[Event "Westfield G/45 Quads"] [Site "Westfield, NJ"]
[Date "2017.10.01"] [Round "1"]
[White "Sloan, Jed"]
[Black "Moldovan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #1263"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Quad 5, Board 9. G/40+5 (delay). C01 French Defense, Exchange Variation.} 1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {Already I'm in a bad mood. I spent the entire summer playing
the Modern Defense to avoid this joy-killer & am now stuck with it.} ({I would
have preferred a Winawer (} 3. Nc3 Bb4 {)}) ({& accepted Tarrasch's} 3. Nd2)
3... exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 ({I was going to answer} 5. Nf3 {with} Nb4 $5 ({For
} 5... Bg4 {see my 2008 win over JasonP.})) 5... Bd6 6. h3 {Another annoying
move. Now I can't play ...Bg4 & have to settle for the more passive ...Bf5 or .
..Be6.} Nge7 7. Ne2 ({I expected} 7. Nf3) 7... Bf5 $5 {This should've been
delayed.} (7... O-O 8. O-O Bf5 $5 {Hannewald - Kirschbaum : Kranenburg 2005} ({
or simply} 8... Ng6 $146 {=}) 9. Bxf5 $140 Nxf5 10. Qb3 $146 a6 $1 $11 11. Qxb7
$4 (11. Qxd5 $4 Bh2+ $19 {is too obvious.}) 11... Na5 $19 {was a good
alternative.}) 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Qb3 {[#] Now I lose a P instead of sacking 1.}
Nce7 $1 $146 ({Previously seen here were:} 9... Qd7 10. Qxd5 O-O-O 11. Qf3 f6 (
11... Rhe8 $142 $44) 12. O-O $14 {Strashok - Evchin : Lvov 2001}) (9... O-O 10.
Qxd5 (10. Qxb7 $143 $2 Qe8 $17) 10... Qd7 $44 {Taraswinee - Sithalatchumi :
Chennai 2011}) 10. Qxb7 Rb8 $2 {This just throws a 2nd P away.} (10... O-O $142
$44) 11. Qxa7 Ra8 12. Qb7 O-O ({Black realizes that on} 12... Rb8 {White has}
13. Qa6 $16 {avoiding a draw. So he makes lemonade.}) 13. O-O (13. Qb5 $142)
13... Qd7 14. Qb3 Rfe8 15. Nf4 (15. Qd1 $142) 15... c6 $2 (15... Nh4 $142 $44)
16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. b3 $2 (18. Qd1 $142 $16) 18... Nfh4 19. f4 (19. Qd1
$142) 19... Nf5 $2 (19... Re4 $142 $44) 20. Ne5 Ng3 21. Rf3 Ne4 $2 {[#]} (21...
Nh5 $142 $44) 22. c4 $2 (22. Nd2 $142 $16) 22... Nh4 23. Rf1 Ng3 $2 (23... Nf5
$142 $17) 24. Rd1 $4 (24. Rf2 $142 $15) 24... f6 25. Nd3 $2 (25. Bb2 $142 $5)
25... Ne2+ $2 (25... Re2 $142 26. Rd2 Rae8) 26. Kh1 $2 (26. Kf1 $142 Ng3+ 27.
Kf2 Re2+ 28. Qxe2 Nxe2 29. Kxe2) 26... Nxf4 $4 (26... Ng3+ $142 27. Kh2 Re2 $19
28. Rd2 $140 (28. Bd2 $143 Rxg2#) (28. Nd2 Rxg2#) 28... Nf1+) 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28.
cxd5 cxd5 $2 (28... Be3 $142 $44) 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Nc3 {[#]} Bb6 $2 (30... Nf5
$142 $16) 31. Nc5 Rec8 $2 (31... Ba7 $142) 32. N5a4 $4 (32. b4 $142 $18) 32...
Ba7 (32... Ba5 $142 33. Nxd5 Rc2) 33. Nxd5 Rd8 $4 (33... Rc2 $142 34. Ne3 (34.
