[Event "Kenilworth Spring Swiss"]
[Site "Kenilworth"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Benitez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.03.15"]
[Source "Moldovan, John"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Board 2 G/61+5 (delay) E91 King's Indian Defense} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 4. e4 {This avoids the Gruenfeld he opted for after} (4. d4 {last summer.})
4... d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 ({I expected} 7... e5 {, as in our
2017 Spring Swiss game - which I haven't gotten around to publishing, as yet.})
8. Re1 ({Perhaps I should've preferred} 8. Qc2 {With the idea of transposing to my 2010 win
over G. Hart. 8...} e5 {would do that.}) 8... Qc7 9. h3 (9. Bf1 {is the most
common reply.}) 9... a6 {Continuing to eschew ...e5.} 10. Be3 $1 {[#] I'm not
even bothering to prevent ...b5. Development alone should give me an advantage.
} b6 $6 $146 {This is odd.} (10... e5 $142 11. Qd2 (11. d5 $14 c5 $6 12. a3 $16
{Longano - Nene : Durban 2014}) 11... Re8 12. d5 Nc5 13. Bd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 $14
{Krklec - Gorup : Zagreb 2005}) ({&} 10... b5 $146 11. a3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 d5 13.
exd5 cxd5 (13... Nb6 $143 14. Bd3 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 (15... cxd5 16. Rc1 $16)
16. Bg5 $16) 14. Bd3 $14) 11. Rc1 c5 12. d5 Re8 13. g4 Nf8 14. Kg2 $2 (14. Bf4
$142 $16) 14... Bb7 $6 (14... e6 $142 $11) 15. Bf4 (15. Qd2 $142 e6 16. Bh6)
15... N6d7 $6 (15... e5 $142 $14) 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19.
Rf1 (19. Qh6 $142) 19... Qd6 {[#]} 20. f4 $2 {This gives Black the e5 square.}
(20. Qe3 $16 {/\ Rh1 + h4-h5 was right.}) 20... exf4 21. Rxf4 $6 (21. Qxf4 Qxf4
$8 22. Rxf4 Nd7 23. g5 {with a slightly better ending was best.}) 21... Nd7 $11
{Now the position is equal.} 22. Rcf1 Ne5 23. R4f2 Bc8 24. Qh6 f6 25. Nd1 {
/\ Ne3} Nf7 {This puts an end to my attacking ambitions.} 26. Qd2 {>= Qf4,
here or next.} Qe5 27. Nc3 Bd7 28. Qf4 {[#] White offers a draw. Black accepts.
Game drawn by agreement. Time left - Moldovan 13:31, Benitez 11:17 Estimated
time used - 49:49, Benitez 51:58 Longest thinks: White - 5:22 for 12.d5 Black
- 8:30 for 10...b6 With the draw I tied for 2nd & raised my rating to 1817,
pending a re-rate on 4/10. That's the highest it's been since June 2016.}
1/2-1/2
[Event "Kenilworth Spring Swiss"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Black "Camejo, Mauricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.11"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Board 1 G/61+5 (delay) B00 Nimzowitsch Defense} 1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5
Nxe5 4. Nf3 Ng6 ({Tony Miles, the most notable practitioner of this defense,
preferred} 4... Bb4+ {but the engines say} 5. Bd2 $1 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 $1 Nxf3+
$140 7. gxf3 Qf6 8. Nc3 $1 {(Barclay - Brunner : correspondence, ICCF 2014)
gives White a clear advantage.}) 5. Bc4 {[#]} Be7 $4 (5... c6 $142 6. O-O d6
$14) 6. Qd5 $18 d6 $2 (6... Bb4+ $142 7. c3 Qe7 8. cxb4 Nf6 {or resigns.}) 7.
Qxf7+ Kd7 8. Be6+ Kc6 $146 {This vares from the 8...resigns of Kas - Marcinek :
correspondence, Poland 1992.} 9. Nd4+ Kb6 10. Bxc8 c5 11. Qb3+ {& Black
resigned by pushing his pieces to the center of the board.} 1-0
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