[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
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