[Event "Kenilworth Chess Club Championship"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ"]
[Date "2005.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Black "Goeller, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "Goeller,Michael"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 {This is called The Smyslov Variation or
Smyslov System, after the former World Champion who had good results with it. 
A recent article in New in Chess Yearbook suggests that it should be taken
seriously.  But I think it is rather tame and when I saw Mark play it against
Demetrick earlier in the tournament, I started to think about playing the
King's Indian against him.  I had put together a good bit of research on the
line and was going to prepare well for our game, but I had expected we would
not meet until the following week....} c5 $1 {I think this is best, though
Black can probably play a wide variety of things.  But I tend to like an early
...c5 whenever White develops his Bishop so early to g5 -- as in the
Trompowski (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5!)} (4... O-O 5. Nf3 d6 (5... h6 $1 6. Bf4 g5 $5
7. Bg3 d6 8. e3 Nh5 $13) 6. Qd2 $1 (6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 $11) 6... c5
7. dxc5 $5 dxc5 8. Rd1 $13) (4... d6 {is considered the main line.} 5. Nf3 h6
$1 6. Bf4 Nc6 $1 7. h3 Nd7 $5 {was one thing I considered trying on Mark}) (
4... h6 $5 5. Bf4 c5) 5. Nf3 ({Mark had played} 5. dxc5 Qa5 $11 {
in a game with Massey, though I was not aware until Mark told me after.} ({
I had prepared} 5... Na6 $142 $1 $15)) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 (6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd2 h6
$11 {has been played}) 6... Nc6 7. Nxc6 $5 {and here ends my preparation.... 
Glad I did not get to waste another week on preparing, since I probably never
would have looked at this specific line.} (7. e3 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd2 $11) (
7. c5 $5) 7... bxc6 $11 {and I like Black's long-term chances with the
preponderance of pawns and open b-file.} 8. Qd2 h6 $1 {this move seems
necessary at some point in this line, though it can commit Black to a later ...
g5.  Though it might weaken the kingside, Black does usually get the Bishop
pair out of it.} 9. Bf4 {I expected this retreat rather than the more typical
Bh4, since Mark had played it before.} Qa5 10. e4 g5 $5 (10... d6) 11. Bg3 $6 (
11. Be3 $142 Ng4 12. Bd4 e5 $1 ({both Mark and I had examined the line} 12...
Ne5 $5 {which Mark did not like because Black threatens c5! -- but I did not
like it either because of} 13. c5 $1 d6 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Be2 $14 {
-- I am not sure I would have played ...e5! instead}) 13. Be3 Rb8 $1 14. Rb1 (
14. Be2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O $15) 14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bf8 $1 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Qf3
Qd8 18. O-O d6 19. Na4 Bd4 $15) 11... Nh5 12. Be2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Rb8 14. O-O O-O
{A bit stereotyped -- and as my analysis of this line suggests, neither player
should be doing the traditional Tarraschian stuff. Black should consider a
more adventurous strategy involving either the exchange of Bishop for Knight
at c3 or the advance of the h-pawn. Both of these ideas run counter to the
Tarrasch tradition, but they fit quite well with more contemporary and
concrete ideas of playing such a position.} ({Stoyko suggested} 14... Bxc3 $1
15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 $6 Qxc3 16. bxc3 d6 17. c5 dxc5 {
and Black's material advantage gives him some long-term prospects.}) 15... d6
$15 {and Black has great long-term prospects in the doubled c-pawns and the
weak dark squares.}) ({I had actually looked at and rejected} 14... h5 $5 15.
Rab1 h4 $36 {which is a line that John Watson might like as an example of
"Modern Chess Strategy."} 16. gxh4 (16. g4 d6 $15) 16... gxh4 (16... Rxh4 17.
g3 Rh8 18. Bg4 d6 19. Bxc8 Rxc8) 17. Bg4 $1 d6 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Qe3 h3 $5 20.
gxh3 Bd4 (20... Qh5) 21. Qf3 (21. Qxd4 $2 Qg5+ $40) 21... Qe5 $44) 15. Rab1 Qc5
$5 {to stop f4 and b4 thrusts while getting the Queen ready for activity on
the kingside.} (15... d6 $142 16. b4 $1 Qe5 17. Rfc1 f5 $5 $36) 16. Rfd1 d6 17.
Na4 $6 (17. b4 $142 $1 Qe5 (17... Rxb4 $5 18. Nd5 cxd5 19. Rxb4 dxe4 $44) 18.
Rb3 a5 (18... g4 $5) 19. f4 $13) 17... Qe5 ({I also considered} 17... Qb4 18.
Qxb4 Rxb4 19. b3 c5 $15 {with a lock on dark squares and the two Bishops}) 18.
Qe3 $1 {Mark thought the whole game now revolved around my a-pawn, but I
wasn't even thinking about it.} f5 $1 19. Qxa7 (19. Nc3 a5) 19... Rb7 20. Qe3
Qxe4 $1 {Fritz likes this better than taking with the pawn also, but Mark had
expected fxe4.  I still don't know what made the decision, but I wanted to
eliminate the blockade at e3.} (20... fxe4 21. b4 $5 Bf5 22. a3 $13 (22. Nb6 $5
Qc3 23. c5 Qxe3 24. fxe3 dxc5 25. bxc5 Ra7)) 21. Qxe4 fxe4 22. Bh5 $5 (22. c5
$142 $1 d5 23. Ba6 Rb4 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. b3 Rf8 $1 (25... Bd4 $5 26. a3 Rxa4
27. bxa4 e5 28. Rbc1 Ra8 $44) 26. a3 Rb7 27. Kf1 e6 28. Ke2 Rbf7 29. Rf1 g4 (
29... Bd4 30. f3 exf3+ 31. gxf3 e5) 30. Rbd1 {
and though Black has pressure, White might hold} d4) 22... Bf5 $1 $17 {
Mark says he overlooked that this indirectly attacks his Rook at b1.} 23. g4
Bh7 24. Rbc1 Bxb2 ({Better was} 24... e3 $1 {
which is the sort of thing I had in mind going into Qxe4:} 25. fxe3 Bxb2 26.
Nxb2 Rxb2 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxa2 29. c5 $1 Rc2 $1 $19 30. Bf7+ Kh8 31. Bb3
Rxc5 32. Rf8+ Kg7 33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Rxe7+ d5 35. e4) 25. Rb1 Rfb8 26. Rxb2 Rxb2
27. Nxb2 Rxb2 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rc1 Rxa2 (29... e3 $1) 30. Rxc5 e3 $1 31. fxe3 {
and here I offered and he accepted the draw.  We both had less than 5 minutes,
but I feared him in a time-clinch and did not see strong winning chancesafter}
Be4 $6 (31... Rc2 $142 $1 32. Re5 Kf8 $19) 32. Re5 $1 Bd5 $6 (32... Bxg2 $1 33.
Rxe7 Re2 $17) 33. Rxe7 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 1/2-1/2