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#1319 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - Round 4 Results

Abujawdeh lost his re-match against Kernighan but retained the lead. NM Mauricio Camejo won twice to move into a tie for 2nd. I picked-up a pair of simultaneous victories in the Caro-Kann, & am now tied for 4th, but was clearly worse in both games.


Arun Advani (1001 p/6)  joined, bringing the number of participants to 15.


4th round results, by board number:

1. Kernighan 1-0 Abujawdeh
2. Pluviose 0-1 Camejo
    Camejo 1-0 Lazarus  (Played with the wrong colors)
3. Mazzillo 0-1 Moldovan
4. Advani 0-1 Moldovan
5. Dovydaitis 0-1 Tomkovich
6. Vinson 0-1 Gottlieb
    Vinson 0-1 McAuliffe


Standings after round 4 of 13:

1. Abujawdeh 5.0
= 2-3. Kernighan, Camejo 4.0
= 4-6. Benitez, Lazarus, Moldovan 3.0
7. Hunt 2.0
8. Tomkovch 1.5
= 9-11. McAuliffe, Gottlieb, Pluviose 1.0
12. Mazzillo 0.5
= 13-15. Vinson, Advani, Dovydaitis 0.0

My wins will follow.

Registration is expected to remain open for the entire tournament.

For event details see post #1308.

#1318 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - Round 3

Sam Abujawdeh extended his lead to 2 points by defeating LM Mark Kernighan. Dave Lazarus beat Bob Hunt and is now tied for 2nd. I arrived late and didn't play.


3rd round results, by board number:

1. Abujawdeh 1-0 Kernighan
2. Hunt 0-1 Lazarus
3. Vinson 0-1 Camejo
    Camejo 1-0 Vinson
4. Mazzillo 1/2-1/2 Tomkovich
5. Dovydaitis 0-1 Pluviose


Standings after round 3 of 13:

1. Abujawdeh 5.0
= 2-4. Kernighan, Benitez, Lazarus 3.0
= 5-6. Camejo, Hunt 2.0
= 7-8. Moldovan, Pluviose 1.0
= 9-10. Tomkovich, Mazzillo 0.5
= 11-14. McAuliffe, Gottlieb, Vinson, Dovydaitis 0.0


Registration is expected to remain open for the entire tournament.

For event details see post #1308.

#1317 KST - Round 2 Annotations

My loss to Abujawdeh & Vinson 0-1 Lazarus:

