[Event "Club championship"]
[Site "Durban"]
[Date "2024.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Soojay,Jorah"]
[Black "Mgobhozi,Sivuyile"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[Annotator "Keith"]
[Source "Keith Rust"]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 c6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Be7 7.Qc2 0-0 8.Bf4 Na6 9.a3 Re8 10.Nf3 Nc7 11.Bxc7 Qxc7 12.0-0 Bf8 13.Ne5 Be6 14.f4 Rad8 15.b4 a6 16.f5 $2 {Going for an all-out King-side attack before conditions are right. Instead of this, 16.Na4 then 17.Nc5 was more sensible.} 16...Bc8 17.g4 $2 Bd6 $1 18.g5 Nd7 $2 (18...Bxe5 $1 19.dxe5 Ng4 20.Nxd5 Qxe5 21.Nf4 Ne3 {was the way to punish White.}) 19.Ng4 Bf4 20.g6 $1 h5 21.gxf7+ Kxf7 22.e3 Bd6 23.f6 $1 hxg4 $2 (23...Nf8 24.fxg7+ Kxg7 {was the best defence}) 24.Qh7 $4 {Missing a hidden defence, just when he had a winning position.} (24.Nxd5 $1 cxd5 (24...Bxh2+ 25.Kh1 Rh8 26.Nxc7 Bxc7+ 27.Kg1) 25.Bxd5+ Kf8 26.fxg7+ Kxg7 27.Rf7+ Kh6 28.Qh7+ Kg5 29.Rf5#) (24.fxg7+ $2 Kxg7 $1 25.Qf5 Nf8 $1 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Rf6 Nh7 {escapes}) 24...Bxh2+ 25.Kh1 Nxf6 $1 26.Rxf6+ {As planned, but ...} 26...Kxf6 27.Rf1+ Bf4 $1 {Blocks the attack and gains material!} 28.Qd3 (28.Rxf4+ Qxf4 29.exf4 Rh8 30.Qxh8 Rxh8+ {is the point}) 28...Rh8+ 29.Kg1 g5 30.Ne2 Bf5 31.e4 dxe4 32.Bxe4 Rh3 0-1