B21: Sicilian: Smith-Morra Gambit

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 (diagram)

4... e6 5. Bc4 Bb4 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. O-O Nbc6 8. Bf4 a6 8... O-O 9. e5 Ng6 10. Bg3 Qa5 11. Qe2 f5 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Ne4 Rxf3 14. Qxf3 d5 15. Ng5 dxc4 16. Qf7+ Kh8 17. Qe8+ Nf8 18. Nxe6 Qf5 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Qe2 Ba5 21. Qxc4 Bxc7 22. Bxc7 Be6 23. Qc3 Grbac,B (2226)-Pap,M (2411) /Bosnjaci 2004/CBM 098 ext/1/2-1/2 (83) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 1/2-1/2 Vinnikov,F-Kachan,V/Bila Tserkva 2006/EXT 2008 9. Qe2 Ng6?!N 9... O-O 10. Rfd1 Ng6 11. Bg3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14. h4 Nxb3 15. axb3 f6 16. h5 Nh8 17. Nd4 Qe8 18. Nxb5 Qf7 19. Bd6 Rd8 1/2-1/2 Tomaras,I (1680)-Pradzinski,T (1894)/Edmonton 2005/ CBM 107 ext 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rac1 O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 b5 14. Ba2 Ba3 14... Bb7 15. Nd5?! highly speculative. The more straightforward 15.Rfd1 is fine 15... exd5 16. exd5 Rad8 16... a5! 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Qb2 axb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Qxb4 leaves Black well on top e.g 21...Ra4 17. Ng5 Qe5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. f4? Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Bxg5 21. Rc5 Qa1+ 22. Rc1 Qe5 23. Rc5 d5 24. Rf3 Ba8 24... Rfe8 25. Rxc6 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bb6! two pawns up and winning easily 25. Qf2 Qa1+ 26. Rc1 Bxe3 27. Rxe3? 27. Rxa1 Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rfe8 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Rfd2 was White's only real 'hope' but it's still lost 27... Qxc1+ 0-1