[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2018.05.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Abujawdeh, Sam"] [Black "Moldovan, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo "1816"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2018.05.03"] [EventRounds "13"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1317"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 3.2 G/55+5 (delay) C02 French Defense Advance Variation Despite arriving at 8:10 I could not catch a game until 9:30.} 1. e4 e6 $6 {This, of course, is okay} ({but there was little or no reason to vary from the highly successful (+12-0=2!)} 1... g6 {of my 14 previous KST Blacks.}) 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 {[#]} (7... Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 Bd7 {is a less demanding alternative.}) 8. Bxh6 $5 {"Better than its reputation." - J. Watson 2012; ?! ECO 1997; ? J. Watson 1984, Minev 1988, Psakhis 2003, S. Pedersen 2005} (8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 {is the main line.}) { Now Black wins a P.} 8... Qxb2 9. Nbd2 {The most complex continuation & the best one, to boot.} (9. Nc3 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qa3 11. O-O $44 {keeps Black's P structure intact}) ({&} 9. Bxg7 $2 Bxg7 10. Nbd2 Nxd4 {is =/+.}) 9... gxh6 { "White has hardly anything for the P." - Gligoric/Uhlmann 1975} 10. O-O { "Unclear." - Sveshnikov 2007} ({RR} 10. Nb3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Be7 $146 12. a3 a5 13. a4 Nb4 14. Ne1 Bd7 15. h4 b6 16. Rh3 Rc8 17. Rb1 Qa2 18. Ra1 Qb2 {Durarbayli - Harikrishna : Baku (ol) 2016} 19. Nxa5 $1 bxa5 $140 20. Rb3 Bxa4 $8 21. Rxa4 Qc1 $8 22. Rxa5 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 $11) 10... Bg7 (10... Nxd4 $142 {-/+ ECO} 11. Rb1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Qa3 {Virag - Nagy : Miskolc 2004} (12... Qxa2 13. Qb5+ {T. Szabo -J. Horvath : correspondence, Poland 1991} Bd7 $8 14. Qxb7 $44 Rc8 $8)) 11. Nb3 $44 {[#]} O-O $2 (11... Qa3 $142) 12. Bd3 $2 (12. a3 $142 $14) 12... Nb4 $2 $146 (12... f6 $6 13. exf6 Rxf6 {Meinhardt - Juergens : Bad Bevensen 2005} 14. Bb5 $14) (12... Qa3 $142 $146 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bxh7+ $140 Kh8 15. Bd3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 b6 $11) 13. Re1 $2 (13. a3 $142 Na2 $8 14. Bc2 Nc3 15. Qd3 Ne4 16. Rfc1 $16) 13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd7 $2 (14... Qa3 $142 $17) 15. Re2 $2 (15. a4 Rac8 16. Nc5 Rxc5 $8 17. dxc5 $16) 15... Qa3 16. Re3 Rac8 (16... b6 $142 $17) 17. h3 $5 (17. Qb1 $142 $15) 17... a6 $2 (17... b6 $142 $17) 18. Nh2 (18. Qb1 $142 $44) 18... Bb5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Rg3 Kh8 {[#]} 21. Ng4 $2 (21. a4 $142 Bc4 22. Nc5 $15) 21... Qh4 $2 (21... h5 $142 $17 22. Nh6 $140 $4 f6 $19 ) 22. Qe3 (22. Nc5 $142 $44) 22... Qg5 $6 (22... b6 $17) 23. f4 Qf5 24. Nd2 $2 (24. a4 $142 $15) 24... Rc2 $2 (24... h5 $17) 25. Nf3 $4 (25. Qf2 $142 $15) 25... Rfc8 $6 (25... Re2 $142 26. Qc1 h5) 26. a4 R8c3 $6 (26... Bd7 $142) 27. Qe1 {[#]} Re2 $4 {This drops a R & the game.} (27... Qxf4 $142 $1 $19 28. axb5 $140 $2 Rc1) 28. Qxc3 {Black resigns Time left - Abujawdeh 39:14, Moldovan 24: 01 Estimated time used - Abujawdeh 31:18, Moldovan 25:57 Longest thinks: White - 2 minutes (4x) Black - 9 minutes for 25...Rfc8?! Thanks to my ridiculous blunder I trail the leader by 3 points instead of 1 & am probably out of the running for 1st already. Will I be able to finish in the top 2 for an 8th straight year or top 4 for a 14th straight year??} 1-0 [Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2018.05.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Vinson, Robert"] [Black "Lazarus, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1200"] [BlackElo "1872"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2018.05.03"] [EventRounds "13"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1317"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Be3 {Better is 0-0, here or next.} (6. O-O $142) 6... Bf5 7. Bxf5 Nxf5 8. Bd2 $6 $146 (8. Qd3 $142 Qd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O) 8... Qf6 $6 (8... Qe7+ $142 9. Qe2 Nc6 $15) 9. c3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Qc1 Qg6 $2 (12... h6 $142 13. a4 Re4 $17) 13. Bf4 Qg4 (13... Rxe1+ $142 14. Nxe1 $8 Re8) 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Na3 c6 16. Qg5 (16. h3 $142 $11) 16... Qxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 (17... Nb6 $142 $15) 18. Nf3 Ne4 (18... Nb6 $142) 19. Nc2 a5 $1 20. Ne3 a4 21. Nf5 $2 (21. c4 $142 $11) 21... a3 22. b3 $2 (22. bxa3 $142 $15) 22... g6 $2 (22... Nxc3 $142 23. Nd6 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxd4) 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 Nxc3 25. Nge5 $4 (25. Ne3 $142 $17) 25... Nxe5 26. Nxe5 $2 (26. dxe5 $142) 26... f6 27. Nf3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 $2 (28. Nxe1 $142 Re8 29. Kf1) 28... Nxa2 29. Ra1 Nb4 30. Nd2 a2 31. Kf1 Nc2 0-1

#1316 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - Round 2 Results

I had a winning position vs. tournament leader Sam Abujawdeh but blundered away a Rook & the game.

Pat Mazzillo (1257) joined. The tourney now has 14 players.


