Jul-22-10 | | transpo: With 7.Bg5 White has executed,"...A very interesting move order that hides a nasty trap. In the game Immitt-Boudreau, Maryland 1981 he semingly natural 7...h6 was quickly punished by the sharp 8.Qb3! In this position Black is already in trouble because the pinned e pawn can't block the a2-g8 diagonal. Evidently shocked Black blundered and the game ended a- bruptly: 8...Na5?? 9.Bf7+ Kd7
10.Qa4+ b5 11.Ne5!de5 12.Rd1+ Kc6
13.Bd5 Qd5 14.ed5+ Kd7 15.Qa5 hg5
16.Ne4 Black resigns...", (How to defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit: 6...a6, Chess Ent., IM Timothy Taylor, 1993, pg.38IM Timothy Taylor's book can be found here:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q... |
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Jul-23-10 | | transpo: Instead of 9...Be7(too passive), much better is 9...h6. If 10.Bh4, then the game transposes to K. Smith vs. L. M. Evans 0-1, Las Palmas, San Antonio, Tx., 1972(this game is in Chessgames.com collection) |
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Jul-24-10 | | transpo: After 9...h6 if:
10.Bf6 gf6 (see Taylor's book pg.101)
(also G. Spain vs. L. McLaren 2008
0-1,is in Chessgames.com
game collection)
10.Bf4 then 10...g5
11.Bg3 then 11.Nh5 (Smith vs. Evans
0-1,Las Palmas,
1972)
10.Be3 then 10...Ng4 if:
11.<Bf4>
then 11...g5 if:
12.Bg3
12.Be3 Ne3
12.Bd2 Nge5
11.<Be3> Ne3
11.<Bd2> Nge5 |
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Jul-25-10 | | transpo: Jul-25-10 transpo: After 7...Nf6, White played 8.0-0. Another interesting choice and more in keeping with the spirit of the Smith-Morra Gambit is 8.e5 sacrficing yet another pawn for the attack. One important factor, and maybe sufficient compensation for the sacrificed e-pawn in this position is that, "...White can still castle Queenside. We can see this point in the variation 8.e5!? de5 9.Qd8+ Nd8 10.Ne5 e6 11.0-0-0...",and "...Certainly White is more active..., but does he have enough for the pawn?...", Taylor, pg. 102 Jul-25-10 transpo: Continuing with the 8.e5!? variation, "...on the 9h move 'Black' can vary with 9...Kd8!? This move in turn tries to take advantage of the small differences in position created by White's replacing of 0-0 with Bg5...If White plays 10.Bf7 then 10...e6 ties up the WKB and appears to force an eventual exchange on f6, reuniting Black's pawns. This line looks good for Black - but one must remember that these variations are all uncharted territory...", Taylor, pg.103. |
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