[Event "Soton Lge: Southampton A v Eastleigh A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.01.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Mcleod, Fraser"] [Black "Simons, Martin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [Annotator "Martin"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a6 11. h3 f5 {A reverse Dragon with equal but complex chances.} 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Nd2 Qd6 14. Nb3 Nd7 15. b5 {This seems inconsistent, White should perhaps be looking at establishing a piece on c5 perhaps starting with 15.Na4} Nd4 16. Na5 axb5 17. Nxb7 Qa6 18. Nd5 c6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rc1 Qxb7 22. Bxc6 Qa6 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 {The position has settled down a little bit (for the moment at least!). Black's 2 minor pieces and kingside chances should outweigh White's rook and queenside play.} 24. Rc7 f4 ({The chess engines prefer} 24... Nb6 25. Qc2 Nd5 26. Rc5 f4 {with excellent attacking chances now that the knight has entered the battle.}) 25. g4 f3 26. e4 Ne5 ({Again in a complex position the chess engines prefer} 26... dxe3 27. fxe3 h5 {when it is difficult to see how White survives.}) 27. Qc2 Rh6 { The chess engines really don't like this move but I had an idea in mind!} 28. Qc5 Nf7 (28... Ng6 {is forced and leaves the position level}) 29. Rc1 (29. Rb1 $1 Qd8 30. Rxb5 Rxh3 31. Qe7 {when White wins as the rook on h3 is offside.}) 29... Qd8 30. Qxb5 Rxh3 31. Rb7 {[#] This allows the nice finish referred to earlier and is not too difficult to spot as it involves all checks.} Rh1+ $1 32. Kxh1 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qxg4+ 34. Kf1 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qg1+ 36. Kd2 {and White resigned here spotting the mate in 2 with} Qxf2+ 37. Kd1 Qe2# 0-1