2nd round results, by board number:

1. Pluviose 0-1 Kernighan
2. Tomkovich 0-1 Benitez
3. Abujawdeh 1-0 McAuliffe
    Abujawdeh 1-0 Moldovan
4. Gottlieb 0-1 Hunt
5. Vinson 0-1 Lazarus
    Lazarus 1-0 Vinson


Standings after round 2 of 13:

1. Abujawdeh 4.0
= 2-3. Kernighan, Benitez 3.0
= 4-5. Lazarus, Hunt 2.0
6. Moldovan 1.0
= 7-14. Camejo, McAuliffe, Tomkovich, Pluviose, Gottlieb, Mazzillo, Vinson, Dovydaitis 0.0


My loss will follow.

Registration is expected to remain open for the entire tournament.

For event details see post #1308.

#1315 KST - Round 1 Annotations

My win over Wedley Pluviose & Vinson 0-1 Benitez:

[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2018.05.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Pluviose, Wedley"] [Black "Moldovan, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1528"] [BlackElo "1816"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2018.05.03"] [EventRounds "13"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1315"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 3 G/55+5 (delay) A40 Modern Defense Colle System} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 d6 (3... Nf6 4. Nbd2 $140 d5 {ECO code: D03} ({or} 4... d6 5. e4 {B07 Pirc}) 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 $1 {(Frank - Claus : Moerlenbach 2004) is a good alternative.}) 4. e3 {The triangle setup isn't very effective vs. the Modern & K's Indian.} ({He should've played} 4. e4 {or, going back a step, 3.e3 /\ c2-c4.}) 4... Nd7 5. Bb5 $6 {This gives me a tempo or 2.} (5. Be2 $142 e5 6. O-O {House - Helbig : Weymouth, ENG 2006} e4 $140 $146 7. Nfd2 Qe7 8. c4 { + Nc3.}) 5... c6 {[#]} 6. Bc4 $146 (6. Be2 $142 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O {Bester - Andraschko : correspondence, LSS 2012} 8. c4 {+ Nc3.}) 6... e5 7. O-O (7. e4 $142 $11) (7. dxe5 $143 d5 $1 8. Bb3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5) 7... Qe7 $6 {This turns-out well} ({but} 7... e4 8. Nfd2 d5 $15 {was best.}) 8. Nbd2 $2 (8. e4 $11 {was right.}) {Now my central expansion will be even more advantageous.} 8... e4 9. Ne1 d5 10. Bb3 $2 (10. Be2 $142 $15) 10... Ndf6 $1 11. c4 Nh6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 {[#]} (12... cxd5 $142) 13. f3 $4 (13. Bxd5 $142 cxd5 14. Qb3 $17) 13... exf3 $4 (13... Nxe3 14. Qe2 Nxf1 $19 {would've won an Exchange but, being over-heated & tired, I just forgot to play it.}) 14. Qxf3 $4 (14. Bxd5 $142 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 cxd5 16. Ndxf3 $17) 14... Qxe3+ $2 {This forces a Q trade but} (14... Nxe3 $142 15. Rf2 (15. Kh1 $143 $2 Bg4) 15... Bxd4 $19) 15. Qxe3+ Nxe3 16. Rf3 (16. Rf2 $142 O-O ({Not} 16... Bxd4 $2 17. Ndf3 Bb6 18. Re2 $16) 17. Ndf3 $17) 16... Bxd4 $19 17. Kh1 Nef5 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Ng5 Kg7 20. Nd3 f6 21. Ne4 {[#]} Bd7 $2 (21... Re8 $142) 22. Bc2 $2 (22. Nec5 $142 Bxc5 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Nxc5 Bc8 25. Re1) 22... Rae8 23. Ng3 $2 (23. Ndc5 $142 Bc8 24. Nb3) 23... Nxg3+ 24. Rxg3 (24. hxg3 $142) 24... Nf5 25. Rf3 (25. Rh3 $142) 25... Ne3 $6 (25... c5 $142) 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxe3 28. h3 Re8 29. Re1 Bb6 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Nf4 Bf7 32. b3 Be3 33. g3 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Bd5+ 35. Kh2 f5 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. h4 h6 38. a4 $2 Be4 39. Bd1 a5 40. Be2 $2 {>= Kf2, here & at turns 42, 43.} Bd5 41. Bd1 Ke6 42. Bc2 $2 h5 43. Bd1 $2 Kd6 44. Kf2 Kc5 45. b4+ (45. Ke3 Kb4 46. Kd4 Bxb3 {is little or no better.}) 45... axb4 46. Ke2 b3 47. Kd2 Kb4 48. Kc1 Kc3 49. Be2 Be4 {White resigned. Time left - Pluviose 27:47, Moldovan 24:01 Estimated time used - Pluviose 31:18, Moldovan 34:59 Longest thinks: White - 3 minutes for 9.Ne1, Black - 7 minutes for 17...Nef5. I passed-up 2 opportunities to play a 2nd game.} 0-1 [Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2018.05.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Vinson, Robert"] [Black "Benitez, Gilberto"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D56"] [WhiteElo "1200"] [BlackElo "1896"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2018.05.03"] [EventRounds "13"] [Source "The Chess Coroner #1315"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Queen's Gambit} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 (5... dxc4 6. e4 {The Anti-Meran Gambit} b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 { was a much sharper alternative. Novelties have been introduced at move 43 in this line, perhaps beyond!}) 6. e3 Nbd7 {[#]} 7. cxd5 {This was better played on the 4th or 5th turn as Black can now recapture with the N, trade some pieces & free his game.} ({I prefer} 7. Qc2 O-O 8. a3 {which was 1st seen in Marshall - Tarrasch : Ostend 1905.}) 7... Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 (10. bxc3 $142 {(Harwar - Kindt : Sas van Gent), strengthening the center & opening the b-line, which is more useful than than the c-file.}) 10... e5 ( 10... O-O $142 {Neikirkh - Gereben : Sopat 1951}) 11. dxe5 (11. d5 $142 $146 cxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Be2) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Qc2 (14. O-O $142 Be6 15. Qc2 {Sommer - Kirst : Bad Duerkheim 1993} Bxa2 $140 $4 16. b3 $18) 14... h6 (14... g6 $142 {Dyner - Dunkelbaum : Ostend 1937}) 15. O-O Be6 { [#]} 16. b3 $2 $146 {This was unnecessary as the a2P is poisoned.} (16. h3 $11 {improves upon the aforementioned & the 4 previous tries.}) 16... Rfd8 17. Rc5 Rd5 $2 (17... Qf6 $142 $1 $15) 18. Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. h3 Rd8 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bf5 (23. Qd3 Qa5 ({The engine prefers} 23... Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Kg8 {but keeping Qs on is more likely.}) 24. Be4 Qxa2 $140 $4 25. Qd8# { was an option.}) 23... Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Kg8 25. Qe4 {This is ok} ({but I'd rather move the K off the 1st row} 25. Kh2) ({or attack Black's Q-side Ps} 25. Qc5) 25... a5 {[#]} 26. a4 $2 {This drops the b3P.} (26. Kh2 $142 $11) 26... Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qxb3 28. Qe8+ $2 (28. Qe7 $142 $16) 28... Kh7 $19 29. Qe4+ g6 30. Qe7 $2 (30. f4 $142) 30... b5 {& Black went on to win.} 0-1

