[Event "Garden State Chess League 2015-16"]
[Site "West Orange, NJ"]
[Date "2015.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moldovan, John"]
[Black "Klemm, Vince"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.10.06"]
[Source "John Moldovan"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.12"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenilworth"]
[BlackTeam "Summit"]

{Board 1  G/75+5 (delay)  A55 Old Indian Defense  Fianchetto Variation} 1. d4 (
{In our 1st meeting, back in April, I opened with} 1. Nf3 {& we went into a
Symmetrical English.}) 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 ({I expected} 2... g6 3. c4 Bg7 4.
Nc3 d5 {transposing into a Gruenfeld.}) 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 (5. e4 Be7
6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O) ({&} 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 {are other ways to play.}) 5... Be7 ({
I would have rather seen} 5... g6 {& a K's Indian.}) 6. Bg2 c6 7. e4 (7. Qc2
O-O $140 8. O-O {+ Rd1, a la Romanishin, was a good alternative.}) (7. O-O e4
8. Nd2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 {(Lisitsin - Shamkovich : Leningrad 1955) was a
3rd possibility.}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 {This is okay} ({but} 9. h3 {
(! HIARCS 14 book)}) ({or} 9. Qc2 {, keeping the R on f1, with an eye towards
a future f2-f4, is more natural.}) 9... Re8 10. b3 ({I considered} 10. h3 {
, preparing Be3, but, with R on e1, that didn't make much sense.}) 10... a6 11.
Bb2 {Diagram [#]} b6 ({>= the thematic} 11... b5 $146) 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. d5 {
Played after a 6 minute thought.} c5 {Now we have a Czech Benoni formation.} {
An extended period of re-grouping follows. To be honest, I had no idea what
the hell I was doing & used 37 minutes for my next 12 moves.} 14. Qd3 $146 (14.
Nh4 g6 15. Rf1 $2 (15. Bf1 $142 $14) {was played in Kovaleva - Funtikov :
Odessa 2008 & Black could have equalized with} 15... b5 {.}) 14... Bf8 15. Rc2
g6 16. Rce2 Bg7 17. Nd2 Re7 18. Bc1 Rf8 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. Nf1 h6 21. Ne3 Kh7 22.
Ng2 Nb8 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. f3 Qh3 25. Ne3 h5 {At this point I had just 20
minutes left vs. my opponent's 52.} 26. Rg2 Rh8 $4 {Diagram [#]} (26... Bh6
$142 $14) 27. Ncd1 $4 (27. g4 $3 {, threatening to trap Klemm's Q with 28.Rg3
Qh4 29.Ng2, would have won.}) 27... Qc8 28. Nf2 Qe8 29. a4 a5 30. Bd2 $6 (30.
Nc2 $142 Na6 31. Bg5 $14) 30... Na6 31. Nh3 (31. Nc2 $142) 31... Nb4 32. Qe2
Bh6 33. Rc1 Kg7 34. Nc2 Bxd2 35. Qxd2 Nd7 $6 (35... Qc8 $142 36. Nf2 h4 $11)
36. Nxb4 $2 {This gives Black the c5 square.} (36. Na3 $142 $14) 36... cxb4 $11
37. Nf2 Nc5 38. Rb1 f6 39. Nd3 Nd7 {Diagram [#] Black offers a draw.  White
accepts.  Game drawn by agreement.    Time left - Moldovan 12:06, Klemm 34:45 
Estimated time used - Moldovan 66:13, Klemm 43:30    Longest think by White -
9 minutes for 24.f3  Longest think by Black - 5 minutes for 26...Rh8??    With
the half-point from this game, Summit clinched the match. The final score was
3.5-0.5.} 1/2-1/2