As White

Smith-Morra Gambit · Basic

An aggressive answer to the Sicilian: you give a pawn to develop very fast and attack along the open files.

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Lines

1. Opponent's mistake · 5...Ng4

   1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Qxg4

2. Opponent's mistake · 6...Bg4

   1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Ng5+ Ke8 9.Qxg4 Nf6 10.Qe6 Ne5 11.f4 Qd7 12.fxe5 Qxe6 13.Nxe6

3. Opponent's mistake · 6...Nce7

   1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nc6 4.cxd4 e6 5.d5 exd5 6.exd5 Nce7 7.d6 Nc6 8.Qe2+ Nge7 9.Nc3 Nd4 10.Qe4 Qb6 11.dxe7 Bxe7 12.Nd5

4. Opponent's mistake · 6...Nh5

   1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e5 Nh5 7.g4 Nf4 8.Bxf4

5. Opponent's mistake · 7...Qe7

   1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Ng5 Qe7 8.Bxf7+ Kd8 9.Ne6+ Qxe6 10.Bxe6

6. Opponent's mistake · 7...Nxe5

   1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.e5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Qc7 9.Bxf7+

7. Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted · 5.Nf3 d6

   1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e5 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Ng5

8. Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Pin Defense

   1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Bb4 7.O-O

9. Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted · 6.Bc4 Nf6

   1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.e5

10. Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted · 5.Nf3 Nc6

    1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bb4 7.Ng5

11. Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Scheveningen Formation

    1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1

12. 3.c3 Nc6

    1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nc6 4.cxd4 e5 5.d5 Nd4 6.Nf3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3

13. Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted · 6.Bc4 Nf6

    1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 Nd4 9.O-O