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Favorable transposition to a Smith-Morra Gambit

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sloughterchess
Aug 1, 2011
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In the following game against Fritz 10, Black played very aggressively but wound up in a Queen and pawn endgame where White was guaranteed of an outside passed pawn. White gets to open an extra file so the piece play favors White even more than the Smith-Morra Gambit.

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Silfir
Aug 1, 2011
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7...exd5

8...Bc5

9...Be7

What in blazes does this have to do with the Smith-Morra Gambit anyway?

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Thaddeus_Samson
Aug 1, 2011
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sloughterchess
Aug 2, 2011
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Here is a game I played against Fritz 10 at 240'40. Black is in zugzwang by move 9. There is no way he can improve his position.