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[Event “Octoberchess 1997”]
[Site “Sioux City, IA”]
[Date “1997.10.25”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Norquist”]
[Black “Thelen”]
[Result “1-0”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Rd1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qb8 11. f4 e6 12. a3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14.
Bb6 Nd7 15. Be3 Nf6 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Qf3 h6 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Rg3 Bf8 20. Rag1
Re7 21. Be2 Ng8 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Ne5 24. Qg2 f6 25. Nd5 Rf7 26. Bh5 g6
27. fxg6 Rg7 28. f4 Nd7 29. Bd4 Qd8 30. Bg4 Qa5 31. Bxd7
1-0
(An example of why I like to play the Smith-Morra Gambit as White; here’s another one from the Internet:)

[Event “ICS rated blitz match”]
[Site “freechess.org”]
[Date “2011.10.01”]
[Round “1”]
[White “norky”]
[Black “torrettack”]
[Result “1-0”]
[TimeControl “120+12”]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Qc7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Ng5
d5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 h6 17. Nxf7 Nxd5 18. Nxh8 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Ra7 20.
Qh3 Rc7 21. Qe6+ Be7 22. Rd1 Qb6 23. Qf7+ Kd8 24. Qg8+ Bf8 25. Qxf8#
{torrettack checkmated} 1-0

Pictures:  Above, (1) page 99 of Smith Morra Accepted: A Game Collection, by Ken Smith & Bill Wall (Chess Enterprises, Coraopolis, PA, 1992) with my victory over Curtis Carroll in the 1986 Rapid City Chess Championship using the gambit Ken Smith developed based on Morra’s idea; (2) my state champion University of South Dakota team from the 1999 SD Team Championship. (l. to r.) Mark Derby, Board 4, Tim Paintner, Board 3, Srdan (Sergey) Reljic, Board 2, Me, Board 1.

Below, my state champion Rapid City team from the 1991 South Dakota Team Championship. (facing, l. to r.) Steve Schaffer, Board 4, Kyle Hammond, Board 3, Dan Schmidt, Board 2, Me (partially hidden), Board 1.