2017-10-03 - Saunders, Aron 1-0 Strong, Peter

[Event "D&F F v Clevedon C"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.10.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Saunders, Aron"] [Black "Strong, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [PlyCount "67"] [SourceDate "2017.10.04"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.04"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 Ng4 $2 6.h3 {Ng5 and Bxf7+ were other ways to get an advantage} 6...Nxf2 $2 7.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 8.Kxf2 O-O $6 {Rather inviting it!} 9.Nc3 d6 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.Nd5 h6 12.Bf6 {Played with barely a moment's reflection.} 12...Na5 $4 13.Qd2 $2 ( 13.Ne7+ Kh8 14.Ng5 Qxe7 15.Bxe7 ) 13...Nxc4 14.dxc4 c6 $2 15.Ne7+ Kh7 16.Nf5 g5 17.Nxg5+ ( 17.Nxh6 {is mate in 8, or even fewer} 17...Qe6 18.Qxg5 Rg8 19.Qxg8+ Kxh6 20.Qg7+ Kh5 21.Qg5# ) 17...Kg6 ( 17...hxg5 18.Qxg5 Qxf5+ 19.exf5 Rg8 20.Qh5# ) 18.Nh7 Qxf5+ {Desperation. Now Aron wraps up calmly.} ( 18...Kxh7 19.Qxh6+ Kg8 20.Qg7# ) 19.exf5+ Kxh7 20.Be7 Rg8 21.f6 Rg5 22.Qxd6 Be6 23.b3 h5 24.Re1 Rf5+ 25.Kg1 Rg8 26.Rxe5 Rfg5 27.Rxg5 Rxg5 28.Qd3+ Bf5 29.Qd2 Rg6 30.Kh2 Be4 31.Qe2 Bxg2 32.Qxh5+ Kg8 33.Qxg6+ $1 fxg6 34.Kxg2 {Peter sportingly resigned, rather than play on on the offchance that Aron would tire and blunder.} 1-0

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