Altogether, I scored 3/6 playing board 1 for the Zugzwang Zigzaggers, which also featured Joe Demetrick, Alec Touhey and Jack Silver.
Here are my games, the good (wins in rounds 2, 4), the bad and the ugly:
[Event "48th USATE"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Li, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.02.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Moldovan, John"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.28]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Zigzaggers"]
[BlackTeam "Ajab's Rule - No Pin, No Win"]
{Board 48.1 40/120, SD/30 +5 (delay) D36 Queen's Gambit Exchange Variation} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 {[#]} 11. O-O ({For} 11. Bf4 {see my ICCF win over
Brissman.}) 11... Ng6 {This prevents the aforementioned} ({but} 11... Ne4 $142
{Saemisch - Koch : Berlin 1928}) 12. Rab1 (12. Ne5 $142 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
f4 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rae1 {Gustafsson - Langheinrich : Binz
1994}) ({or} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 {P. Nikolic - Gostisa : Han Pijesak 1978})
12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 a6 15. Na4 {Komodo agrees with this} ({but
Houdini prefers} 15. a4) 15... Nh4 (15... Bf5 $142 16. Nc5 Rad8 {Simutowe - K.
Abdel Razik : Windhoek 2007}) 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Nb6 Rb8 (17... Bxh3 $143 $6 18.
f3 $8 Bxg2 $1 (18... Ng3 $2 19. Nxa8 $16) 19. Qxg2 $8 Re6 20. fxe4 Rg6 $8 21.
e5 $1 (21. Nxa8 {allows} dxe4 22. Bc2 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qg4+ {& a draw.}) 21...
Rxg2+ $8 22. Kxg2 $14) 18. Nxc8 (18. Bxe4 $142 $1 $146 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20.
a4 $14) 18... Rbxc8 19. Bxe4 $1 $146 ({Previously seen here was} 19. f3 Nd6 $1
(19... Ng3 $143 20. Rfe1) 20. Rbe1 Re6 21. Re2 Rce8 22. Rfe1 g6 23. a4 Qf6 24.
Kh1 Nf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qd3 Qg6 27. Kh2 Kg7 {Baraeva - Izhokin : Anapa 2012})
19... dxe4 $2 {[#]} (19... Qxe4 $142 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 $11) 20. f4 $2 (20. a4 $142
$14) 20... exf3 21. Rxf3 Qg5 (21... Qd8 $142) 22. Qc5 (22. Rbf1 $142) 22... Qg6
23. Rbf1 f6 24. Qb6 $6 (24. Qc4+ $142 $11) 24... Re7 25. Qc5 Rce8 (25... Qf7
$142 $15) 26. d5 $2 (26. Qc4+ $142 Kh8 27. Rc1 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. d5 Rg3 (
29... Rxh3 $4 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qxc6 $18) 30. Rc2 $44) 26... cxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qf7
28. Qxf7+ (28. Rd1 $142 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kf2 Ra3 32. Rd8+
Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 35. Kf3) 28... Kxf7 {[#]} 29. Kf2 $2 (29. Re1
$142 $15) 29... Rc8 30. Kg3 Rc3 $17 31. Re1 $2 (31. Rd1 $142 Ke8 (31... Rcxe3
32. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 33. Kf4 Re7 34. Rd6 $15) 32. Kh2) 31... Re4 32. b5 axb5 33. Rb1
b4 34. Rb3 (34. Rb2 $142) 34... Ke6 35. Kh2 $2 (35. Rb2 $142 $17) 35... f5 $2 (
35... Rxb3 $142 36. axb3 h5 $19) 36. Rf4 $4 (36. Rb2 $142 $17) 36... Rxf4 37.
exf4 Rxb3 38. axb3 Kd5 39. g4 Kd4 40. gxf5 Kc3 41. h4 Kxb3 42. h5 h6 {White
resigns. Estimated time left - Moldovan 37 minutes, Li 48 minutes Estimated
time used - Moldovan 116:30, Li 104:30 Longest thinks: White - 14 minutes for
17.Nb6 Black - 14 minutes for 17.Rb8} 0-1
[Event "48th USATE"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bero, Philippe C"]
[Black "Moldovan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.02.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Moldovan, John"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trump Administration: No Resignations..."]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Zigzaggers"]
{Board 98.1 40/120, SD/30 +5 (delay) E00 Catalan System} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 ({
This is actually the 2nd time we've played. In the 2014 USATE Bero chose} 2.
