Digging through my old score books I cam across the following game. I can remember being quite pleased with this game, although at the time I knew I was lucky to get away with the win. The exchange sacrifice was of course unsound, but paid off when my opponent moved his king to the wrong square, allowing me to execute a smothered mate a la Philidor. The other thing that stood out was the look of surprise on my opponents face when the Queen went to g8. I'm not sure whether this was because he had never seen this checkmate before (unlikely), or simply that he missed the finish in this case.
Press,Shaun - Southwell,Terry [D85]
Tuggeranong, 15.08.1988
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxa2 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Bc3 Qa3 14. Rb3 Qd6 15. e5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Rb5 Bd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Bc4 Rdd8 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qa2+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qg8+ Rxg8 27. Nf7# 1-0
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