[Event "Lichess Blitz"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2020.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smith, Ken"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56"] [Annotator "Martin"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 Ng4 7. h3 h5 ({ Black was presumably nervous about the pin down the e-file after} 7... Ngxe5 $1 {but as will be seen in a later Countdown game there would have been nothing to worry about!}) 8. hxg4 $5 {Ken bravely accepts the offered piece.} hxg4 9. Ng5 {White blocks the Black queen's route to h4 and creates a threat of his own.} d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 $2 {This move loses.} (10... Qxd6 {is Black's best try. After} 11. g3 Ne5 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Rxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxf7 Rh1+ $1 15. Kxh1 Qh5+ 16. Kg1 b5 $1 {and Black is still fighting but it is really hard to find this line at blitz.}) 11. g3 $1 {Ken calmly stops Black's threat.} Ne5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 14. Qd3 {Mate or serious loss of material cannot be avoided.} g6 15. Qxg6+ Bg7 16. Qh7# {Well played Ken.} 1-0