Nc3 {& we transposed into a Nimzo-Dutch.}) 2... Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ (3... c5 {
& a Modern Benoni or an English transposition, was an option.}) 4. Bd2 a5 (4...
Be7 5. Bg2 d5 $11 {is probably best.}) 5. Bg2 d6 {I've played this several
times but it doesn't seem to equalize.} ({Likewise} 5... d5 6. Qc2 O-O) 6. Bxb4
{This trade usually favors Black, who gains a half-open a-file + control of
the a3 & c3 squares.} (6. Nf3 $142 {E11 Bogo-Indian} Nbd7 (6... Nc6 7. O-O e5
8. Bg5 $14 {Neurohr - Pritchett : Germany (Bundesliga) 1990}) 7. O-O e5 8. e3
$14 {Krogius - Smyslov : Spartakiad, Moscow 1967}) 6... axb4 {[#]} 7. Qd2 $146
(7. e3 $142 $146 {=}) (7. e4 $143 $2 {Kobo - Navara : Pardubice 2012} c5 $15)
7... Na6 $6 (7... c5 $1 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $15 {was right.}) 8. a3 (8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O b6 $1 10. Ne5 dxe5 11. Bxa8 exd4 $44 {is also interesting.})
8... c5 $1 (8... bxa3 9. Rxa3 O-O {followed by ...Rb8 was playable but more
passive.}) 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Nf3 {/\ Ne5-d3} Nd7 {
This creates a temporary logjam but stopping an immediate Ne5 was necessary.
Once f7 is protected, I'll be able to unravel with ...Ndc5 + ...Bd7, connect
Rs, break the pin on the Na6 & perhaps challenge for control of the d-file.}
13. O-O Ke7 14. Rd1 $6 (14. Nbd2 $142 Ndc5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4) 14... Ndc5 15.
Ra5 Bd7 {To stop Rb5.} 16. Ne5 Ba4 $5 {[#]} (16... Rhd8 $142 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rb5 Kc7 20. Kf1 Rd8 21. Ke1 b6) 17. Rxa4 $2 (17. Rc1 $11 {
was correct.}) 17... Nxa4 $2 (17... Rad8 $142 $1 $17 {, wresting control of
the d-file & exploiting White's 1st-rank weakenesses, would've refuted his
Rxa4.}) 18. Rd7+ Kf6 19. f4 {With the Ne5 protected, he is threatening Rxf7# &
my b7 P.} Rhf8 20. Be4 $2 {This threatens mate again, this time by Ng4} ({but}
20. Bxb7 $142 Rad8 21. Bxa6 Nc5 22. Bb5 Nxd7 23. Bxd7 $11) 20... g6 $2 (20...
g5 $142 $1 21. Bxb7 gxf4 22. Ng4+ (22. gxf4 $143 $2 Rad8 23. Bxa6 Nc5 24. Bb5
Nxd7 25. Nxd7+ Ke7 26. Nxf8 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Kxf8 28. Na3 $1 Rc1 29. c5 Rxc5 30.