Nf4 $2 Bb8 $11) 34... Re2 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Bxd4 $16) 34. Ne7+ $18 Kf7 35.
Nc6 Rd5 36. Nxa7 (36. Nc3 $142 Rg5 37. Rd2) 36... Rxa7 37. Nc3 Rd8 (37... Rg5
$142 38. Rd2 Rc7) 38. d5 Rad7 (38... Nf5 $142) 39. b4 Nf5 40. Rd3 Ne7 (40...
Nd6 $142) 41. Rad1 (41. a4 $142) 41... Nc8 (41... Nc6 $142 42. b5 Ne5) 42. a4
Nd6 43. Rd4 (43. a5 $142) 43... Rc7 (43... Nf5 $142) 44. Ne4 Ra7 (44... Nf5
$142 45. d6 $1 Ra7 46. Nc5 Nxd4 47. Rxd4 Raa8) 45. Nxd6+ Rxd6 46. a5 Rb7 47.
Rc1 Ke7 48. Rc6 $6 (48. Rc5 $142) 48... Kd7 49. a6 $6 (49. Rc2 $142) 49... Rc7
$2 (49... Rb6 $142) 50. Rxd6+ Kxd6 51. b5 Kc5 52. Ra4 (52. Rc4+ $142 $1 Kxc4
53. b6) 52... Kb6 $2 (52... Ra7 $142 53. d6 Kb6) 53. a7 Rxa7 54. Rxa7 Kxa7 55.
d6 1-0
[Event "Westfield G/45 Quads"]
[Site "Westfield, NJ"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Mundayat, Abinav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #1263"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Quad 5, Board 9. G/40+5 (delay). B36 Sicilan Defense, Accelerated Dragon Maroczy
Bind (by transposition - 6.e4).} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 ({I've
practically worn out} 4. e3) ({but} 4. g3 {is a good alternative.}) 4... cxd4
5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 {[#]} 7. Be2 $2 {Falling into a trap.} (7. Be3 Ng4 $140 {
Breyer's Variation.} (7... d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O {is the main line.}) 8. Qxg4
Nxd4 9. Qd1 {is best.}) ({If White wants to avoid the N trade he should go} 7.
Nc2) 7... Nxe4 $1 8. Nxc6 Nxc3 9. Nxd8 Nxd1 10. Nxf7 Nxf2 (10... Kxf7 $142 11.
Kxd1 d6 $17 {Ionescu - Moraru : Baile Tusnad 2005}) 11. Nxh8 $2 (11. Rf1 Kxf7
12. Rxf2+ Ke8 13. Bf3 $15 {(Roehrkasten - Krensing : Verden 2006) is the best
try.}) (11. Nd6+ $6 exd6 12. Kxf2 {saddles Black with doubled Ps but} O-O+ 13.
Bf3 {Nogly - Brockmann : Hamburg 1995} d5 $1 $146 {keeps him well-ahead.})
11... Nxh1 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 Bxb2 14. Rb1 {[#]} Bc3+ $146 (14... Be5 15.
Kd2 {was played in Kirste - Skibbe : Germany 2002.}) 15. Kf1 (15. Kd1 $142)
15... Be5 16. Kg1 Ng3 (16... d6 $142) 17. hxg3 Bxg3 (17... b6 $142 $17) 18. Bf3
(18. Bd3 $142) 18... a6 $2 (18... Rb8 $142 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bf2 (20. Bxb7 $143
$5 Rxa7 21. Bxc8 Rxa2 22. Rd1 Ra7) 20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxa2+ 22. Ke3 Ra7 $17)
19. Bxb7 $2 (19. Be4 $142 $44) 19... Bxb7 20. Rxb7 Rc8 21. c5 Rc6 {[#]} 22. Rb6
$4 {This leads to a lost ending.} (22. Rb4 $142 a5 23. Re4 $17) 22... Rxb6 23.
cxb6 Kd8 24. Kf1 Kc8 $4 (24... d5 $142 $19) 25. Ke2 $4 (25. a4 $142 $17) 25...
