[Event "Goodwood Ladder"] [Site "Goodwood Chess Club"] [Date "2014.05.20"] [White "Dave Kruger"] [Black "Karina de Villiers"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Ponziani: 3...Nf6 4.d4 exd4"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 {"In my opinion 4...Nxe4 was a better option for Black as it would have developed another piece, whilst at the same time threatening the pawn on e4." - Abraham de Villiers} 5.e5 Nd5 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.Ng5 {"cheeky :-) - ek was dalk bietjie te haastig hier." - Dave Kruger "7.cxd4 would have been the more conventional option to play as it gives White a strong centre"- Abraham de Villiers} Qe7 8.Be2 d6? {"Failing to capitalize on White's weak centre, Better was 8...d3" - Abraham de Villiers} 9.f4? {"exd6 would have been better as it would have weakened Black's pawn structure." - Abraham de Villiers} dxc3? {"9...dxc3 allows White to develop the Knight to c3. Better would have been 9...dxe5, giving Black the undisputed control of the centre" - Abraham de Villiers} 10.Nxc3 {"Again the intermediate 10.exd6 would have been preferred here."- Abraham de Villiers} g6?? {"Why not 10...dxe5???" - Abraham de Villiers} 11.Nf3 Bh6 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Ng5 Qe7 14.O-O Bxg5 15.fxg5 Nd4 16.Qd1 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 Bf5 18.Qd4 O-O 19.b3?? {"Leaving the Knight on e2 en prise!" - Abraham de Villiers} Qxe2 20.Bb2 f6 21.gxf6 Qe6?? {"21...Rf7 would have foiled White's attempt at a discovered attack against the Black King on the long diagonal." - Abraham de Villiers} 22.f7+ Qxf7 {"? Kxf7 sou dalk beter gewees het." - Dave Kruger} 23.Qh8# 1-0