Bd3 bxa3 31. bxa3 h6 $17) 22... Kf5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. h3 Rf8 $15) 21. Rxb7 $4 (
21. Bxb7 Rad8 22. Bxa6 Nc5 23. Bb5 Nxd7 24. Bxd7 $11 {was required.}) 21...
N4c5 {Now I'm winning.} 22. Rxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxa8 Ra7 24. Bg2 {[#]} (24. Bf3 $142
) 24... Nb8 (24... Nb3 $142) 25. Nd2 Nbd7 (25... Ra2 $142) 26. Nxd7+ (26. Nd3
$142 Nxd3 27. exd3 Ra2 28. Kf2 Rxb2 29. Ke3) 26... Rxd7 27. Nf3 (27. Ne4+ Nxe4
28. Bxe4 Rd2 29. Kf2 Rxb2 30. c5 b3 31. c6 $140 $2 Rc2 $1 32. Ke3 (32. Bxc2 $2
bxc2 33. c7 c1=Q) 32... Rc4 33. Kd3 $2 Rxe4 $1 34. Kxe4 b2 35. c7 b1=Q+ {
was little or no better.}) 27... Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rb1 29. g4 Rxb2 30. g5+ Ke7 31.
Nd4 b3 32. Ke3 Ra2 {[#] White resigns. Time left - Bero 12:55, Moldovan 65:44
Estimated time used - Bero 109:45, Moldovan 56:56 Longest thinks: White - 10
minutes for 15.Ra5 Black - 7 minutes for 21...Nac5} 0-1
[Event "48th USATE"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Scobie, Micah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1391"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.02.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Moldovan, John"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Zigzaggers"]
[BlackTeam "SA Bed-Stuy MS2"]
{Board 104.1 40/120, SD/30 +5 (delay) D31 Queen's Gambit Exchange Variation} 1.
Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Qc2 (6. Bg5 $142 {Forgacs
- A. Neumann : Barmen 1905}) 6... f5 $2 (6... h6 $142 $1 {preventing 7.Bg5}) (
6... Nf6 {transposing into more standard lines}) ({or} 6... Bg4) 7. Bg5 Nf6 (
7... Ne7 $142 8. e3 O-O $14 {Ivkov - Zinn : Dresden 1959}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 {
[#] This loses a P} ({but} 8... gxf6 $143 $6 9. e3 f4 10. exf4 $146 Bxf4 11.
Bd3) 9. Nxd5 Qe6 ({Of course, not} 9... cxd5 $4 10. Qxc8+ Qd8 11. Qxb7 $18) ({
RR} 9... Qh6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h4 {Kaidanov - Lakdawala :
U.S. Open 1990}) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e3 Nd7 12. Bd3 $146 ({Previously seen here
were} 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. h4 {Zwerver - Houtman : Groningen 1999}) ({&} 12. b3 $6
{Satvik - Padmanaban : Teheran 2006}) 12... Nf6 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15.
Be6 Qe7 {[#]} 16. Bxf5 $2 (16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Qxf5 $18 {was right.}) 16... Bxf5
(16... Nd5 $142 17. Bxc8 $8 Qxg5 18. Bh3 Nxe3 $1 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Qe2 Qxd4
21. Rd1 $8 Qh4+ 22. g3 Bxg3+ 23. hxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Kd2 Rf2 25. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kc1
g6 $11) 17. Qxf5 g6 18. Qh3 $4 (18. Qe6 $142 Qc7 $140 19. Qh3 $18) 18... Nh5 $4
(18... Nd5 $142 $14) 19. g4 $4 (19. Nge4 $142 $18) 19... Qxg5 (19... Nf4 20.
Qxh7+ Qxh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. exf4 Rae8+ 23. Kd2 Rxf4 24. f3 Rxf3 25. Raf1 Ref8
26. Rxf3 Rxf3 {was also +/=.}) 20. gxh5 Qxh5 $4 (20... Rae8 $142 21. Rf1 Qh6
$14) 21. Qxh5 gxh5 22. f4 $18 {[#]} (22. Ne4 $142) 22... Rae8 23. Kd2 Bb4 $2
24. a3 Bxc3+ 25. bxc3 Rd8 26. Rhg1 c5 27. Rg5 cxd4 28. cxd4 Rg8 29. Rag1 Rge8
30. Rxh5 b6 31. Kd3 a5 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. a4 Re6 34. Rxa5 Rg6 35. Rg5 Rh6 36. a5
Rxh2 $2 37. axb6 Rb7 38. Rc1 Rb8 $2 39. b7 {Black resigns. Time left -
Moldovan 77:55, Scobie 109:38 Estimated time used - Moldovan 45:20, Scobie 13:
