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Opening: B21: Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit
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The Smith-Morra Gambit against the Sicilian Defense (1 e4 c5 2 d4 cxd4 3 c3 dxc3 4 Nxc3!?) is perhaps not common in grandmaster chess, but at club level it can be a very potent attacking weapon. The gambit is named after two players, Pierre Morra from France (1900-1969) and Ken Smith (1930-1999) of the Dallas Chess Club, who popularized it to the masses by writing nine books and fifty articles about it.
At grandmaster level, the Nge7 variations are seen as best play against it - but at the recent US Open in Orlando, one of the world’s top grandmasters, Loek van Wely of The Netherlands, proved to be the highest-profile victim yet for the Smith-Morra, as he lost in a spectacular attacking game to IM Marc Esserman. Last year, GM Alex Lenderman produced a hugely popular 3-part video series for ICC on the Smith-Morra Gambit (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) that received many plaudits - the latest Gambit Guide series, however, will simply update the Nge7 variations in view of van Wely’s horrific loss.
This is a 5 minute preview.
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A68, E75 IM John Watson: Indian systems: Part 12
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Coach Dan Heisman: Amateur Mistakes - Part 11
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E76 IM John Watson Indian systems: Part 11
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Coach Dan Heisman: Amateur Mistakes - Part 9
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E92 IM John watson Indian systems: Part 9
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E70 GM Yermolinsky - What it takes to be a complete 1.d4 player - KID - Bits and Pieces - 3
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C42 GM Petrov: Surprise Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 - Video 10: 4…Nc6 in the Petroff
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Coach Dan Heisman: Amateur Mistakes - Part 8
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E92 Im John watson Indian systems: Part 8
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C44 GM Petrov: Surprise Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 - Video 9: 3.d4 d5
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Coach Dan Heisman: Amateur Mistakes - Part 4
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E94 IM john Watson: Indian systems: Part 7
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E70 GM Yermolinsky - What it takes to be a complete 1.d4 player - KID - Bits and Pieces - 1
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C50 GM Petrov: Surprise Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 - Video 8: 2.Nf3 Nc6, 3. Bc4 f5
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Coach Dan Heisman’s: Amateur Mistakes - Part 3
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E86 IM John Watson: Indian systems: Part 6
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C41 GM Petrov: Surprise Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 - Video 7: Philidor 3…f5
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Coach Dan Heisman’s: Amateur Mistakes - Part 2
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E92 IM John Watson: Indian systems: Part 5
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E71 GM Yermolinsky - What it takes to be a complete 1.d4 player - KID - Part 7
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C41 GM Petrov: Surprise Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 - Video 6: 2…d6
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E71 GM Yermolinsky - What it takes to be a complete 1.d4 player - KID - Part 6
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C40 GM Petrov: Surprise Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 - Video 5: 2…f5
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B04 Coach Dan Heisman: Pieces Sacrifice in the Opening - Part 14
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E92, E92, E68 IM John Watson - Indian systems: Part 3
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E71 GM Yermolinsky - What it takes to be a complete 1.d4 player - KID - Part 5
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C40 GM Petrov: Surprise Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 - Video 4: 2…d5
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E92 IM Watson Indian Systems - Video 2
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C40 GM Petrov: Surprise Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 - Video 3: 2…Bc5
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E87 Coach Dan Heisman: Pieces Sacrifice in the Opening - Part 12
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