Thursday, August 04, 2005

Winning with the Smith Morra

Ok here is my game from last night, first round of a 9 round club swiss tournament (1 game per week). It can hardly be called a sparkling gem however - my opponent was very low rated, and so made plenty of mistakes, however I also made mistakes as a result of having contempt for such a lowly rated opponents abilities!

[Event "Club Tournament B Grade"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smith Morra fanatic"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 e5?

Black isnt familar with the Smith Morra and goes wrong immediately.

7. Ng5! d5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bxe6?

In a superior position I get lazy and grab some material, and black gets a chance to escape. Correct was 11. Bxc6+! cxb6 12. Qh4+

11. ... Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Rd8+ 13. Bd2 Bb4 14. Bd5 Bxd2
15. Kxd2 Nb4 16. Rac1 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rxd5+

Black has equalized, but after this point allows me to get more and more activity for my pieces, and loses without putting up much of a fight.

18. Ke3 O-O 19.Rc7 Rb5 20. b3 a5 21. Rd1 Ra8
22. Rdd7 a4 23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Rxh7 Kg8
25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 axb3 27. axb3 1-0

1 Comments:

Blogger Vivec said...

"Correct was 11. Bxc6+! cxb6 12. Qh4+"

You mean bxc6 here, ya?

5:33 AM  

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