GAME 2-Dec 6,2011
Mr. Prieto, playing white in game two, seemed surprised by Dr. Kistler’s “Old Benoni” defense to 1.d4 with 1…c5. By move 11, an even position had settled in. By move 22, Mr. Prieto had built a slight positional edge, holding the center while Dr. Kistler‘s bishops countered with their long-range control. However, as we have all experienced, the superior position disappear in a heartbeat. Mr. Prieto’s move 23. f4 followed later by 25. fxg5 seemed to overreach and the battle was on. It appeared Dr. Kistler would exploit yet another seemingly logical attacking move and sweep the tournament. Dr. Kistler had the potential killer move of 23….d5 24. Ne5 Re6 25. fxg5, and now the punishing pawn move 25…d4 would force the White Queen Knight to the back rank. Now 26….hxg5 27 Bxg5 liberates Black’s Queen with 27…Qd5 and White’s King position would be under great stress.
Not so fast! In a tactical position nightmare Dr. Kistler’s capture 25. hxg5 allowed White to escape certain disaster and regain a brief advantage. Time pressure took a great toll on both players in this seesaw game as both erred down the stretch. Black missed the opportunity to invade with his Rook by 36…Nf6 37 Rg5 Rd2 and then on the move 39…b5? which again should have been 39….Nf6, he lost a piece to the Knight fork. White, also suffering time pressure with less than 3 minutes on his clock missed the win, giving back the piece with 45. Nxc5 Bd4+. White, under heavy time pressure accepted Black’s draw offer, leaving Dr. Kistler 1 draw from another title.
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[Event “2011 WCC Championship”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2011.12.6”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Prieto, Adolfo”]
[Black “Kistler, Dave”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bg5 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 13. Bf4 a6 14. a4 Re8 15.
Rfe1 b6 16. Nd2 Re7 17. Nc4 Ne8 18. Qg3 Rd7 19. e5 g5 20. Bd2 Bb7 21. e6 fxe6
22. dxe6 Re7 23. f4 d5 24. Ne5 Rxe6 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Qc7 27. Bf4 d4 28.
Nf3 Qc6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Nf6 33. Re5 Re8 34. Rg5
Ne4 35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. Rxg4 Kh7 37. Rh4+ Kg6 38. Rg4+ Kf7 39. Bc7 b5 40. Rxe4
Rxe4 41. Ng5+ Ke7 42. Nxe4 d3 43. axb5 axb5 44. Ba5 Bxb2 45. Nxc5 Bd4+ 46. Kf1
Bxc5 47. Ke1 Be3[/pgn]
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