[Event "Garden State Chess League 2015-16 "]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "O'Connor, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[Annotator "Moldovan, John"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.06"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenilworth"]
[BlackTeam "Newark-McDonald's"]

{Board 2  G/75+5 (delay)  E33 Nimzo-Indian Defense  Classical Variation 
Milner-Barry Variation  (by transposition)} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 (3...
e5 $143 $6 4. d5 e4 5. dxc6 exf3 {Moldovan - O'Connor : Varneckas Memorial,
Rahway 11/23/2013 (A50 2 Ns Tango, 1/2-1/2 in 15, not published as yet)} 6.
cxb7 Bxb7 7. exf3 $14) 4. Nc3 (4. a3 {[%cal Rf8b4] , preventing game's reply,
is good, too. Here are 3 examples from my play:} d5 (4... d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4
Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 {!? Stohl} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 $146 Nh5 $6 (10... e5
$142 $1 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Nxd8 13. Bxe5 Nxe4 $1 14. Nxe4 Bxe5 15. Nxe5
Rxe5 $11) 11. Be3 f5 12. d5 $14 {Moldovan - "smallblackcat" : May Mania, FICS
6/7/2011 (E10 Tango, 1-0 in 31)}) 5. Nc3 (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 h6 8.
Bh4 $146 Be6 (8... Ne4 $142 9. Bxe7 $140 Nxe7) 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Qd7 $6 (10...
Na5 $142 {=/+/=}) 11. O-O $14 {Moldovan - guestngrb : G/20+5, Chess Any Time
12/25/2010 (D35 Q's Gambit, 1-0 in 27)}) 5... Ne4 $5 6. Qc2 (6. e3 $142 $1 $14)
6... Nxc3 7. Qxc3 a5 8. Bf4 $146 Bd6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. e3 a4 11. Bd3 Na5 12. c5
Be7 $2 (12... Bxg3 $142 13. hxg3 h6 $11) 13. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Ya4,Yh7][%cal
Gd3h7,Gc2a4]} g6 $6 14. Qxa4 Bd7 15. Qc2 Qe8 $2 16. Bxc7 $18 {Moldovan - Li :
Dr. Machan's Super Swiss #5 (non-rated game) Rahway 9/12/2015 (D37 Q's Gambit,
1-0 in 84, not published as yet)}) 4... Bb4 5. Qc2 {This position is often
reached via 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3.} ({I played} 5. Bg5 {
a couple of times in the late 1990's but haven't done so since. FWIW, here are
snippets from those games.} h6 (5... O-O 6. Qc2 h6 (6... Be7 $143 7. a3 $146 h6
{Moldovan - Shiffman : Casual Game, Springfield 2/28/1999 (1-0 in 32)} 8. Bf4
$14 ({or} 8. Bh4) (8. Bd2) (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e3)) 7. Bh4 $5 (7. Bd2 d5 $11) 7...
d6 (7... g5 $143 8. Bg3 g4 9. Nd2 Nxd4 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. h3 $14) 8. e3 e5 $11) 6.
Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 9. d5 $146 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Na5 $11 {Moldovan -
Cavaliere : Casual Game, Springfield 8/9/1998 (0-1 in 37)}) 5... d5 {!? Golod
Diagram [#]} ({Most, including myself, prefer} 5... d6 {/\ ...e5. In fact,
Palliser's excellent "Tango" (Everyman, 2005) doesn't even mention 5...d5.}) 6.
Bg5 $5 {This invites Black to grab a P.} (6. e3 {[%csl Gc4] , protecting c4,
is the most common continuation.}) 6... O-O (6... dxc4 $142 7. e3 Qd5 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 11. Ne4 Ke7 {Dao - Kiss : Hungary 1995 although
Komodo 9.1 claims} 12. Be2 {is still +/=. Houdini 4 says White has
compensation. Who should we believe?}) ({ECO only cites} 6... h6 7. Bxf6 ({
The d4 P drops after} 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 g4) 7... Qxf6 8. e3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10.
O-O Bd6 11. Rad1 e5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bd6 16. f5
Qg5 17. Rf3 $14 {Shabalov - Sokolin : New York 1993. Why that is so, I can't
understand. ...dxc4 is the 1st reply that comes to mind.}) 7. e3 {Now, due to
his misplaced Nc6, Black has an inferior Q's Gambit-like position.} h6 8. Bh4
g5 $5 {This may be okay but moving the Ps in front of his K isn't necessary or
advantageous.} ({Was} 8... a6 9. a3 Be7 {(Formanek - Feinberg : U.S. Open,
Chicago 1989) /\ ...dxc4 so bad?}) 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bd3 f5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
{Diagram [#]} Qe7 $146 ({Previously seen here were:} 12... Qf6 $2 13. Bxc7 $16
Bd7 $2 14. h4 g4 15. Ne5 $18 {Boehm - Plate : correspondence, Germany 2008}) ({
&} 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Kg7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. c4 $16 {Shyam - Saravana : Gurgon
2009.}) 13. Ne5 {This threatens to win Exchange with Ng6} ({but} 13. O-O $142)
13... Nxe5 $6 (13... Nxg3 $142 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. hxg3 Kg7 $14) 14. Bxe5 Nd6 15.
