This game came from the 2007 English girls U-18 championship, in which Amanda came first equal. - DM. Annotation by John Hipshon.

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. h3 d6 7. Qe2 Na5 8. Bd5 This was a deliberate decision to weaken the pawn on d6, drawing ...c6. This actually paid off in the end. 8... c6 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. O-O Nh7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 a6 14. Rfd1 f5 Sheila goes for the quick attack with this move but Amanda took her a little by surprise with 15. d4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Suddenly that pawn on d6 is under pressure so Sheila decides to go for an extravagant attack with 17... Bxh3 Amanda ignored this and took the pawn with the Knight and said she felt great about this position. 18. Nxd6 Sheila chucked everything at her with 18... Rxf3 19. Qc4+ but with a little manoeuvring Amanda wins the exchange without too much threat. 19... Kf8 20. Ne4 Qh4 21. gxf3 Qf4 22. Qd3 Kg8 23. Qe3 Qf7 24. b4 Qg6+ 25. Ng3 h5 26. Qe4 Sheila blunders with 26... Bf5 and promptly resigned. Both were short of time. I think that it was a question of Sheila, Former U13 European Girls' Champion, graded 130, underestimating her opponent. 1-0 [John Hipshon]