RICKY TAN

by Ricky Tan

NM Bernardino – Ricky Tan
VCR Cup, 03.07.2009
Smith Morra Gambit

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 d6 6.Bc4 e5 7.0-0 Nf6? (I
should have moved Be7 or h6…)

8.Ng5 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Nxe6 Qd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nd8 13.Ng5 Be7 14.Qh5
+ g6 15.Qh6 Bf6 16.f4 Qg7 (I’m trying to exchange the Queen in order to
have some equality…)

17.Qh3 0-0 18.Ne6 Nxe6 19.Qxe6 Qf7 20.Qxd6 Rad8 (equalizing after a very
long difficult position...) 21.Qc5 b6 22.Qa3 Rxd5! Baiting to capture the
pawn on e5… 23.fxe5? Be7! (After this move, I know my position is already
winning …)

24.Rxf7 Rd1+ 25.Kf2 Rxf7+ 26. Ke2 Bxa3 27.Kxd1 Bc5 (threatening Rf2…)
28.b4? (a futile attempt to free his bishop…)

28…Bxb4 29.Ke2 Bc3 30.Rb1 Bxe5 31.h3 Bd4 32.Kd3 Bc5 33.Rb2 Ba3 34.Rb1 Bxc1
35.Rxc1 Rf2 36.Rc8+ Kg7 37.Rc7+ Kh6 38.Rxa7 Rxg2 39.Ke4 Rh2 40.Ra6 Rxh3
41.Rxb6 Ra3 42.Rb2 g5 43.Kf5 Rf3+ 44.Kg4 Rf4+ 45.Kg3 Kh5 46.Rb7 h6 47.Ra7
Rc4 48.a4 Rc3+ 49.Kf2 Kg4 50.a5 h5 51.a6 Rc2+ 52.Kf1 Kg3 53.Rg7 g4 54.Rh7
Ra2 55.Rxh5 Ra6 56.Rh7 Ra1+ 57.Ke7 Kg2 58.Rg7 Ra4 59.Rf7 Re4+ 60.Kd3 Rf4
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