Kb7 $19 26. Kd3 Be1 27. Ke4 Ba5 28. Bg5 e6 $6 (28... Bb4 $142) 29. Ke5 Bxb6 30.
Kf6 $2 (30. g4 $142 Kc6 31. Kf6 Bd8+ $140 $4 32. Kxg6 Bxg5 33. Kxg5 d5 34. Kf6
d4 35. g5 d3 36. g6 d2 37. g7 d1=Q 38. g8=Q $17) 30... Bd8+ 31. Kxg6 Bxg5 32.
Kxg5 d5 33. Kf4 Kc7 34. Ke5 Kd7 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. g4 e5+ 37. Ke3 Ke6 0-1
[Event "Westfield G/45 Quads"]
[Site "Westfield, NJ"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Ajith, Aayush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #1263"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Quad 5, Board 9. G/40+5 (delay). D91 Gruenfeld Defense, Seirawan's Variation.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {Is he going to play a K's Indian, a Gruenfeld or Benoni?} 3.
Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 ({An immediate} 4. Bg5 {was an option.}) 4... Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 {
This is somewhat inferior.} (5... Ne4 $142) ({or} 5... dxc4) 6. Bxf6 {For some
reason, I always seem to select 2nd-rate continuations against the ...c6 lines.
See, for example, my 2006 loss to Tomkovich & recent games vs. Albert Tang &
Benitez (2017 KST).} (6. cxd5 $142 cxd5 (6... Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 $14 {
Kaposztas - Kanya : Salgotarjan 1978}) 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. e3 e6 ({IMO} 8... O-O $143
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxd5 {Levin - Knorr : Ventnor City 1939}) 9. Bd3 $14 {Mohaupt
- Schwertfeger : correspondence, E. Germany 1964}) ({ECO, however, recommends}
6. e3) 6... Bxf6 7. cxd5 (7. e3 $142 O-O {Sanguinetti - R. Flores : Santiago
1959} 8. Rc1) 7... cxd5 8. Qb3 (8. e3 $142 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O {Lasut -
Bobula : Krynica 1998}) 8... e6 (8... Nc6 9. Qxd5 Qb6 10. Qb5 Bxd4 11. Nxd4
Qxd4 {(Dizdar - Vogel : Berlin 1995) is playable.}) 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 {
[#] I thought this position was in my favor but the engines say it's on the
south side of =.} 11. h4 $6 (11. O-O $142 $11 {B. Maksimovic - Sekularac :
Yugoslav Ch., Kladno 1992}) 11... b6 $6 $146 (11... h5 $142 {Limberg -
Pfeiffer : Germany 2011}) 12. O-O-O $6 (12. h5 $142 $36) 12... a6 (12... h5
$142 13. Kb1 a6) 13. Rdg1 $6 {[#]} (13. h5 $142 g5 14. h6 $1 $11 {/\ Qc2})
13... b5 (13... h5 $143 14. g4 $1 hxg4 $8 15. Rxg4 e5 $8 16. Rgg1 exd4 (16...
e4 $4 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 $8 (17... Ne7 $143 18. Qxa8 ({or simply} 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19.
Bxe4 Rb8 20. h5) 18... exd3 19. Qb8) (17... Bb7 $2 18. Rxg6+ $1 Bg7 $8 19.
Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 $8 20. Rg1+ Kf6 21. Qxe4) 18. Nxd5 exd3 (18... exf3 $143 19.
Nxf6+ Kg7 20. Nd5) 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 (19... Kh8 $143 $2 20. h5) 20. Nh5+ $18) 17.