32 Longest thinks: White - 13 minutes for 19.g4?? Black - 3 minutes for 18...
Nh5} 1-0
[Event "48th USATE"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Alan"]
[Black "Moldovan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.02.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Moldovan, John"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "See (King) Alpha"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Zigzaggers"]
{Board 42.1 40/120, SD/30 +5 (delay) C19 French Defense Winawer Variation One
of my best-ever games!} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 (7. Qg4 $142 {, which we'll call the Verlinsky Variation.}) 7...
Qc7 (7... Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 {(Phillips - Clarke : Chester/Cheshire 1952) is
another way to play.}) 8. Nf3 ({Now it's too late for Q sortie:} 8. Qg4 $2 cxd4
9. Ne2 (9. Qxg7 $4 {loses to} Rg8 10. Qxh7 Qxc3+ 11. Kd1 Qxa1) 9... Nf5 10.
cxd4 Qxc2 $17) 8... b6 $1 {/\ trading l.s. Bs.} (8... Bd7 $143 9. h5 h6 10. a4
{Ingbrandt - Sjodahl : Norrkoepping 1988} (10. g4 $5 {Hunt - Moldovan : Casual
game, Springfield 12/26/1999} Ba4 $11)) 9. h5 h6 10. a4 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3
Ba4 {(Yudasin - Casper : Leipzig 1986) is also fine for Black.}) 10... Ba6 {[#]
} 11. Bd3 $6 (11. Bb5+ $142 Bxb5 12. axb5 $11 {Steiner - Foltys : Lodz 1938})
11... Bxd3 $1 12. Qxd3 (12. cxd3 $2 {drops a P to} cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc3+ 14. Bd2
$8 Qxd3 $17) 12... Nbc6 (12... Nd7 {(Malenka - Kinchant : correspondence, ICCF
2007), overprotecting c5, also favors the 2nd player but is unnecessarily
defensive. The text hits e5 & prepares the thematic ..Na5-c4.}) 13. Ba3 O-O 14.
O-O (14. dxc5 $143 $2 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Kf1 Qc7 18. Bxe7
Qxe7 $17) 14... Rfc8 $146 ({Previously seen here was} 14... Na5 15. Rfe1 (15.
Nd2 {T. Bueno - L. Do Prado : correspondence, ICCF 2000} Rfc8 $15) 15... Nc4
16. Bc1 Rac8 17. Nh2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Na5 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Re2 Qc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3
$15 {Levchenkov - Moskalenko : Lubniewice 1994}) 15. Nd2 ({Again, if} 15. dxc5
bxc5 16. Bxc5 $2 {then} Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxc5 $17) 15... Na5 16. Rfc1 cxd4 17.
cxd4 Qd7 18. Bb4 (18. g4 $142 Nc4 19. c3 $11) 18... Nc4 {[#] Draw offer #1. I
have the advantage + a 25 minutes lead and see that my team's prospects are
not good. We're behind 1-0, a P down on board 4, worse on board 2 & out-rated
on each by some 300 points.} {White immediately rejected the peace proposal
but pondered 20 minutes before playing...} 19. Nb3 (19. c3 $142) 19... a5 {
Draw offer #2. Now it's 2-0. White can clinch the match by accepting but he
again declines.} 20. Bd2 $2 {After a 10 minute think.} (20. Bxe7 $142 Qxe7 21.
Ra2 $15) 20... Nb2 $17 {Draw offer #3. The score is now 3-0 & White is
practically forced to trade Qs, or so I thought.} 21. Qh3 $2 {I was going to
be extremely critical of this move but given my young opponent's rating drop
in the last 2 months, from 2184, let's just say that his desire to win-back a
few points instead of losing nearly 30 wasn't warranted.} Nxa4 {Draw offer #4.
Hey! I'm a P up but am still willing to give him a half-point & get home early.
