Chess Openings: Smith-Morra gambit Opening system vs. the Sicilian Defence for White - Marc Esserman

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Smith Morra Gambit info at Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilia...

In chess, the Smith–Morra Gambit (or simply Morra Gambit) is an opening gambit against the Sicilian Defence distinguished by the moves:

1. e4 c5
2. d4 cxd4
3. c3

White sacrifices a pawn to develop quickly and create attacking chances. In exchange for the gambit pawn, White has a piece developed after 4.Nxc3 and a pawn in the center, while Black has an extra pawn and a central pawn majority. The plan for White is straightforward and consists of placing the bishop on c4 to attack the f7-square, and controlling both the c- and d-files with rooks, taking advantage of the fact that Black can hardly find a suitable place to post the queen.

The Smith–Morra is uncommon in grandmaster games, but is popular at club level....

The Smith–Morra is named after Pierre Morra (1900–1969) from France,[5] and Ken Smith (1930–1999) of the Dallas Chess Club.[6] Hence in Europe the name Morra Gambit is preferred; names like Tartakower Gambit and Matulovic Gambit have disappeared.

Continuations overview

Black has a wide choice of reasonable defences after 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3. White sometimes plays 2.Nf3 and 3.c3, which depending on Black's response may rule out certain lines.

Morra Gambit Accepted: 3...dxc3 [edit]
4.Nxc3[edit]
Classical Main line: 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 e5 10.h3 or 10.Be3
Scheveningen setup: 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 (or Be7) 8.Qe2 a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 (probably inferior Qa5) 10.Bf4 (10.Bg5) Be7
Siberian Variation: 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Nf6 and 7...Qc7, with the idea being after 7.0-0 Qc7 8.Qe2 Ng4!, 9.h3?? loses to the famous "Siberian Trap" 9...Nd4!, winning the queen. If instead White plays 9.Rd1, preventing 9...Nd4, black can continue with 9...Bc5 with a clearly better game.
Nge7 variations: 4...Nc6 (or 4...e6) 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 (Nge7) 7.0-0 Nge7 (d6 8.Qe2 Nge7 9.Bg5 h6) 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3
6...a6 Defence: 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 eventually 7...Bg4
Fianchetto: 4...g6 (4...Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 allows 6.h4!?) 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bc4 Nc6
Chicago Defence: 4...e6 5.Bc4 a6 6.Nf3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.0-0 and Black plays ...Ra7 at some stage
Early queenside fianchetto: 4...e6 5.Bc4 a6 6.Nf3 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7
4.Bc4[edit]
This line is similar to the Danish Gambit: 4...cxb2 5.Bxb2
Morra Gambit Declined[edit]
Advance Variation: 3...d3
First transposition to the Alapin: 3...Nf6 4.e5 Nd5
Second transposition to the Alapin: 3...d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 (Nf6) 5.cxd4
The latter has a bad reputation, as square c3 is free for the knight. Still 5...Nf6 (5...e5; 5...Nc6 6.Nf3 e5) 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3 Qd6 is likely to transpose to a main line of the Alapin: 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7 9.Nc3 Qd6.


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[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marc Esserman"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "51"]

[Event "Harvard Open"]
[Site "Harvard University"]
[Date "2008.10.11"]
[EventDate "2008.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marc Esserman"]
[Black "Vadim Martirosov"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "49"]

[Event "Miami op"]
[Site "Miami"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[EventDate "2008.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marc Esserman"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "31"]

[Event "Hong Kong-Iceland"]
[Site "ICCF Email"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "2002.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arni H Kristjansson"]
[Black "Michael Spooner"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]


[Event "New York Masters 53rd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Milman"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "41"]


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