Nxd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Kb1 Be6 (19... Bxf2 $2 20. Rg2 Bd4 21. Nxd5 $16)
20. Qd1 ({or} 20. Ne2 Bxf2 $8 (20... Bg7 $2 21. h5 $16) 21. Rg2 Be3 $8 22. Bxg6
$1 d4 23. Bf5+ Kh8 $8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 $8 25. Qxe6 $11) 20... Bg7 (20... Bxf2 $2
21. Rg2 $16 Bxh4 $4 22. Qh5 $1 $18) 21. h5 $44 {->} d4 22. Ne2 Qd5 23. Nc1) (
13... e5 $142 $1 14. Qxd5 Nb4 $1 15. Qxd8 $8 (15. Qxa8 $2 Nxd3+ $17) 15...
Nxd3+ 16. Kd2 Rxd8 17. Kxd3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bf5+ 19. Ne4 Rd6 $1 20. g4 Bxe4+ 21.
Kxe4 Re8+ 22. Kd3 (22. Kf3 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Rd1 Rb4 25. b3 Ree4 26. g5
Rxh4 27. Rxh4 Rxh4 $15) 22... Bxd4 23. exd4 Red8 24. Rd1 Rxd4+ 25. Ke2 Re8+ 26.
Kf3 Rb4 27. b3 Ree4 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. h5 Rf4+ 30. Ke3 Rbe4+ 31. Kd3 Re6 $15) 14.
g4 $2 (14. h5 $142 $11) 14... Bd7 (14... b4 $142 15. Ne2 a5 $17) 15. g5 Be7 (
15... Bg7 $142 16. h5 Qa5 $15) 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 Na5 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. hxg6 fxg6
$8 (19... hxg6 $143 $4 20. Ne5 $18) 20. Nf4 Rxf4 $4 (20... b3 $142 21. a3 Bd6
$11) 21. exf4 b3 22. a3 Nc4 $2 {[#]} (22... Qc7+ $142 23. Kb1 Nc4) 23. Qe2 $4 (
23. Rxh7 $3 $18 Kxh7 $140 (23... Bf8 24. Rgh1 Bg7 25. Bxc4 {is little or no
better.}) 24. Rh1+ Kg7 25. Rh7+ $3 Kxh7 (25... Kf8 $142 26. Qh1 Bxg5 27. Nxg5
$18) 26. Qh1+ Kg8 27. Bxg6 {& # in 2 would've wowed the crowd.}) 23... Qa5 (
23... Bxa3 $142 $1) 24. Kb1 $4 (24. Bxc4 $142 dxc4 $44 25. Qe5) 24... Bxa3 $3
25. bxa3 Qxa3 $4 (25... Nxa3+ $142 26. Kb2 Nb5 $19) 26. Bxc4 $4 (26. Ne5 $142
$17) 26... dxc4 27. Qb2 Qb4 $4 (27... Qa5 $142 28. Rc1 Qf5+ $19) 28. Rc1 e5 $2
(28... Bc6 $142 $44) 29. Rc3 $2 (29. Qc3 $142 $18) 29... Bf5+ 30. Kc1 a5 31.
Nxe5 Rc8 $4 (31... a4 $142 32. Rxc4 a3 33. Rxb4 axb2+ 34. Kxb2 Rxb4 $16) 32.
Kd2 $4 (32. Qa1 $142 $18) 32... a4 33. Ra1 Ra8 $2 (33... Be6 $142 $16) 34. Qa3
$4 (34. Nc6 $142 Qd6 (34... Qb5 $143 $2 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Nxf5 Qxf5 37. Rxc4
Qxf4+ 38. Kc3) 35. Rxc4 Qxf4+ 36. Kc3 $18) 34... Qxa3 35. Rxa3 b2 36. Rc1
bxc1=Q+ (36... c3+ $142 37. Raxc3 a3 $15) 37. Kxc1 Rd8 $2 (37... c3 $142 38. f3
Kf8 39. Ng4 Rd8 40. Rxc3 Rxd4 $11) 38. Rxa4 Rxd4 {Black offers a draw.} 39.
Rxc4 {White declines.} Rxc4+ 40. Nxc4 Kg7 $14 {[#] but Black, who was in
severe time pressure, made several mistakes & eventually lost.} 1-0
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