An interesting morra gambit in which white follows a non-standard approach, no doubt causing confusion in the black ranks.
Tebb,D (2290) -- Povah,N (2380)
ENG-chT 93/94 1994 1-0 B21x
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 -
A waiting move, to see what sort of Sicilian he intended ;-)
2...e6 -
In those days, I didn't like playing against the Kan or Paulsen, so on with the Morra!
3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nge7 7.Bg5 (D)
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pradtf: notice white's advanced development
7...f6 8.Be3 a6 9.O-O b5 10.Bb3 Ng6 11.Nd4 (D)
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In these sort of positions, White's standard set-up with Qe2 and rooks on d1 and c1 is not so effective. Therefore I switched to the plan of playing f4.
11...Bb7 12.Qh5 -
Unfortunately 12.f4 runs into 12...Bc5
12...Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b4 -
13...Bd6; 13...Rc8
14.Na4 Be7 (D)
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It would be very risky to take the pawn. Eg. 14...Bxe4 15.Rfe1 f5 16.f3 Bc6 17.Rad1 with tremendous pressure on Black's centre.
15.Rae1 -
My plan is to push the f-pawn to f5, hitting the knight and opening a few lines.
15...Bc6 16.f4 Rb8? (D)
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I presume he didn't want to allow my knight to come to b6, but this is a mistake. He should have castled.
17.f5 Qa5 -
Pinning the knight. It doesn't work, but he didn't have anything better.
18.e5! Bxa4 19.Bxa4 -
Even stronger than 19.fxg6 Bc5 20.gxh7+ Kd8 21.Bf2
19...Qxa4 20.fxg6 -
Now he doesn't have ..Bc5
20...b3 21.gxh7+ Kd8 22.Bc3 f5 (D)
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Desperately trying to close the position.
- ( 22...bxa2 23.exf6 Bxf6
( 23...gxf6 24.Ba5+ Kc8 25.Rc1+ Kb7 26.Rc7+ Ka8 27.Qf3+ d5 28.Qf2 Rb7 29.Rxb7 Kxb7 30.Qb6+ Ka8 31.Qxa6+ Kb8 32.Bc7+! Kxc7 33.Qxa4 picking up Black's queen )
24.Rxf6! gxf6 25.Bxf6+ Kc8 26.Bxh8 a1=Q 27.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 28.Kf2 Rxb2+ 29.Bxb2 Qxb2+ 30.Kg3 when the pawn on the 7th rank gives White an easy win. )
23.axb3 Rxb3
- ( 23...Qh4 fails to 24.Ba5+ Kc8 25.Rc1+ Kb7 26.Qf3+ )
24.Qf7! Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Qh4 -
pradtf: the game is lost anyway, but ...Kc7 could have prolonged things a bit
26.Qg8+ (D)
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Winning a rook for nothing, so he resigned.
1-0
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