[Event "Hamilton Russell"] [Site "Reform Club, London"] [Date "2017.10.18"] [White "Lee, Peter"] [Black "Cron, Nicholas"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2"] {Annotations by Peter Lee.} 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nd7 {To get me out of the book. Black usually plays c5 and Nc6 followed by either Nf6 and Be7 or by Bd6 and KNe7.} 4.Ngf3 dxe4 5.dxe4 Ngf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.a3 a5 8.Ne4 Be7 {Here, or on move 7, Black should play Nc5. Now he gets a passive cramped position.} 9.c4 N5b6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qc2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Rd1 Qe8 14.Bd3 h6 15.Ne5 {Better is 15 Nf6+} Qa4? {15 .. Nfd7 is better. Now White has a strong sequence.} 16.Ng6 Rf7 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bh7+ {The winning idea.} Kh8 {If 19 .. Rh7: 20 Qg6+ Rg7 21 Rd8+ wins.} 20.Rd8+ Re8 21.Qxa4 {What I planned on move 16 and clearly winning, but 21 Qg6 or 21 b3 Qc6 22 Be4 may be even more crushing.} Nxa4 22.Rxe8+ Kxh7 23.b3 Nb2 24.Ke2 a4 25.Rb1 {and Black resigns.} *