[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "The Athenaeum"] [Date "2018.02.06"] [White "Lee, Peter"] [Black "White, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...c5"] {Comments are by Peter Lee.} 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.e4 e5 6.a3 {Considering b4 next but thought better of it.} Nge7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rb1 a5 9.Re1 d6 10.d3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 {Although this looks natural, my computer thinks all three piece recaptures are better.} 12.Nh4 Ng6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.f4 {Better 14 Nd5 and if 14 … f4 15 Be4.} Rb8 15.Nd5 Be6 16.c3 Qd7 17.Be3 Qf7 18.c4 Ne7 {Better 18 … b6. Black’s centre comes under pressure now.} 19.Nc7 Bd7 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxc5 {Winning a pawn.} Bc6 22.Bf2 {An error as it puts it in line of enemy pieces on the f-file. Better is 22 d4 or 22 Be3.} Bxg2 {22 … f4 is slightly better for Black but now White is clearly doing well.} 23.Kxg2 f4 24.Qf3! {I had planned 24 Qg4 but this is much better.} g5 25.d4 Nf5 26.dxe5 {Better is 26 g3 x f4.} Qxc7 {Better is 26… f4 x g3. After the move played White wins comfortably.} 27.Qd5+ Kh7 28.g4 Ne3+ 29.Bxe3 fxe3 30.Rxe3 Rf4 31.exd6 Qxc4 32.Re7+ Kg6 33.Qxc4 Rxc4 34.d7 Rd8 35.Rd1 Rc7 {Else White wins a rook with Re8, but ...} 36.Rd6# {An unusual final position!} 1-0