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This series should take the average Internet player past the 1800 hump, since the only people to play this crap are <1800 players on chess.com. The lines my opponents play might not be the best, but a lot of people play them. I'll Just present the games as they come up. First on the list is a typical Smith-Morra Gambit...
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3? dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 a6! 6.Bc4?! 6. b5 7.Bb3 Qc7 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 Nd7 10.Bf4 Ne5. Black is at least equal.
I see this sort of thing all the time from the Black Side of the Sicilian, especially the Bowdler. Black takes his time developing the kingside, and focuses on rapid queenside development and control of square e5, Black must be patient but White has no pawn breaks or initiative and the c4 bihop bites on granite.
What kind of "typical smith morra" sees Re1 instead of Qe2 and Rd1?
I would not enjoy playing the black side you have presented. Even 11. Nd5 immediately kind of just immediately wins for white (11..exd5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. exd5 wins the queen)
What kind of "typical smith morra" sees Re1 instead of Qe2 and Rd1?
I would not enjoy playing the black side you have presented. Even 11. Nd5 immediately kind of just immediately wins for white (11..exd5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. exd5 wins the queen)
What about 11...Qb8 ? That would be my choice, at first glance. I haven't yet done a serious analysis, so maybe you can show me the win.
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What kind of "typical smith morra" sees Re1 instead of Qe2 and Rd1?
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I don't see why I should worry about 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.Rd1 Black can always play ...Qb8 if necessary. d6 pawn looks well defended, e6 looks ok too. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
7...Qc7 is not a very good move, walking into Rc1 stuff. But the Smith Morra is not a crap opening. The only real disadvantage is that Black can transpose into the Alapin variation if he wants. If Black accepts the gambit, White has sufficient compensation. It's just a double-edged position.
I've been playing through GM Daniel King's "Anti-Sicilians for Black" Chessable course. He doesn't call the Morra "crap", but he clearly holds it in contempt -- even wrinkling his nose while describing it. But when I study his lines against the Morra I find the same thing I do everywhere else: Black equalizes.
But that's the same result against all of White's non-"crap" lines against the Sicilian: if Black knows what to do, then it's about equal.
IMO, the main problem with the Morra is that Black can go 3...Nf6, transposing to a Alapin, which is the kind of boring middlegame a Morra player doesn't want, and is a two-for-one defence for Black, since it works against the Morra and the Alapin.
too late in development? What about the line 11...Qb8 12.Nd5 Nc5 ? I didn't look closely, but I don't see a clear win. Do you?
I assume you mean 12... Nc4? it drops the d5 pawn back but also if the knight moves it allows e4-e5. That kind of position with white completely developed and black 3 moves away from castling is not viable. 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. e5 is clearly over, all white pieces are in perfect attack position and black is completely undeveloped and 3 (!) moves away from castling.
I also agree that Qc7 just leaves the queen unstable.
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