#1262 Alisa Melekhina Lecture In Westfield Tomorrow

The Westfield Chess Club

Westfield YMCA
220 Clark St.
Westfield, NJ 07090

is proud to host

A lecture and book signing by FIDE Master Alisa Melekhina

author of
 

Sunday, September 10
12 noon

prior to our G/45 Quads.

There is a $5 admission charge to view the lecture.

The lecture fee will be refunded for those who play in the 2:00 p.m. tournament.

#1261 KST - Round 14 Annotations

My lousy, last round win over Jun Tang.

Notes updated 9/9/2017 @ 3:48 a.m.

[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2017.08.31"] [Round "14"] [White "Tang, Jun"] [Black "Moldovan, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1389"] [BlackElo "1814"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.09.01"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1260"] [SourceDate "2017.06.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 1 G/55+5 (delay) B08 Pirc Defense (by transposition - 4...Nf6)} 1. d4 g6 {Once more! Why mess with success?} 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 {This, without question, is more testing} ({than the} 3. Bf4 {he played in week #6.}) 3... d6 (3... c6 $143 4. c4 {although a transposition into a Classical K's Indian would likely follow.}) 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {[#]} (5. Qe2 {, retaining the option of reinforcing d4 with c2-c3, is more flexible.}) 5... O-O (5... Nxe4 $143 6. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 7. Nxe4 Rf8 8. h4 Kg8 9. h5 $14 {Wo. Fischer - Butu : correspondence, ICCF 1979}) (5... c6 {/\ ...d5} 6. Bb3 $14 {Aronin - Volovich : Moscow Ch. 1961}) (5... Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 (6... Ne5 $143 7. Nxe5 dxe5 {Tal - Illetsko : Radio Simul, Prague 1960} 8. Be3 $14) 7. h3 $14 {Sommerville - Nicholson : London 1973}) (5... Bg4 $2 6. e5 $1 dxe5 7. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 (7... Kxf7 $4 8. Nxe5+ $18 {Palermo - Farah : Buenos Aries Ch. 1964}) 8. Bb3 $16 { Whitaker - Rundell : Tulsa 1931}) (5... Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 (6... Ne5 $143 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Be3 $14) 7. h3 $14) 6. O-O (6. Qe2 $142 {Schapiro - Buerger : England-USA, cable match 1924}) ({or} 6. Bb3 {(Gunsberg - Bauer : Amsterdam 1889!!) avoiding the aforementioned fork-trick.}) 6... Bg4 (6... Nxe4 $1 { Now that White has castled, taking on e4 becomes appropriate.} 7. Nxe4 ({or} 7. Bxf7+ Rxf7 8. Nxe4 h6 $1 $11 {(stopping Neg5) Kholmov - Khodos : 30th USSR Ch., Yerevan 1962}) 7... d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 $11 {(Koch - Kohler : Bad Oeynhausen 1938) is a good alternative.}) 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 {White has the B pair. Black has play against d4.