[Event "Kenilworth Spring Swiss"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fricker, Terry"]
[Black "Moldovan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.03.15"]
[Source "Moldovan,John"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Board 3 G/61+5 (delay) D36 Queen's Gambit Exchange Variation (by
transposition)} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 {The only move I prepared for.} (2. g3 {
would have caused some consternation.}) 2... d5 $5 ({I usually opt for} 2... f5
{& did so in our previous game (in Rahway on 12/12/2015) but trying to force
my foe into a Q's Gambit seemed like a good idea.}) 3. d4 ({Avoiding the
aforementioned, with} 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Qc7
8. Qa4 $5 {(De Veauce - Nunn : Birmingham, ENG 1974), was possible.}) 3... Nf6
{[#]} ({I wanted no part of} 3... c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 {
Marshall's Gambit} Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+) ({but} 3... Be7 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 {
was an option.}) 4. a3 $5 {A waiting move. Normally one would not see this
until move 6 (in an Anti-Cambridge Springs line) or 8 (in the Classical
Defense).} Nbd7 (4... b6 {, /\ transposing into a Q's Indian, was considered})
({but not} 4... Be7) ({&} 4... c6 {though, as it turns out, I've played those
before!}) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bg5 {This position is more
naturally reached via 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.cxd5
exd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.a3!?} (8. Bf4 $143 {N. Schneider - Proeschel : Germany 2012}
Nh5 $146) 8... Nf8 {/\ of trading light-squared Bs, with ...Ne6, ...Pg6, ...
Ng7 & ...Bf5, a plan 1st seen in Reshevsky - Stahlberg : Kemeri 1936.} 9. e3
Ne6 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4 $142 {Kotov - Spassky : Leningrad 1956}) 10... Bxf6 11.
Bd3 g6 12. O-O Ng7 (12... O-O $142 13. b4 Bg7 {/\ ...f5. Tiggelman - Theulings
: Enschede 1990}) 13. b4 {[#]} O-O $146 (13... a6 14. a4 Bf5 {was tried in
Nendick - Boyce : Bristol 1990 & Pogosian - Ustinov : Obninsk 2009.}) 14. h3
Bf5 15. g4 $2 (15. Bxf5 $142 Nxf5 16. b5 $11) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne6 17. a4 $2
(17. Na4 $142 $15) 17... Bg7 18. Rab1 f5 19. Nh2 $4 (19. Kg2 $142 $17) 19...
Qh4 20. f4 {[#]} Qxh3 $4 ({I spent 3 minutes looking at} 20... Qg3+ $1 21. Kh1
{but could not find} fxg4 $1 22. hxg4 Rxf4 $1 $19) 21. Rf3 Qh4 22. g5 h6 $6 (
22... Bxd4 $142 $1 23. Ne2 (23. exd4 $2 Nxf4 24. Qf1 Qxg5+ 25. Kh1 Ne6 $17)
23... Bb6 $1 24. a5 Nxg5 $1 25. fxg5 Bc7 $15) 23. Qf1 Nxg5 (23... Bxd4 $142 $1
24. Ne2 hxg5 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. exd4 g4) 24. fxg5 Qxg5+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2
f4 27. Ne2 (27. Rxf4 $142 Rxf4 28. exf4 Bxd4 29. Ne2) 27... fxe3 28. Rbf1 (28.
Rxe3 $142) 28... Rxf3 29. Rxf3 {[#]} a5 $1 30. b5 $2 (30. bxa5 $142 Rxa5 31.
Rxe3 Rxa4 32. Re7 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxb7 c5 $44) 30... cxb5 31. Rxe3 $4 (
31. axb5 $142 a4 32. Rf1 $15) 31... bxa4 $19 32. Ng4 $2 b5 33. Ne5 $2 b4 34.
Nc6 $2 b3 35. Nc3 a3 36. Re1 Ra6 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nexd5 Bxd4 39. Nb5 Bb2 $6 (
39... a2 $142 $1 40. Nxd4 b2) 40. Rf1+ Kg7 41. Nbc7 {White offers a draw.} Rc6
{Black declines.} 42. Ne8+ Kh7 {White time-forfeits. Time left - Fricker 0:00,
Moldovan 2:46 Estimated time used - 64:35, Moldovan 61:44 Longest thinks:
White - 6 minutes for 30.b5? Black - 7 minutes for 23...Nxg5 With the win,
I'm back over 1800!} 0-1
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