#1314 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - Round 1 Results

The Kenilworth Summer Tournament got underway on last night with a 13 player field.

List of participants, by USCF rating:

1	LM Mark Kernighan	2260
2	NM Mauricio Camejo	2000
3	Gilberto Benitez	1896
4	Dave Lazarus	1872
5	John Moldovan	1816
6	Bob Hunt	1702
7	Geoff McAuliffe	1625
8	Greg Tomkovich	1600
9	Wedley Pluviose	1528
10	Paul Gottlieb	1516
11	Robert Vinson	1200
12	Sam Abujawdeh	unrated
13	Joseph Dovydaitis	unrated

Opening round results, by board number:

1. Lazarus 0-1 Kernighan
    Kernighan 1-0 Lazarus
2. Vinson 0-1 Benitez
    Benitez 1-0 Camejo
3. Pluviose 0-1 Moldovan
4. Hunt 1-0 Gottlieb  (Played with incorrect colors!)
5. Aabujawdeh 1-0 Tomkovich
    Tomkovich 0-1 Abujawdeh


Standings after round 1 of 13:

= 1-3 Kernighan, Benitez, Abujawdeh 2.0
= 4-5. Moldovan, Hunt 1.0
= 6-13. Camejo, Lazarus, McAuliffe, Tomkovich, Pluviose, Gottlieb, Vinson, Dovydaitis 0.0


My win will follow.

