[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.08.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Bezuidenhout, Roland"] [Black "Holland, Edward N"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2196"] [BlackElo "2174"] [Annotator "peter"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r2r2k1/p1q1pnbp/b1p3p1/4Pp2/8/1P3N1P/PBQN1PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 17"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] {[#]} 17. e6 $1 Nd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne5 {The knight is heading for f7} Rac8 ( 19... Ne8 20. Qb2 Nf6 21. Rac1 Bb7 22. b4 {leaves White firmly in the driving seat but would have avoided immediate disaster}) 20. Ndf3 {And this one is heading for g5} c5 21. Qb2 Kg8 {everything else drops an exchange at least to the discovered check but this meets a swift end} 22. Nf7 $1 Nxf7 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Ng5+ (24. Ng5+ Ke8 {and White has a variety of ways to win} (24... Kg8 25. Ne6 {picking up the queen due to the Qg7 threat}) 25. Ne6 {prosaic} (25. Rad1 { simple but efficient}) (25. Qh8+ Kd7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qg7+ {the engine choice })) 1-0