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31...Bxf2+! 32.Kxf2 Qd4+
33.Re3 Qd2+ 34.Re2 Qxc1
35.Qe4 Rxe7 36.Rxc2 Qg5
37.Qf4 Qxf4+ 38.gxf4 Rd7
39.Kg3 Rd5 40.Rc7 Ra5
41.Kh4 Kg7 42.a3 Rxa3
43.Kg5 Ra5+ 44.Kh4 Kf6
45.Rc2 Ra3! 0–1

27.Rxd5! exd5 28.Rxd5
Kg7 29.Qd4 Kh6 30.e6!
dxe6 31.Rd7 Qxd7 32.Qxd7
Rd8 33.Qf7 Rac8 34.Kf2
a5 35.Qf6 axb4 36.axb4
Ra8 37.Bd4 Ra2+ 38.Kg3
Ra3+ 39.Kh4 Rxd4
40.Qf8# 1–0

Mate with ...Rh3 is inevitable.

In this round 4 game, IM
David Pruess demonstrates
how to properly play against
the Smith Morra Gambit.

White: Paul Richter (2191)
Black: NM M. Wang (2231)
B43 Sicilian Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3
Qb6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.0–0 Bb7
9.a3 Nf6 10.f4 Be7 11.e5
Nd5 12.Qg4N g6 13.Bd2 f5
14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Qe2 0–0
16.Rac1 Qb7 17.Be3 Nc6
18.Nc5 Qc7 19.b4 Rfc8
20.Rfd1 Kf7 21.c4! bxc4
22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Qxc4
Bxc5 24.Bxc5 Ne7 25.Rc3
Qb7 26.Rcd3 Nd5?
(diagram)

White: Jerome Sun (2167)
Black: IM D. Pruess (2407)
B21 Sicilian Smith Morra

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3
dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6
6.Bc4 Bc5 7.0–0 Nge7
8.Bf4 Ng6 9.Bg3 0–0
10.e5 b6 11.Bd3N Bb7
12.h4 Nb4 13.Bb1!?

18...Qg5 19.hxg6 Qxg3
20.gxh7+ Kxh7 21.Na4
Bd4 22.Rd1 Qh4! 23.Rd3
Rg8! 24.Bc2 Rg6 25.Bd1
Rag8 26.Qh5+ Qxh5
27.Bxh5 Rxg2+ 28.Kh1
Rxf2 0–1
Hunter Klotz-Burwell scores a
nice win over a master in this
game from round 4.
White: FM Schiller (2200)
Black: Klotz-Burwell (2133)
D05 Colle System

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.0–0
Bd6 7.Bb2 0–0 8.a3 Ne4
9.Ne5 cxd4N 10.exd4 Qc7
11.f4 f6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.g3
Bb7 14.Nd2 c5! 15.Nxe4
dxe4 16.Bc4 Rfe8 17.f5?!
(diagram)

Locking in the rook on a1.
13...Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nc6
14...Nxh4 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7
16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Bxh4÷
15.Qe4 f5! 16.exf6 gxf6
17.h5 f5! 18.Qe2 (diagram)

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