Kistler wins title match 2-0 over Prieto
[Event “2012 WCC Championship Match”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2012.12.04”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Prieto, Adolfo”]
[Black “Kistler, Dr. David”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A61”]
[WhiteElo “1900”]
[BlackElo “2035”]
[Annotator “,O”]
[PlyCount “70”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bh6 Bf8 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. e4 (12. e3 {
a better option that keeps the Black King Knight off f4}) 12… Kg7 13. g3 {
played to keep the Knight from f4} 13… Re8 14. Nd2 a6 15. Be2 {
The Bishop belongs on g3. Placing it on e2 offers a target.} (15. Bg2 b5 16.
Qc2 b4 17. Nd1 {and 18. 0-0}) 15… Nhf6 16. h3 {
still thinking about Black’s Knight infiltrating at g4.} 16… b5 17.
Qc2 ({an interesting exchange of} 17. Bxb5 Nb6 18. Bxe8 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 Qe7 20.
Bc2 Rb8 21. Rb1 Nxe4 22. Ndxe4 f5 23. O-O {
gives the overwhelming edge to Black.}) 17… Bb7 {
placing great pressure on Whites e and d pawns.} 18. f3 {
White spent nearly 20 minutes on this move.} 18… Qe7 19. Nf1 Nb6 20. Rh2 Qd7
{….and Black returns the favor. White has 46 minutes remaining and Black 49.}
21. Nd1 Rac8 22. Nde3 c4 23. Qc3 Qe7 24. Ng4 Nbd7 25. Qe3 Kh8 26. Qd4 {
White thought during post game analysis that his Queen would be better placed
on c3 backed by the b pawn.} (26. Qc3 Kg7) 26… Kg8 27. Nfe3 Ne5 28. Nh6+ Kh8
29. g4 {White needs to get the Queen Rook into the game:} (29. Rd1) 29… Qf8
30. g5 Nh5 {White admitted that he overlooked this Knight move. White has
allowed himself to get into time pressure again. White has just 19 minutes
left to Black’s 35 minutes.} 31. f4 ? {
Thinking that Black’s Knight will be pinned to the distant f pawn.} 31… Nxf4
32. Rf2 Qg7 33. Nhf5 ?? (33. Kd1 {gets the King out of the line of fire.} 33…
Nxe2 34. Kxe2) 33… gxf5 34. Nxf5 Ned3+ 35. Bxd3 Qxd4
36. White resigns the game and match. (game 0-1, match 0-2)
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