22 May '09 21:25>4 edits
Originally posted by tomtom232Here's one game;
Post your own or ones that dazzle you every time you play over it or both.
I will start with one fresh off the board to get it kicked off (at least sort of fresh... Less than a day old)
[b]1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Qc2 I like this move better than the "book" move 8.Qe2 because if 8...Nb4? then 9.Qa4+ Nc6 Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qa5+ Kb8 19.Rd7 Bd8 20.Qa6 Bc7 21.Qxc6 Rc8 22.Nb5 e4 23.Nxc7 exf3 24.Na6[/pgn][/b]
[Event "OTB Game"]
[Site "Tournament"]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Me"]
[Black "Opponent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
1. e4 $5 {I asked some of my friends who
had played my opponent before, and they said he played the Sicilian. So, in
this game I played the Smith-Morra Gambit for the first time in an OTB game,
and I played e4 for the first time in almost two years in a serious game.} c5
2. d4 $5 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bf4 Nf6 {Here I thought to
myself whether I should play e5. e5 is actually almost winning for white here.
I was afraid that 7...Nh5 8.Be3d5 would take away any any initiative I had, ot
that 7... dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nxe5 Ke7 wouldn't give me enough compensation
for the pawn. This shows my unfamiliarity with the opening. I knew it well
enough to consider e5, but not well enough to play it} 7. Bc4 (7. e5 Nh5 8. Be3
d5 (8... dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxe5 Ke7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O $18) 9. g4 $18)
7... Qa5 $6 {A this point I knew my opponent was not too familiar with this
opening. He wastes too much time with cheap threats (Nxe4) and moving the
Queen around.} 8. O-O Qb4 9. Qe2 {I was happy my opponent wasted another tempo
with Qb4, because Qe2 is a move white usually makes in the Smith-Morra anyway}
Be7 $1 10. Nb5 {White now has a 1.5 pawn advantage} Na6 11. Rfd1 d5 $4 {
After this, game over pretty much.} 12. exd5 O-O {At this point I saw that 13.
d6 Bd8 14.d7 Bxd7 15.Bd6 wins the exchange, but I looked for more, and I found
it; Black's queen is almost trapped. Then I saw that after 13.a3 Qa5/c5 (13...
Qa4 14.b3 Qa5 15.b3 transposes) 14.b4 Qb6 15.Be3, the only safe square is d8,
after which d6 wins the bishop. I also noticed that if 13.a3 Qa5 14.b4 Qa4, I
could trappe the Queen with 15.Rb1 followed by Bb3, and if 15...Bd7 16.Nc3
wins the queen} (12... Nxd5 13. Rxd5 exd5 14. Bd6 $18) (12... exd5 13. Bd6 $18)
13. a3 Qc5 (13... Qa5 14. b4 Qa4 15. Rdb1 {Though actually Black can play Nxd5
and is still losing, but by not as much- Fritz pointed out a win, however} (15.
Nfd4 $1 Nc5 (15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5) 16. d6 Bd8 17. bxc5)) 14. b4 {
Interestingly enough, I failed to note Be3 wins the Queen outright} Qb6 15. Be3
Qd8 16. d6 {Fritz points out dxe6 as even stronger} (16. dxe6 Bd7 17. Ne5 Qc8
18. exd7 Qd8) 16... Ne4 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Qxe4 Ra8 20. Nd6 Qf6
21. Rac1 {Black fails to see my tactical threat Bxa6} Qb2 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23.
Rxc8 Rxa3 {White has forced mate in 6 from here} 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qxb7 Qf6
26. Qc8+
1-0
Edit: I can't seem to figure out why the pgn isn't working. If someone could help me, I'd appreciate it