Thursday, May 03, 2018

#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

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