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Smith-Morra Gambit
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black kingd7 black pawne7 black pawnf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black pawnd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 white pawne4 white pawnf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 black kinge2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1. e4 c5 2. d4

Smith-Morra Gambit

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The Smith-Morra Gambit is an aggressive pawn sacrifice in order to gain development, this variation of the Sicilian Defense can lead to a sharper - tactical game, but the opening is very rare nowadays.

Pros:

  • Gains development
  • Get white's king castled quicker

Cons:

  • Black is a pawn up
  • Black might have solutions to equalize the game or decline the gambit
  • Only one center pawn since Black took White's d pawn and c pawn

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1. e4 c5 2. d4
2 3 4 5
Smith-Morra Gambit

Accepted

d4
cxd4		 c3
dxc3		 Nxc3
Nc6		 Nf3
d6		 =
Smith-Morra Gambit

Declined, Push Variation

...

...

...

d3

Bxd3

Nc6

Nf3

d6

=
Franco-Sicilian Defense d4
e6		 = to 1...e6 2. d4 c5 +/=

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References

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Wikipedia has related information at Smith-Morra Gambit

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