[Event "Thanet & East Kent Chess League Jamboree"]
[Site "Union Church Hall, Margate"]
[Date "2022.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ethan Latymer"]
[Black "Martin Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1252"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "2022.06.23"]
[WhiteElo "1000"]

{ Ethan's comprehensive win on Board 6 in the League Jamboree brought about the decisive swing against Bridge which put Sandwich into contention. He didn't put a foot wrong - we could all wish to have played a game like this! } 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 { Black offers the Petroff Defence. } 3.Nc3 { White prefers the Four Knights. } 3...Nc6 4.Bc4 ( 4.Bb5 { is more commonly seen, after which play might continue: } 4...Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8 9.Nd5 d6 10.Ne3 c5 11.c3 Nf5 12.O-O $10 ) 4...Bc5 5.O-O Ng4 $6 { Black tries piling on the pressure early at f2. } 6.d3 h6 7.h3 h5 $2 { Black must be pinning his hopes on opening the h-file. Perhaps it's a trick which has worked for him before. } 8.hxg4 hxg4 9.Ng5 $1 ( { It's possible to go wrong in this position as White: } 9.Nh2 $4 { is fatal. } 9...Qh4 $1 { Now White has a dozen ways to die, e.g.: } 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Qf3+ gxf3 12.Bf4 exf4 13.Rfd1 Qxh2+ 14.Kf1 Qh1# ) 9...Qf6 $2 { Combining attack and defence? } 10.Bxf7+ $1 Ke7 $4 { Walking into a horrible fork... } 11.Nd5+ $1 Kf8 12.Nxf6 gxf6 13.Qxg4 $1 d6 14.Be6 fxg5 $4 { Opening lines against the king } 15.Bxc8 ( { In fact, White can mate from here: } 15.Qf5+ $1 Kg7 16.Qxg5+ Kf8 17.Qf6+ Ke8 18.Qf7+ Kd8 19.Bg5+ Ne7 20.Bxe7# ) 15...Ne7 16.Be6 Kg7 $2 { Does this king have a death wish? } 17.Qxg5+ Ng6 18.Be3 Raf8 19.Bf5 Rf6 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Bxg6 Rxg6 22.Qe7+ Kg8 23.f3 Rh7 24.Qe8+ Kg7 25.Kf2 Rh2 26.Qxe5+ { Black resigns. } 1-0