Qe2 $6 (15. cxd5 $142 exd5 16. O-O $16 {but I didn't want to give his bad B
more scope.}) (15. c5 $143 $2 Nf7 16. Bg3 b6 $132) 15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 {
This makes my dark-squared cleric a monster.} (16... Nf7 $142 {trying to trade
it off.}) 17. Qxc4 {Diagram [#]} c5 $2 {This just gives a center P away} (17...
b6 $142 $14) 18. dxc5 Qf7 $2 (18... Rd8 $142 $16) 19. h4 $1 {The consequences
of Black's over-aggressive 8th move are made clear.} Qh5 20. Rh2 $2 {Too cute.}
(20. c6 $1 {was simpler & stronger.}) 20... g4 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Qf4 (22. f3 $142
) 22... Kh7 {Black offers a draw.} 23. Rd6 $2 {White declines but loosens his
grip.} (23. Qa4 $142 {[%cal Rc8d7,Rb7b6,Rb7b5] /\ Rd6 + Rh1}) ({or} 23. f3)
23... h5 $2 ({Why not} 23... Bd7 $16 {?}) 24. Qd4 b6 $2 (24... Qe7 $142) 25. c6
Qg6 26. Qf4 Ba6 27. Rd7+ Rf7 {Diagram [#] By this time my team had already
lost the match (we were down 2.5-0.5) and I wasn't concentrating to the
fullest. So, the rest is sloppy.} 28. Qd4 $6 (28. Rd6 $142) 28... Bb5 (28...
Raf8 $142) 29. Qd6 Rc8 30. Rxf7+ $6 (30. Rd8 $142) 30... Qxf7 31. c7 Qg6 $2 {
This will end-up costing Black his R.} (31... Qd7 $142 32. Qxd7+ Bxd7 {but
after} 33. f3 {I'd have any easy mop-up.}) 32. Qe7+ $1 Kg8 $8 ({If} 32... Kh6 {
then} 33. Bf4+ Qg5 34. hxg5+ Kg6 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. Rh8#) 33. Qd8+
$1 Be8 (33... Rxd8 $142 34. cxd8=Q+ Kf7) (33... Qe8 $143 34. Qg5+ Qg6 35. Qxg6+
Kf8 36. Bd6#) 34. Qxc8 f4 {Diagram [#]} 35. Bxf4 $4 (35. Kd2 {wins without
much drama. For example:} g3 36. Qd8 $1 gxh2 37. c8=Q Kf8 38. Qb7 h1=Q 39.
Qde7+ Kg8 40. Qg7+ Qxg7 41. Qxg7#) 35... Qb1+ 36. Kd2 Qb2+ $4 (36... Qa2+ {
forces a draw. Was Black playing for more?}) {He now chases my K to the 7th
rank & nabs my Q but I end-up winning the game!} 37. Kd3 Qb1+ 38. Kd4 Qd1+ 39.
Ke5 Qd5+ 40. Kf6 Qf5+ 41. Ke7 Qf8+ 42. Kxe6 Bf7+ (42... Qf7+ $143 $2 43. Ke5
Qg7+ 44. Kd5 Qf7+ 45. Qe6) 43. Kd7 Be6+ 44. Kxe6 Qxc8+ 45. Ke7 {Black offers a
draw before moving.} Kg7 46. Rh1 {White declines. Once my K finds shelter &
the R gets back into play the game will be over.} Qf8+ 47. Kd7 Qf5+ 48. Kc6
Qc5+ (48... Qe4+ $142 49. Kb5 Qb7 50. Rd1 a6+ 51. Kb4 {was a better try.}) 49.
Kb7 Qd5+ 50. Kb8 {Diagram [#] Black resigns.    Time left - Moldovan 1:33,
O'Connor 0:01  Estimated time used - Moldovan 77:37, O'Connor 79:09    Longest
think by White - 8 minutes for 15.Qe2?!  Longest thinks by Black - 8 minutes
for 15...dxc4 & 23...h5?    This was my 1st win over Michael, after a loss & 2
draws.} (50. Kb8 Qxg2 51. c8=Q Qxh1 52. Be5+ Kf7 53. Qb7+ {was one possible
conclusion.}) 1-0

