[Event "Kenya Chess League"] [White "Ssonko Mathias Allan"] [Black "Methu Joseph"] [Site "Karen"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "USER"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.03.29"] [PlyCount "141"] {An interesting endgame with four knights where Mathias Ssonko squeezes out a win from the 2023 Kenya National Champion.} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. f4 d5 7. Nf3 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nge7 10. Be3 b6 11. Kc2 O-O 12. a4 Rd8 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Nd2 Rd7 16. Rad1 Rcd8 17. Ndc4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 Nd8 20. a5 Nc8 21. Bf3 Bc6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Nd2 Kf8 24. e5 Bxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Ke8 26. Kc2 Nb7 27. b4 Bf8 28. Kb3 h6 29. Nd2 Kd7 30. Ne4 Kc6 31. b5+ Kd7 ({Do not walk into a trap with 31......Kd5!} 31... Kd5 32. Nf6# )32. Nc4 Be7 33. Nf2 h5 34. Ne4 Bd8 35. Bf2 Be7 36. h3 Bd8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Be7 39. Bg3 Bd8 40. Ne3 Be7 41. c4 Ke8 42. Ng2 Bd8 43. Bh4 Bxh4 44. Nxh4 Ne7 45. Nf6+ Kd8 46. Nf3 Nc8 47. Kc3 Ke7 48. Ng5 Nd8 49. Kd3 Na7 50. Ke4 Nc8 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. gxf5 Na7 53. Ngh7 Nc8 54. Ng8+ Kd7 55. f6 Ke8 56. Nh6 Na7 57. Ng4 Nb7 58. Kf4 Na5 59. Ne3 Nb3 60. Kg5 Nd4 61. Kh6 Nf3 62. Ng4 Nd2 63. Kg7 Nxc4 64. Ng5 Nxb5 65. Nxf7 Nd4 66. Nfh6 Nd6 67. exd6 e5 68. f7+ Kd7 69. Nxe5+ Kxd6 70. Kf6 Ne6 71. Nc4+ {Nc4+} 1-0