Chessmate

Smith-Morra Gambit · White

Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Development Lead (B21)

Occupy the center and open the diagonals for both bishops.

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Step through the line. Every move has a reason.

More courses in this opening

Continue through the Sicilian Defense repertoire from another tabiya.

Closed Sicilian · WhiteDifficulty 2/3

White repertoire · ECO B23–B26

Sample line with full explanations: Main Line, Meeting the Queenside Expansion · White.

Closed Sicilian · BlackDifficulty 2/3

Black repertoire · ECO B26

Sample line with full explanations: Main Line, Queenside Expansion · Black.

Sicilian Accelerated Dragon · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B34–B36

Sample line with full explanations: Maróczy Bind, Thematic b5 Break · Black.

Sicilian Accelerated Dragon · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B34–B38

Sample line with full explanations: Maróczy Bind, Meeting the b5 Break · White.

Sicilian Alapin · BlackDifficulty 1/3

Black repertoire · ECO B22–B40

Sample line with full explanations: Barmen Defense, e5 Pressure.

Sicilian Alapin · WhiteDifficulty 2/3

White repertoire · ECO B22

Sample line with full explanations: Barmen Defense, c4 Main Line · White.

Sicilian Classical · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B56–B67

Sample line with full explanations: Richter-Rauzer, Be7 Main Line · Black.

Sicilian Classical · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B60–B67

Sample line with full explanations: Richter-Rauzer, Classical Line · White.

Sicilian Dragon · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B71–B78

Sample line with full explanations: Yugoslav Attack, Fast-Castling Main Line.

Sicilian Dragon · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B71–B78

Sample line with full explanations: Yugoslav Attack, Fast-Castling Main Line · White.

Sicilian Kan · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B41–B43

Sample line with full explanations: Polugaevsky Main Line, Qg4 and ...b5 · Black.

Sicilian Kan · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B42

Sample line with full explanations: Polugaevsky Main Line, Qg4 and Bg5 · White.

Sicilian Najdorf · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B90–B99

Sample line with full explanations: Opocensky Variation, Traditional Line.

Sicilian Najdorf · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B90–B99

Sample line with full explanations: Be2, Classical Setup.

Sicilian Scheveningen · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B81

Sample line with full explanations: Keres Attack, Central d5 Main Line · White.

Smith-Morra Gambit · BlackDifficulty 2/3

Black repertoire · ECO B21

Sample line with full explanations: Accepted, 8.Qe2 Main Line · Black.

Sicilian Sveshnikov · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B33

Sample line with full explanations: Chelyabinsk Main Line, c3 and f5.

Sicilian Sveshnikov · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B33

Sample line with full explanations: Chelyabinsk Main Line, c3 and f5 · White.

Sicilian Taimanov · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B44–B48

Sample line with full explanations: Classical Main Line, 13...c5 · Black.

Sicilian Taimanov · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B48

Sample line with full explanations: Qf3 Main Line, Meeting 11...b4 · White.

Sicilian Scheveningen · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B80–B90

Sample line with full explanations: Keres Attack, Central d5 Counter.

All lines in this course

ECO B21

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

Train this course
  1. Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Development LeadSample

    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 e5 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3

  2. Accepted, Paulsen Setup with Bg5 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 b5 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nd4

  3. Accepted, Fianchetto Defense and e5 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e5

  4. Accepted, Pin Defense and Nb5 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Rd1 Ng6 10. Nb5

  5. Smith-Morra, Avoiding the Siberian Trap

    1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 Ng4 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. h3

  6. Declined with ...Nf6, Alapin Transposition · White

    1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3

  7. Declined with ...d5, Central Exchange · White

    1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1

  8. Declined with ...d3, Reclaiming the Pawn · White

    1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 g6 8. Rd1 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3

  9. Punish the Premature ...Nf6 · White

    1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. e5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qxd8