[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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