012} 10. Qd3 $11) 5... Bg7 {[#]} 6. b3 $4 (6. O-O $142 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. d4 $11) 6... dxe4 $19 7. Be2 {Instead of resigning & starting another game, White opts to play-out a hopeless, piece-down position for another 56 moves & 65 minutes.} ({Of course, if} 7. Nxe4 {then} Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Bxa1) 7... exf3 8. Bxf3 Na6 9. Bb2 Bf5 (9... Nc7 $142) 10. d3 O-O 11. Qd2 Qd7 (11... Nc5 $142) 12. O-O-O Ng4 $6 {/\ 13...Bh6, skewering the enemy Q.} ({However} 12... b5 $142) 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Be6 15. g4 Nc7 16. h4 Nd5 (16... a5 $142) 17. h5 (17. Ne4 $142 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2) 17... Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 f6 $2 (19... Bd5 $142) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qe1 (21. Qd2 $142 Kf7 22. Rh7+ Ke8 23. Re1) 21... Kf7 22. Qe4 $2 (22. Rh7+ $142 Ke8 23. Qe4 Bf7 24. Re1 Qd6 25. Kb1) 22... Rh8 23. Rdg1 Qd5 24. c4 (24. Qe3 {, keeping the Qs on, was a better try. Maybe she was hoping to reach a R+B vs. R ending.}) 24... Qxe4 25. dxe4 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Kg7 27. Rg1 b5 (27... Rh8 $142) 28. Rd1 $2 (28. cxb5 $142 cxb5 29. Kd2) 28... bxc4 29. bxc4 Bxc4 30. f4 Bxa2 31. g5 $2 (31. Rd7 $142 Kf7 32. Rc7) 31... fxg5 32. fxg5 Be6 33. Kb2 c5 34. Rc1 c4 (34... Rb8+ $142) 35. Kc3 a5 36. Kb2 a4 37. Ka3 Ra5 38. Rc3 Rxg5 (38... Rb5 $142 39. Kxa4 Rb3) 39. Kxa4 Kf6 40. Re3 Ke5 41. Kb4 Rg4 42. Kc3 Rxe4 43. Rf3 Bf5 44. Kd2 Rd4+ 45. Kc3 Rd3+ 46. Rxd3 cxd3 47. Kd2 Kf4 48. Ke1 Kf3 49. Kd1 Kf2 50. Kd2 e5 51. Kd1 e4 52. Kd2 e3+ 53. Kd1 g5 54. Kc1 Ke2 55. Kb2 d2 56. Kc3 d1=Q 57. Kb4 Qc2 58. Kb5 Kd3 59. Kb6 e2 60. Kb5 e1=Q 61. Ka6 Qeb1 62. Ka5 Qca2# {White is checkmated. Time left - Hu 16:08, Moldovan 25:55 Estimated time used - Hu 44:02, Moldovan 34:15 Longest thinks: White - 4 minutes for 7.Be2 & 24.c4 Black - 4 minutes for 16...Nd5} 0-1