Here is the game:
[Event "Westfield Grand Prix"]
[Site "Westfield, NJ"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Idnani, Roshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.11.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #1264"]
[SourceDate "2007.12.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.12.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Board 9 G/40+5 (delay) E99 King's Indian Defense Benko's Variation (11.g4)} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 ({In our previous games, he opted for} 1... c5 {(twice)}) ({&} 1... d5)
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 ({I expected} 3... d5) 4. d4 (4. e4 {(Kupchik - Marshall :
Lake Hopactcong 1926), discounting the Gruenfeld & inviting an Accelerated
Dragon transposition (4...} c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 {), is good}) (
{but} 4. g3 {(Isaacson - Cambell : Lakeland 1856!!) seems premature, due to} c6
$1 {+ ...d5.}) 4... O-O $1 {The most flexible reply.} 5. e4 (5. Bg5 {(Karlin -
Najdorf : m/2, Warsaw 1934) is okay.}) 5... d6 6. Be2 (6. h3 {(Cochrane -
Bonnerjee : Calcutta 1855!!) is the main alternative.}) 6... e5 7. O-O (7. d5 {
was considered.}) 7... Nc6 8. d5 (8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1) ({&} 8. dxe5 {
are playable.}) 8... Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 ({For} 9... Ne8 {see my 2009 loss to
Hueckel.}) 10. f3 f5 11. g4 $5 {(?! Maric) A new move for me.} ({For} 11. Nd3 {
see my 2014 draw vs. C. Sadler.}) 11... f4 {?! Golubaev [#]} (11... Kh8) ({or}
11... Nf6 {is usually seen.}) 12. h4 {! Giplis, Golubaev} Kh8 ({Is} 12... Bf6
13. g5 Bg7 14. Nd3 h6 15. Kf2 Kf7 {any better?}) 13. Nd3 {(?!)} (13. Kg2 $142 {
/\ Rh1 Liushnin - Suto : correspondence, ICCF 2005}) ({or} 13. Rf2 {(! Lukacs)
/\ Rh2 Sunye - Di Berardino : Sao Paulo (zt) 2005}) 13... Ng8 $1 14. Qe1 $2 (
14. g5 $142 $1 $146 h6 15. Kf2 hxg5 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Rh1+ Bh6 18. Ke1 $44)
14... Bf6 15. g5 Be7 $1 $146 (15... Bxg5 $143 $6 16. hxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Kh1 Qh5+
18. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Ehmsen - Koch : Kiel 2012}) 16. Kg2 (16. Kf2 $142 h6 17. Rh1
hxg5 18. hxg5+ Kg7 19. Qg1 Bxg5 20. Ke1 $15) 16... h6 17. Rh1 Kg7 18. gxh6+
Nxh6 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Qg1 Nh5 21. Be1 {[#]} Kh7 $2 (21... Nf7 $142 $17) 22. Bf2
Ng3 $2 (22... c6 $142 $11) 23. Bxg3 fxg3 24. Kxg3 Bxh4+ $2 (24... Bd7 $142 $14)
25. Rxh4 Qg5+ 26. Rg4 Bxg4 $6 (26... Nxg4 $142 27. fxg4 Rh8 $16) 27. fxg4 Rf7
$2 (27... Kg7 $142 $16) 28. Rf1 $2 (28. Qc1 $142 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 $18) 28... Raf8
$2 (28... Kg7 $142 29. Rxf7+ Nxf7 $14) 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 $2 (29... Nxf7 $142 $16)
30. Qc1 $18 Qxc1 {Black offers a draw. White accepts. Game drawn by agreement.
Another bad opening but I'm over 1800 again! (1802) Time left - Moldovan 16:
20, Idnani 10:50 Estimated time used - Moldovan 26:10, Idnani 31:40 Longest
thinks: White - 2 minutes (6x) Black - 9 minutes for 16...h6} (30... Qxc1 31.
Nxc1 {[#]} Re7 32. Nb3 $18 {Komodo 11} (32. Nd3 $18 {Houdini 6})) 1/2-1/2
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