Registration is expected to remain open for the entire tournament.

For event details see post #1308.

#1313 Kenilworth Summer Tournament Starts Tonight!

The Kenilworth Summer Tournament starts tonight!

Be there or be square.

#1312 Game From The Westfield Quads

On Sunday, I was a filler in the last round of Westfield's G/45 Quads.

Here is the game:

[Event "Westfield Quads, Extra Game"] [Site "Westfield, NJ"] [Date "2018.04.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Moldovan, John"] [Black "Prestia, Sebastian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "1817"] [BlackElo "1817"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2018.04.29"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Moldovan, John"] [SourceDate "2018.05.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Board 8 G/40+5 (delay) D06 Queen's Gambit Baltic Defense Another terrible game. I missed an opening refutation (7.dxc6! +-), made 5 more mistakes (beginning with 16.Bxd3?), got away with a blunder (26.Bxf5+?? -+) & was winning at the end but taking a draw was best for business & my soul.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 (5. a3 {is a good alternative.}) 5... Nf6 6. e3 Ne4 $6 (6... Bb4 $142 $11) 7. cxd5 $1 Bb4 $4 $146 {[#]} ({He should have played} 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxd5 $14) ({or} 7... exd5 8. Bd3 (8. Qb3 $143 Bb4 {transposing to the game.}) 8... Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 $14) 8. Qb3 $4 (8. dxc6 $1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. Nd2 Bxa1 $2 11. cxb7 $1 (11. Qxa1 bxc6 {also wins.}) 11... Rb8 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Qc6 $18 {was right.}) 8... exd5 9. Bb5 (9. Bd3 $142 Nxc3 $140 $6 10. Bxf5 $14 Ne4+ 11. Kf1 $16) 9... O-O 10. O-O (10. h3 $142) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5 $1 $146 (11... Na5 12. Qb4 c6 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Rfe1 {was played in Milonakis - I. Miladinovic : Chania 1999.}) 12. Bg3 g4 $6 {This wins an Exchange} ({but} 12... Na5 $142 13. Qb2 a6 $11) 13. Nh4 Nd2 14. Qd1 Nxf1 15. Nxf5 Qg5 {[#]} 16. Bxc7 $2 (16. Bxf1 $142 Qxf5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Qb1 $14) 16... Qxf5 17. Bd3 $2 (17. Bxf1 $142 $44) 17... Qd7 $6 (17... Nxe3 $142 $1 18. Bxf5 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 h5 $17) 18. Bf4 Nxh2 (18... Nxe3 $142 $1 19. Bxe3 f5 $15) 19. Kxh2 f5 $2 (19... Ne7 $142 $15) 20. Kg3 $2 (20. Qa4 $142 $44) 20... h5 $2 (20... Ne7 $142 $17) 21. Qh1 $44 Qh7 22. Qh4 Kf7 $2 (22... Ne7 $142 ) 23. Rh1 $2 (23. c4 $142 $16) 23... Rh8 $4 (23... Ne7 $142 $14) 24. Qg5 $4 ( 24. c4 $142 $18) 24... Ke6 $2 (24... h4+ $142 $1 25. Kh2 (25. Rxh4 $143 Qxh4+ 26. Qxh4 Rxh4 27. Kxh4 Kf6 $17) 25... Rhg8 26. Qxf5+ Qxf5 27. Bxf5 Ne7 $15) 25. c4 Rag8 $4 {[#]} (25... h4+ $142 26. Kh2 Rag8 27. cxd5+ Kxd5 28. Qf6 Qg6 29. Qxg6 Rxg6 $16) 26. Bxf5+ $4 (26. cxd5+ $142 Kxd5 27. e4+ $3 (27. Qh4 $143 Qe7 28. Rc1 Qxh4+ 29. Kxh4 {though that is winning, as well.}) 27... Kxd4 28. Qf6+ $8 Kxd3 29. Qd6+ $18) 26... Kf7 $4 ({After} 26... Qxf5 {& White can resign as the intended deflection} 27. cxd5+ {is simply refuted by} Qxd5) 27. Bxh7 $18 Rxg5 28. Bxg5 Rxh7 29. cxd5 {White offers a draw.} Nb4 {Black declines.} 30. d6 $6 (30. e4 $142) 30... Ke6 31. Be7 $6 (31. e4 $142) 31... Nc6 32. Rb1 b6 33. Rc1 (33. Bg5 $142 Kxd6 34. Rb5) 33... Nxe7 34. dxe7 Rxe7 35. Kh4 (35. Rc6+ $142 Kf5 (35... Kd5 $143 36. Rh6) 36. Kh4) 35... Kf5 $6 (35... Kd5 $142) 36. Rc6 ({ Not} 36. Kxh5 $4 Rh7#) 36... Rh7 (36... Ke4 $142) 37. d5 $6 (37. f3 $142) 37... Ke5 38. d6 Rd7 39. Kxh5 {White offers a draw.} Rxd6 $2 {Black declines.} (39... Rf7 $142) 40. Rxd6 Kxd6 41. Kxg4 b5 42. Kf3 {Black offers a draw. White accepts. Game drawn by agreement. Time left - Moldovan 2:14, Prestia 2:45 Estimated time used - 41:16, Prestia 40:45 Longest thinks: White - 9 minutes for 16.Bxc7? Black - 7 minutes for 25...Rag8?} 1/2-1/2