} ({The engine says} 21... Rc4 {was even stronger.}) 22. g4 $5 Rc4 23. g5 $2 {
This gives my Ne7 the f5 square & makes it a monster.} (23. c3 $142) 23... Nf5
{[#]} 24. Qg4 Kh8 (24... hxg5 $142 25. Bxg5 Kh7) 25. Kh2 Nc3 26. gxh6 gxh6 27.
Rg1 Kh7 (27... Ne4 $142 28. Bxh6 $140 Rxc2) 28. Rg2 $2 {Going all-in, White
prepares to triple & forsakes the c-pawn.} (28. Be3 $142 Ne4 29. Rac1) 28...
Ne4 {This discovers upon the c2P & hits the B.} 29. Be3 Qe7 30. Rag1 Rxc2 31.
Qf4 {This blocks his B but [#]} (31. f3 Rxg2+ 32. Rxg2 Ng5 {was wanting, as
well.}) 31... Qh4+ {(!) Trading Qs was good practical decison even if it was
based on a oversight.} (31... a4 $142) 32. Qxh4 Nxh4 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rxf7 Nf5
{I don't have 34...Nf3+ but this is still winning. 35...Nxe3, trapping the
poor Nb3 & 35...Nxf2 are all threatened.} 35. Rg2 $2 (35. Kh1 $142 Nxf2+ 36.
Bxf2 Rxf2 37. Rf6 a4 38. Na1 Re8) 35... a4 36. Na1 Ra2 {White has 36 seconds
to make 4 moves.} 37. Rb7 Rxa1 38. Bxh6 Nxh6 39. Rgg7 Nf5 40. Rg6 Rf1 {[#]
White resigns. Time left - Zhang 30:03, Moldovan 74 minutes Estimated time
used - Zhang 123:17, Moldovan 79:20 Longest thinks: White - 20 minutes for 19.
Nb3 Black - 6 minutes for 20...Nb2} 0-1
[Event "48th USATE"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2018.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Yao, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.02.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Moldovan, John"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Zigzaggers"]
[BlackTeam "Cornell C"]
{Board 85.1 40/120, SD/30 +5 (delay) A53 Old Indian Defense} 1. d4 c6 2. c4 (2.
e4 $142 $1) 2... d6 3. Nc3 Qc7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Be3 Be7 {[#]} 10. a3 $6 $146 (10. Nh4 $142 $1 {/\ Nf5} Bg6 11. Rc1 O-O
12. Nxg6 hxg6 $16 {Sliwerski - Motyl : Krakow 2010}) (10. Qb3) (10. Qd2) ({&}
10. Rc1 {have also been played.}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 (11. g4 $142 Bg6 12. Nh4)
11... Rfe8 12. Nh2 $2 (12. Nh4 $142) 12... h6 13. f4 (13. d5 $142) 13... Bg6 (
13... exf4 14. Bxf4 g5) 14. Rf2 (14. f5 $142) 14... a5 15. Nf1 $2 (15. b3)
15... a4 $2 (15... Nb6 $142 $17) 16. Kh2 $2 Qa5 {[#]} 17. g4 $4 (17. f5 $142
Bh7 18. d5 $11) 17... Nb6 18. f5 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Bh7 $2 (20... exd4
$142 21. fxg6 Qe5+ 22. Kg1 Qxe3 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxe3 dxe3 $19) 21. Nc4 $4 (
21. d5 $142 $17) 21... Qc7 $2 (21... Qa7 $142 $19) 22. dxe5 dxe5 $2 (22... d5
$142) 23. Qg3 b5 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Nde4 Nxe4 (25... Nd5 $142 $17) 26. Nxe4 Bg5
$2 (26... f6 $142 $15) 27. Nxg5 $2 (27. e3 $142 Qb6 28. Re1 Rd3 29. Nxg5 hxg5
30. Be4 $44) 27... hxg5 {[#]} 28. f6 $2 (28. Be4 $142 $44) 28... Rd4 29. e3 Rd7
(29... Rd6 $142 $19) 30. Raf1 $2 (30. h4 $142) 30... e4 $2 (30... Re6 $142 31.
fxg7 Qd8 $17) 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. Rc1 (32. Rd1 $142 $15) 32... c5 33. Bf1 (33.
