Saturday, August 23, 2008

Smeets vs. Short game in Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament

A game between Jan Smeets and Nigel Short in the Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament went: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. e5 Nf8 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Ne4 Ne6 18. h4 Qc7 19. Neg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 h6

Position after Black's 21st move



Here Smeets allowed his bishop at g5 en prise and proceeded to win: 22. Qd3 hxg5 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 Rg8 26. Qf6+ Kf8 27. e6 Nc6 28. hxg5 Rd8 29. Qh6+ Rg7 30. g6 fxg6 31. Qh8+ Rg8 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Bxg6+ Rxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Re3 1-0





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