#1311 White Wins Kenilworth Consultation Game

The White team of LM Mark Kernighan, Ed Selling, Paul Gottlieb and Joseph Dovydaitis won the Kenilworth Consultation Game held April 12-19.

Here is the complete game, with notes:

[Event "Kenilworth Consultation Game"] [Site "Kenilworth, NJ"] [Date "2018.04"] [Round "?"] [White "The White Team"] [Black "The Black Team"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [Annotator "Moldovan,John"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2018.04.12"] [EventType "game"] [SourceDate "2018.05.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.03"] {Players participating on 4/12: WHITE: NM Mark Kernighan (2257), Ed Selling (1845), Paul Gottlieb (1516), Joseph Dovydaitis (---) BLACK: Gilberto Benitez (1896), John Moldovan (1817), Bob Hunt (1702), Greg Tomkovich (1600) Time Control: G/100+15 (delay) D56 Queen's Gambit Lasker's Defense Deferred} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 (3... Bb4 {& a Nimzo-Indian was considered.}) 4. Bg5 Be7 (4... Nbd7) ({&} 4... c6 { , with options that include the Manhattan & Cambridge Springs Defenses, are the main alternatives.}) 5. e3 h6 (5... Ne4 $143 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nge2 $14) 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 {[#]} ({RR} 7... b6 {Tartakower's Defense} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 $2 (14. Be2 $142 $11) 14... Qb7 $1 $146 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Qxc5 Na6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Qa3 Qc4 $15 {J. Timman - Geller : Hilversum 1973, 0-1 (36)}) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 $8 ({Not} 8... Nxc3 $2 9. Bxd8 Nxd1 10. Be7 {& Black loses material:} Nxb2 $8 11. Bxf8 Kxf8) 9. Nxe4 {?! Stoyko, HIARCS Chess Explorer} ({RR} 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3 Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 26. Ra3 Bb7 27. Nb3 Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nc4 e5 30. e4 f5 $11 {Topalov - Anand : World Championship (m/12) Sofia 2010, 0-1 (56)}) 9... dxe4 10. Nd2 e5 (10... f5 $142 {! Stoyko} 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 a5 {Kartsev - Duengen : Ruhrgebiet 1999}) 11. d5 ({Not} 11. Nxe4 $2 exd4 12. Qxd4 $2 Rd8 $19 {Aguiar - Suarez : Villaguay 2016}) 11... Bf5 {?! Stoyko} (11... f5 $142 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Be2 Nf6 14. O-O-O c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. c5 $2 (16. Rhg1 $142 $11) 16... Be6 17. Ba6 Rab8 18. a3 Nd5 $15 19. b4 $4 Rxb4 $3 $19 20. axb4 $2 Nxb4 {Kernighan - Stoyko : Mount Arlington 2005, 0-1 (29)}) 12. g3 (12. g4 $142 {Komodo 11, Stockfish 9}) (12. Nb1 $5 $146 {Houdini 6}) 12... Nd7 (12... Bg6 $142 {Komodo 11, Houdini 6}) (12... Bh7 {Stockfish 9}) 13. Bg2 {[#]} Nf6 $146 (13... Qb4 $143 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxa2 20. Rxb7 $16 {A. Santos - De Jesus : correspondence, Brazil 1995}) ({&} 13... Nc5 14. O-O a5 {Duval - Sauve : Montlucon 2011} 15. Qc2 $14) (13... Bg6 $142 $146 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 Qb4+ {0.00/22 Stockfish 9} 15. Qd2 Qxc4) 14... Bxe4 {0.01/31 Komodo 11.01 64-bit & 0.16/24 Houdini 6.02 x64} 15. Nxe4 Qb4+ 16. Nd2 Qxb2 $11) ({&} 13... Rac8 $146) 14. Qc2 Qd6 $2 (14... Rac8 $142 {Suggested by Hunt.