Rd1 $142) 33... c4 34. fxg7 (34. Rd1 $142) 34... Rd8 35. Kg3 Kxg7 36. h4 gxh4+
37. Kxh4 Bg6 38. Kg3 Rc5 39. Rcc2 f6 40. Bg2 Rd3 41. Kf4 f5 42. Bf1 $4 (42. g5
$142 $15) 42... Rdd5 $2 (42... fxg4 $19) 43. g5 Rc8 44. Rh2 (44. Rcd2 $142)
44... Rd1 {[#]} 45. Rhf2 $2 (45. Be2 $142 $44) 45... Rcd8 46. Bxc4 $4 bxc4 47.
Rxc4 R8d5 48. Rxa4 $2 Rg1 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. Rh2 Rg4# {Time left - Moldovan 4:57,
Scobie 22:13 Estimated time used - Moldovan 149:13, Scobie 131:57 Longest
thinks: White - 13 minutes for 19.g4?? Black - 3 minutes for 18...Nh5} 0-1
[Event "48th USATE"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2018.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mistry, Jayesh"]
[Black "Moldovan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1257"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.02.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Moldovan, John"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St. Joe's High School"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Zigzaggers"]
{Board 109.1 40/120, SD/30 +5 (delay) B08 Pirc Defense} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3.
Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 O-O 6. h3 a6 7. Qd2 ({For} 7. Bd3 {see my January
11th loss to Benitez.}) 7... b5 8. O-O-O $2 (8. e5 $142 b4 $1 9. exf6 bxc3 10.
Qxc3 Bxf6 11. Qd2 $11 {Soderborg - Hesselborn : Lund 2010}) 8... b4 9. Ne2 $6 (
9. Na4 $142 {Ciubotaru - Marcotulli : correspondence, IECG 2001} Nxe4 10. Qxb4
$15) 9... Nxe4 10. Qxb4 {[#]} Nc6 $2 $146 (10... c5 $142 $1 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
Bxc5 dxc5 {Szadkowski - Debowski : correspondence, ICCF 2014} 13. Rxd8 (13.
Qxc5 $4 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Qxd1 $19) 13... cxb4 14. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $17) 11. Qc4 Na5 (
11... Na7 $142 $8 $11) 12. Qd5 $18 Nxf2 {Resigns was a good alternative.} 13.
Bxf2 Bh6+ 14. Kb1 c6 15. Qe4 Bf5 (15... Rb8 $142) 16. Qh4 Bg7 17. g4 Be4 $4 (
17... Bd7 $142) 18. Ng5 $1 {Winning a 2nd piece.} h6 $2 (18... Bxc2+ $142 19.
Kxc2 h6) 19. Nxe4 Rb8 20. Be3 $4 {[#]} (20. N2c3 $142 $18) 20... Qb6 $4 {
Missing a chance to get back in the game} ({with} 20... Nc4 $1 $16 21. Bc1 $140
$4 Rxb2+ $3 22. Ka1 (22. Bxb2 $2 Qb6) 22... Qb6 $19) {The rest needs little
comment.} 21. b3 Nc4 22. Bxh6 Qb4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. N2c3 Na3+ 25. Kc1 d5 {
Black wins 1 piece back, to no avail.} 26. Nb1 dxe4 27. Nxa3 Qxa3+ 28. Kb1 Rb6
29. g5 Rh8 30. Qxe4 Rh5 31. d5 cxd5 {& I resigned without waiting to see 32.
Qd4+. Time left - Mistry 60:08, Moldovan 46:35 Estimated time used - Mistry
62:32, Moldovan 76:00 Longest thinks: White - 10 minutes for 26.Nb1 Black - 8
minutes for 11...Na5?? & 12...Nxf2} 1-0
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