[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Tang, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1389"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.06.01"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #1251"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.04"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{#1 of 2 simultaneous games Board 1 G/55+5 (delay) A04 Bird's Opening} 1. e3 c5
2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 (3... g6 {preventing the game's b3, is a good alternative.}) 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Bd6 $5 ({Random game
fragment:} 5... Be7 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 Qxc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 $11 {Moldovan
- Sokolosky : G/7, Kenilworth 9/11/2008}) 6. Nc3 $146 (6. Bb5 {was played in
Pashkin - Gorynin : Nizhnij Novgorod 2014.}) 6... O-O 7. Nb5 {(?!)} (7. Be2
$142 a6 8. O-O) 7... Bb8 {[#]} 8. Be2 $2 (8. g3 $1 a6 9. Nc3 {would've
maintained the balance.}) 8... a6 9. Na3 b5 $2 (9... d5 $142 $15) 10. c4 bxc4 (
10... b4 11. Nc2 a5 {which I expected} 12. d4 cxd4 13. Ncxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ba7
{is also fine.}) 11. Nxc4 Bc7 (11... d5 $142 12. Nce5 Ne7) 12. O-O d5 $2 (12...
Bb7 $142 $11) 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 $2 (14. fxe5 $142 Nd7 15. Rc1 $14) 14...
d4 $2 (14... Bb7 $142 15. Bf3 Nd7 $11) 15. Bf3 Nd5 $8 16. exd4 Qd6 $4 {[#]} (
16... cxd4 $142 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Rc1 Nxf4 19. Ba3 Bd6 $8 20. Ne5 Bxe5 $8 21.
Bxf8 Rb8 22. Ba3 f6 $14) 17. dxc5 $2 (17. Ba3 $18 Bb6 $140 $2 18. Nc4 {
would've won.}) 17... Qxc5+ 18. d4 Qd6 19. Bxd5 $2 (19. g3 $142 $16 {
consolidating.}) 19... Qxd5 20. Qf3 Bb7 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Rac1 Bd6 $6 (22...
Rfc8 $142 $11) 23. Nd7 Rfd8 24. Nb6 Rab8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. f5 $14 f6 (26... a5
$142 $14) 27. Rc6 a5 28. Re1 $6 (28. Bc3 $142 $16) 28... Bb4 $2 (28... a4 $142
29. Re3 Bf4 $14) 29. Ree6 Rdc8 30. Kf2 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Bf8 (31... Re8 $142) 32.
Kf3 $2 (32. Bc3 $142 $16) 32... a4 33. Rc3 Rb4 $4 {[#]} (33... Bb4 $142 34. Re3
Bd6 35. h4 Kf7 $14) 34. Ke3 $4 ({Missed win #2:} 34. Ba3 $1 $18 Rxd4 $2 35. Rc8
{threatening mate & winning a piece.}) 34... Rb8 35. Rd3 (35. Kf3 $142) 35...
Re8+ (35... g6 $142) 36. Kf3 Rb8 37. Bc1 axb3 $6 (37... Rc8 $142 38. Be3 g6 $14
) 38. Rxb3 Ra8 $2 (38... Rc8 $142 39. Be3 g6) 39. a3 $2 (39. Rb5 $142 $1 Rxa2 (
39... Rd8 $143 $2 40. a4 $18) 40. Rxd5 $16) 39... Ra4 40. Ke3 Rc4 $6 (40... g6
$142 41. Bb2 Bd6 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. h4 $14) 41. Rc3 $4 {&, rather than wait for
41...Rxc3+, I immediately resigned. Time left - Moldovan 13:41, Tang 21:48
Estimated time used - Moldovan 44:44, Tang 37:32 Longest thinks: White - 4
minutes for 28.Re1?! & 37.Bc1 Black - 6 minutes for 37...axb3?!} (41. Bd2 $142
$16) 0-1
[Event "Kenilworth Summer Tournament"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ruales, Luis"]
[Black "Moldovan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "661"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "Moldovan,John"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.06.01"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #1251"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{#2 of 2 simultaneous games Board 2 G/55+5 (delay) A40 Modern Defense} 1. d4 g6
2. g4 $5 {[#] This Grob-like move is very unusual but seems quite playable.} d6
3. Bf4 $2 $146 {Overlooking the attack on g4.} ({Tactical defense, with} 3. Bg2
$1 Bxg4 $140 $2 (3... Bg7 $11) 4. Bxb7 {Winning an Exchange} Nd7 5. Bxa8 Qxa8
6. f3 {, was the correct follow-up.}) 3... Bxg4 4. h3 Bd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 (6.
Qd2 $142 {but, even then, White has little, if any, compensation for his loss.}
) 6... Nf6 7. Bg2 Qc8 (7... Nc6 $142 {straight-away}) 8. Nf3 (8. Nge2 $142 {
keeping the Bg2's view un-obstructed.}) 8... O-O 9. Nh4 $2 (9. Qd2 $142 $17)
9... Nc6 (9... c5 $142 {but Black is already winning, regardless.}) 10. Qe2 Re8
(10... e5 $142 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bh2 e4) 11. O-O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bg5 Bc6
{[#]} 14. f3 $2 (14. Rdg1 $142) 14... Qe6 $2 ({Much} 14... Nh5 $142) 15. b3 $4
(15. f4 $142 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Nc4 17. f5) 15... Ned7 (15... h6 $142 16. Bf4 (16.
Bxf6 $143 Qxf6 17. Rd4 Nd7) 16... Nh5 17. Bh2 Nd7) 16. Rd3 $2 (16. e4 $142)
16... Nc5 17. Rd4 (17. e4 $142) 17... Nfd7 (17... Nh5 $142) 18. Rhd1 Bxd4 (
18... h6 $142 19. Bf4 g5) 19. Rxd4 (19. exd4 $142 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Rxe2 21. Bf1
Ree8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Kb2) 19... a5 (19... Qe5 $142 20. Bf4 $140 Qf6 21. Bg3 (
21. Qf2 $143 Ne6) 21... Ne6 22. Rd3 g5) 20. a4 (20. e4 $142) 20... Kg7 $2 (
20... Qe5 $142) 21. Rf4 $2 (21. e4 $142) 21... Qxe3+ {[#]} 22. Kd1 $2 (22. Qxe3
$142 Rxe3 23. Rxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxe3) {Now I win more material.} 22... Qxe2+ (
22... Qxc3 $142 {but trading Qs isn't bad & I still pick-up a piece.}) 23. Nxe2
f6 {White's cleric is trapped.} 24. Nf5+ $2 ({>= resigns or} 24. Rg4 fxg5 25.
Rxg5) 24... gxf5 25. h4 $2 (25. Bh4 $142 Rxe2 26. Kxe2 Ne6 27. Rc4 (27. Rxf5 $2
Nd4+) 27... Ne5 28. Rc3) 25... fxg5 26. hxg5 {At this point I blundered in &
lost the other game.} Ne5 27. Rh4 $2 (27. Rxf5 $142) 27... Bxf3 28. Rh6 $2 {
This leaves the Bg2 hanging & endangers the R.} (28. Bxf3 $142 Nxf3 29. Rf4)
28... Bxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Nf7+ 30. Kf3 $2 {This drops the R, instead of an Exchange
& P.} (30. Kf2 $142 Nxh6 31. gxh6+ Kxh6) 30... Nxg5+ 31. Kg3 Kxh6 {White
resigns. Time left - Ruales , Moldovan Estimated time used - Ruales ,
Moldovan Longest thinks: White - 6 minutes for 24.Nf5+ Black - 3 minutes for
15...Ned7 & 16...Nc5} 0-1
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