} 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb4+ 18. Kf1 f5 19. Qc2 c6 $44) 15. O-O c6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 cxd5 {[#] Game adjourned. White sealed his 18th move. Time remaining - White 22:12, Black 61: 13 The game was resumed on April 19th.} {All the players from week 1 returned. Wedley Pluviose & Geoff McAuliffe joined the Black team.} 18. Bxd5 {The sealed move.} ({After} 18. cxd5 $2 Rac8 19. Qd3 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc5 21. Rfd1 Rd8 { Black restores the material balance & equalizes.}) 18... Nxd5 19. Qd3 ({Not} 19. Rfd1 $2 Nxe3 $1 $11) ({nor} 19. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $11) ({but} 19. Qd2 {was an option.}) 19... e4 20. Qxd5 ({If} 20. Qd4 {then} Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Rac8 {with the idea of} 22. cxd5 Rc5 23. Qxe4 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc1 Rd2 { & Black should have enough activity to draw.}) 20... Qxd5 21. cxd5 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. f3 exf3 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Kxf3 Re8 27. Rd3 Re5 28. Rc8 Kf6 29. Rf8+ Ke7 30. Rb8 Kd6 {Time check - White 4:53, Black 21:10} 31. Ra3 { This caught us by surprise.} b6 {Best, but we used WAYYY too much time (13:47) deciding upon it.} ({A prompt} 31... Rxd5 {My original intention.} 32. Rxa7 Rb5 33. b3 Ke5 {would've been wiser.}) 32. Ra8 Ree7 33. Kf4 g6 (33... Kxd5 34. Kxf5 Kc6 {was more circumspect.}) 34. Rh8 $2 (34. h4 $142 Kxd5 35. Rh8 $16) 34... Rh7 35. Rxh7 $6 {Keeping both pairs of Rs on was preferable.} Rxh7 36. e4 fxe4 37. Kxe4 Re7+ 38. Kd4 Re2 39. Rxa7 Rxb2 40. Rg7 Rxh2 $2 (40... Rb4+ $142 $1 41. Ke3 g5 $1 42. Rg6+ Kxd5 43. Rxh6 Ke5 $44) 41. Rxg6+ Kc7 42. Rg7+ Kd6 43. Rg6+ Kc7 {Black offers a draw. Time remaining - White 0:26, Black 4:05} 44. a4 { [#] White declines.} h5 $4 (44... Ra2 $142 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. Rxb6 Rxa4+ $14 { was correct.}) {Now, with Black down to 1:44, the game deteriorates into a blitz battle & is no longer of interest but, for the sake of completeness, here's the rest:} 45. Rc6+ Kb7 46. Ke5 Rg2 $2 (46... h4 $142 47. g4 (47. gxh4 $4 Rxh4 $44) 47... Re2+) 47. Rh6 $4 (47. Rc3 $142 $18) 47... Rxg3 48. Rxh5 Ra3 $2 (48... Rg7 $142 $44 {& draws.}) 49. Rh7+ $18 Kc8 50. Rh4 $6 (50. Ke6 $142) 50... Re3+ 51. Kd6 Kb7 52. Kd7 Ka6 $2 (52... Rg3 $142 53. d6 $140 $4 Rg7+ $16) 53. d6 Rd3 54. Ke7 Re3+ 55. Kd8 Kb7 56. d7 Rd3 57. Ke7 Re3+ 58. Kd6 Rd3+ 59. Ke6 Re3+ 60. Kd6 Rd3+ 61. Ke7 Re3+ 62. Kd8 Rd3 63. Re4 Rg3 64. Rf4 Rd3 65. Rf7 Rd4 66. Ke8 Re4+ 67. Re7 Rh4 68. d8=Q+ {Black resigns. Time remaining - White 0:01, Black 0:16} 1-0