Smerdon Magic

Back during the Australian Championships in Brisbane earlier this year, we dubbed IM David Smerdon as an "Atakador". This fellow proved once again worthy of that title. Just take a look at this pounding he gave Roeland Pruijssers.

BDO Haarlem
Smerdon, D
Pruijssers, R

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 c6 6. Be3 b5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ng3 Qe7 13. a4 a6 14. c4 b4 15. c5 a5 16. Qc2 Ne8 17. Bc4 Nc7 18. Rfd1 Na6 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Rd6 Ndxc5 21. Rad1 Qb8 22. Be7 Re8

After 22. Re8

23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qc4+ Kxe7 25. Ng5 1-0

After 7 rounds, Sergey Kasparov leads the BDO event on 5.5 points. Smerdon and van der Stricht are the nearest chasers on 4.5 points.