} 9. Ne2 e5 ({The engine & Bg7 prefer} 9... Nd7 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Be3 (13. Bc2 Qb6 14. dxc5 dxc5 $1 15. Rxd7 $140 $2 Ne5) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 {Arepyev - Malin : Voronezh 2014} e5 $11) 10. c3 $6 (10. d5 $142 Nd4 (10... Ne7 $143 11. Ng3 {Upelnieks - Petran : Komarno 1997}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 $14 {Navarro - Jimenez : Linares 2016}) 10... Nd7 (10... exd4 $142 $1 11. cxd4 Qe7 $11 {Deisach - McTavish : Toronto 1992}) 11. Be3 $6 {[#]} (11. d5 $142 Ne7 12. Ng3) 11... a6 $6 $146 (11... exd4 $142 $1 12. Nxd4 (12. cxd4 $143 Nce5 $1 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Qg3 Nc4 $15) 12... Nce5 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Re8 $11) 12. Rad1 (12. Rac1) 12... Qe7 $2 (12... exd4 $142 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 $143 Nce5 $1 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Qg3 Nc6) 13... Nce5 14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Re8) 13. Qg3 (13. Bd3 $142 $14) 13... Kh8 (13... exd4 $142 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 $143 Qxe4) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxe4 16. Rfe1 $44 Qc6 17. Bd5 Qb5) 14. f4 $6 {[#]} (14. Bd3 $142 $14) 14... exf4 $2 (14... exd4 $142 15. cxd4 Qxe4 16. Nc3 $44 Qc2) 15. Rxf4 (15. Nxf4 $142 Nf6 (15... Qxe4 $143 16. Bd3 Qe8 17. Nd5) 16. Nd5 $16) 15... Nf6 16. Qf3 Na5 $2 (16... Rae8 $142 17. Ng3 (17. Rf1 $2 Nxe4 18. Rxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Nxc3 $1 $17) 17... d5 $1 $11) 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Rg4 Rae8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh4 Qd7 $2 (20... c5 $142 $11) 21. Ng3 (21. Bf2 $142 $16) 21... Nxg3 22. Rxg3 $2 (22. Bxg3 $142 $14) 22... g5 {[#]} 23. e5 fxe5 $2 (23... gxh4 $142 24. Qh5 f5 $17) 24. Qh5 $2 (24. Qe4 $142 Bh6 25. Bxg5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Rf4 27. Qe2 $16 ) 24... e4 25. Bc2 $4 (25. Rxg5 $142 exd3 26. Rxa5 $11) 25... gxh4 $19 26. Rg4 Qf7 $5 (26... d5 $142) 27. Qxh4 (27. Qxf7 $142 Rxf7 28. Bxe4) (27. Qxa5 $143 $2 Qf2+ 28. Kh2 Qxc2 29. Qxc7 Rg8) 27... Qf6 $2 ({Much} 27... d5 $142) 28. Qg3 ( 28. Bxe4 $142 Bh6 (28... Qxh4 $143 29. Rxh4 Bh6 $1 30. b4 Nc6 31. Kh1) 29. Bd3 (29. Qg3 $143 $2 Nc4)) 28... d5 {[#]} 29. Qxc7 Qf2+ (29... Nc4 $142) 30. Kh1 ( 30. Kh2 $143 Bh6) 30... Rf7 31. Qxa5 Qxc2 32. Re1 $2 (32. Rg1 $142) (32. Qxd5 $143 $2 Qxd1+ 33. Kh2 Be5+ $1 34. Rg3 Bxg3+) 32... Qf2 33. c4 (33. Rg1 $142) 33... dxc4 ({Much} 33... Bxd4 $142) 34. Rgxe4 Rxe4 35. Qd8+ $2 (35. Rxe4 $142) 35... Rf8 {White resigns. Time left - Tang 8:03, Moldovan 21:25 Estimated time used - Tang 49:57, Moldovan 36:30 Longest thinks: White - 6 minutes for 31...Qa5 Black - 7 minutes for 31...Qf7!?} 0-1

#1260 KST - Round 14 Photos

Captions to follow.

#1259 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - Round 14 Results

14th round results, by board number:

1. J. Tang 0-1 Moldovan
2. Kernighan 1-0 Mazzillo
3. McAuliffe 1-0 Ruales
4. An. Tang 0-1 Tomkovich
5. Dovydaitis 0-1 Selling

Final Standings:

1. Moldovan 15.5
2. Kernighan 13.0
3. McAuliffe  10.5
4. Tomkovich 9.0
5. Mazzillo 8.0
6. Camejo 6.5
= 7-8. Au. Hu, Vinson 6.0
9. McCorkell 5.0
= 10-13. Selling, Benitez, Al. Hu, Gottlieb 3.0
14. Al. Tang 2.5
= 15-18. An. Tang, Lowey, J. Tang, Scarola 2.0
= 19-21. Pelican, Renna, Levanda 1.0
= 22-23. Constantino, Ruales 0.5
= 24-26. E. Singh, Touhey, Dovydaitis 0.0

More photos & my game will follow.