In this game, the board opened up with another Smith-Morra gambit accepted line.
While not quite as intense as the devastating mate in the previous post, herein lies a slightly similar idea executed differently. In this game black decided to use the bishop and knight in an attempt to force pressure and harass white Queen. Becoming aware of this, I looked for a way to counter my opponent's pieces during intermediary moves (passive/non-threatening).
Key point: loose pieces, counter-attack
[Event "infermate vs. KlausHoellig"]
[Site "Chess.com"][Date "2021-04-26"]
[White "infermate"]
[Black "KlausHoellig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[TimeControl "standard"]
[Termination "infermate won by resignation"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Bb3 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qh5 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Bg6 16. Qg5 Nf5 17. g4 Nd6 18. h4 Rfe8 19. h5 h6 20. Qf4 1-0
Key moments: 17 (g4, Nd6) knight moves to isolated square. 18 (h4, Rfe8) intermediary setting up 19 (h5, h6) threatening Queen, but luckily 20 (Qf4, 1-0) wins a loose piece, and opponent resigns to playing down a piece.
Many times during games, there will be moves sequencing threats for some kind of advantage.
During the sequencing, a threat may be disrupted with a counter attack. Whoever can execute their idea first gains the advantage, and sometimes the game.
I hope you found value in this game.
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