Saturday, April 7, 2007

How to beat the Smith-Morra Gambit

A 3 0 speed game that my opponent played poorly. Checkmating the Smith-Morra gambit in 25 moves is refreshing.

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 d6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Ba3 Qf4 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qb3 Rhd8 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxf3 19. Bxh7 Nf6 20. Qb4+ Ke8 21. Bc2 Rd5 22. h4 Ng4 23. Rf1 Qh3 24. Rfb1 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Qxf2# {White checkmated} 0-1