Annotated Chess Game 7904564 by tygertyger

Shoot from the hip annotations.

1. e4 c5 2. d4
Trying out the Smith Morra
2... cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nb1xc3 e5
!? Once and for all saying "No!" to white playing e5. However now there are holes on d5 and d6.
5. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 6. Bf1c4 h6 7. O-O Ng8f6 8. Qd1e2
Common for Smith Morra is: Qe2, Rac1, and Rfd1
8... Bf8e7 9. Rf1d1 O-O 10. Bc1e3 a6 11. Ra1c1
White has achieved a playable position out of the opening with some attacking potential.
11... b5 12. Bc4b3 Nf6g4 13. Nc3d5 Ng4xe3 14. Nd5xe7 Qd8xe7 15. Qe2xe3 Kg8h8 16. a4
?! Not the most active move!
16... b4 17. Qe3c5 Qe7f6
?! What is Black's plan here?
18. Rd1d6
The move 4...e5?! comes back to haunt Black.
18... Qf6f4 19. Rc1e1
Protecting the pawn. However, White could likely have played Rxh6 immediately.
19... f5
?? The decisive mistake!! White has a tremendous tactical resource that has become available coupled with the newly discovered attack on the f8 square by the bishop!
20. Rd6xh6
! An unexpected surprise.