Saturday, July 29, 2017

#1248 KST - Round 9 Annotations

My loss to Alex Hu:
[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2017.07.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Moldovan, John"] [Black "Hu, Alex"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1814"] [BlackElo "1823"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.06.01"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1248"] [SourceDate "2017.07.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.07.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 1 G/55+5 (delay) A03 Bird's Opening (by transposition - 4.f4)} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 (3. Nf3 {is more flexible.}) 3... e6 4. f4 (4. Nd2 c5 5. e4 { Pirc - Matanovic : Staunton Memorial, Birmingham, ENG 1951}) (4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 $140 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 {Mella - Norve : Norway 1992}) ({& the Reti-joining} 4. Nf3 {were good alternatives.}) 4... Bc5 $1 ({For} 4... Be7 { see my 2011 draw vs. Sherry.}) 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. c3 (6. e3 $142 O-O 7. O-O { M. Ali - Wei : Australian Open, Mount Buller 2004, though the Bc1 would object. }) 6... O-O 7. d4 Bd6 8. O-O c5 9. e3 (9. Ne5 $142 $11) 9... b5 $1 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd2 b4 $6 (11... a5 $142 $15) 12. Ndf3 $2 $146 (12. Nxd7 $142 $1 Nxd7 { Spicak - Smola : Rewal 2011} (12... Qxd7 $143 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. cxb4) 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. Nc4 $11) 12... bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 (13... Ne4 $142 $17) 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. Qa4 Nb6 16. Qa5 (16. Qb3 $142 $15) 16... Ne4 $6 (16... Qe7 $142 $17) 17. Ba3 f6 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. Qe1 Qa3 22. Bf1 (22. Rab1 $142 $1 Ba6 23. Rb3 $1 {Hu} Qxa2 24. Rb4) 22... a5 (22... Rab8 $142 $15) 23. Rc2 $2 (23. Nc5 $142 $1 Nxc5 24. Rc3 Qb4 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Nd2 $44) 23... Ba6 24. Rac1 Ncd6 $2 (24... Rfb8 $142 $17) 25. Nc5 $2 (25. Nd2 $142 $1 $11 Bxd3 $140 26. Nb1 Qb4 27. Bxd3) 25... Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Nc4 27. Nxe6 $4 (27. Kg1 $142 $8 Nxe3 (27... Nxc5 $143 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Qf2) 28. Re2 Nf5 29. Nxe4 Qxf3 30. Nc5 $17 {with chances to hold in Black's time pressure.}) 27... Nxe3+ 28. Kg1 Nxc2 29. Qe2 $2 ({I intended} 29. Rxc2 Qxf3 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Qe2 { only to discover that Black has a N on e4 & comes out a piece ahead.}) 29... Qxc1+ {White resigns. Time left - Moldovan 10:08, Hu 4:32 Estimated time used - Moldovan 42:17, Hu 52:53 Longest thinks: White - 7 minutes for 27.Nxe6?? Black - 5 minutes for 9...b5 & 12...bxc3 This was my 1st loss in 22 games covering 4 months!} 0-1

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