[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Date "2018.03.07"] [White "Cron, Nicholas"] [Black "Giffin, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed"] 1.e4 {Comments by Nicholas Cron} c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nge2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.f4 {(maybe 11.Nf4 is better) .} Qd7 12.Kh2 h5 13.Ng1 O-O-O {(looks effective – rather foolishly I had overlooked this) .} 14.a4 h4 15.g4 Qc7 16.Kh1 f5 17.g5 Bd6 18.c3 Rde8 19.Bd2 Ne7 20.Qf3 Bf7 21.Qf2 Ng6 22.d4 c4 23.Be3 Re7 24.Rae1 Rhe8 {(Black has a clear advantage with pressure on the K side and along the e file. White’s Q side chances are nebulous at best) .} 25.Qd2 Qa5 {(this is the time for 25… Nxf4) .} 26.Qf2 Nxf4 {(but now is just the wrong time. This is Black’s only major error but it is a decisive one) .} 27.Bxf4 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Rxe1 29.Bxd6 Re8 30.Qc2 {(rather a silly move. The a pawn is unimportant and simpler to plough on with Qxf5+) .} Bg6 31.Qf2 {(admitting the last move was a mistake).} Re6 32.Be5 Qxa4 33.Bxd5 Re7 34.Qxh4 {(White is comfortably winning now) .} Bf7 35.Bxf7 Rxf7 36.g6 {(another silly move- this just loses a useful pawn) .} Qc6+ 37.Kh2 Qxg6 38.Qh8+ Kd7 39.Qb8 Kc6 {(Qb6 is a lot better. White doesn’t go wrong again) .} 40.Qxa7 b6 41.Qa8+ Kb5 42.Qd5+ Ka6 43.Qxc4+ Ka5 {(Ka7 or Kb7 would be slightly more tenacious. The black king is now hounded to his execution) .} 44.b4+ Ka4 45.b5+ Ka3 46.Qb4+ Ka2 47.Ne2 Ra7 48.c4 Qh5 49.Nc3+ Ka1 50.Qb1# 1-0