Playing David Kernell, the Sarah Palin Email Hacker

I've played David Kernell in several chess tournaments over the years. According to my database of games we've played 6 times with an even record of 2 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws.

[Event "Oxford Open"]
[Site "Oxford, MS"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stewart, Douglas L"]
[Black "Kernell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[Annotator "Stewart, Douglas"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.11.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5.
Nf3 ({in our meeting the following month in the Mid-South Open I tried} 5. Bb5
e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Nxc6 {instead}) 5... Bg4 6. Bf4 e6 7. Bb5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O $6 11. Bxc6 (11. Qg3) 11... Nxc6 12. Nd2 $6
(12. Qg3) 12... Bd4 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Nf3 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17.
Rfd1 Bb6 18. Rb3 {I thought I had some good play here and I was semi-happy
with my position, but Black is really in control} f5 (18... Rac8 19. Rd2 $17)
19. Rg3 $6 (19. Rc1 $17) ({I spent a long time looking at sacrificing by
Bishop but I couldn't figure out how to make it work} 19. exf6 $2 Qxf4 20.
Qxe6+ Rf7 (20... Kh8 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rf3 Qe4 23. Qd7+ Kh8 24. Qxb7 Rae8 $19)
21. Rf3 Qe4 $19 {and White has run out of ideas}) 19... Rac8 $19 20. c3 Qc4 21.
Qh5 $4 {a simple oversight, although Black was in control} (21. Qd2 $142 $19)
21... Qxf4 {White resigned} 0-1

Comments

Unknown said…
Where he's going, the phrase "Queen's Gambit" is going to take on a whole new meaning.
October 9, 2008 at 9:08 AM
Robert Pearson said…
Hi Douglas,

You and your readers are invited to submit items to the The Best Of! Chess Blogging Carnival. Deadline is January 27. Hit the link for more details, and please post a link on your blog or chess forum.

Best regards,

Robert Pearson
January 6, 2012 at 1:32 PM
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