Opening · played as White
Smith-Morra Gambit
Meet the Sicilian by giving up a pawn for the c3- and d-files. White develops fast, Black is behind, and the positions are far easier to play from White's side than the book says.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- White
- Variations covered
- 50
The main line
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bf4 Bb4 7.Bd6 Nf6 8.Bxb4 Nxb4
Some of the variations
- 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bf4 Bb4 7.Bd6 Nf6
- 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Be2 d6
- 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7
- 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.O-O Nf6
- 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bf4 e6 7.Be2 d6
- 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bf4 d6 7.e5 f6
…and 44 more in the trainer.
Train it
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