Smash the Sicilian with the Smith-Morra Gambit

En ny DVD om den fryktede Morra-gambiten som vi vet av egen erfaring (som svart) at i praksis gir hvit gode angrepssjanser mot siciliansk etter 1 e4 c5 2 d4, og 2...cxd4 3 c3. IM Michael Rahal viser mange varianter og ideer i i utvalgte partier.

IM Michael Mahal er en engelskfødt IM og FIDE-trener nå bosatt i Spania. Han er som fisken i vannet i DVD-formatet med blant annet stor suksess på Youtube.

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The Smith-Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4!) is a great attacking weapon against the popular Sicilian Defence. On move two White sacrifices a pawn for fast development and good attacking chances, and Black can easily fall into one of the many devious opening traps. With this gambit in your opening arsenal you are highly unpredictable and able to deal heavy blows at short notice. Your opponent will have to solve concrete problems from the beginning and can easily be under pressure before move ten!

In this 4+ hour DVD International Master Michael Rahal uses model attacking games to illustrate the main ideas behind White’s aggressive approach. With more than 25 years of teaching experience, he keeps the lines you have to memorize to a minimum and instead focuses on general ideas, concepts and attacking patterns. Covering Black’s blacks most important replies, setups and sidelines, the DVD also features a test-yourself quiz and a database with additional material. The Smith-Morra is a great way to have fun on the board and play exciting chess!

• Video running time: 4 h 5 min(English) • With interactive training incuding video feedback • Extra: Database with more than 50 instructive model games • Including CB Reader

Innhold:

01: INTRO [05:52]
02: Appetizer 1 - Meyer,G - Bister,H [09:54]
03: Appetizer 2 - Mosadeghpour,M - Alekseenko,K [12:11]
Chapter 1: Dragon
01: Intro [10:13]
02: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.e5 Qa5- Jorge Freyre - Anothai Rittiphunyawong [07:49]
03: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.e5 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nxe5 - Zelic,M - Cebalo,M [12:33]
Chapter 2: Siberian Defence
01: Intro [10:06]
02: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb5 Qb8 9.e5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Re1 Qb8 - Codina Calvo,D - Represa Perez,M [11:24]
03: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb5 Qb8 9.e5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Re1 Qc5 - Fritsche,F - Lindner,J [11:36]
Chapter 3: Chicago Defence
01: Intro [13:08]
02: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bc4 d6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Qe2 b5 9.Bb3 Ra7 10.Be3 Rd7 11.Rac1 - Votava,J - Poloch,P [09:22]
03: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Qe2 b5 9.Bb3 Ra7 10.Bf4 Rd7 11.Rfd1 - Dimitrov,P - Parligras,M [09:45]
Chapter 4: Paulsen Defence
01: Intro [11:31]
02: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.0-0 b4 - Esserman,M - Sarkar,J [09:10]
Chapter 5: Najdorf System
01: Intro [10:35]
02: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Bf4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.Rfd1 Qc7 - Berg,E - Rocha,S [09:54]
03: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Bf4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.Rfd1 Qb8 - Santos Ruiz,M - Damaso,R [12:43]
Chapter 6: Systems with Nge7
01: Intro [08:46]
02: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 Ng6 10.Bb3 b5 11.Nd5 exd5 12.exd5 Nce5 - Esserman,M - Van Wely,L [09:51]
03: 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 b5 10.Bb3 Ng6 11.Nd5 Rb8 - Izzat,K - Johansen,D [10:16]
Chapter 7: Scheveningen Systems
01: Lines without ...a6 - 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Rd1 Qc7 [10:18]
02: Lines with ...a6 - 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Qe2 a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 [11:40]
Chapter 8: Morra Gambit Declined
01: 3...d5/g6/e6/Nf6/d3 - Video notation [14:16]
Chapter 9: Test Section
01: Test 1 - Lohr,M - Schoenweiler,E [00:37]
02: Test 2 - Caraballo,M - Tannous,F [00:54]
03: Test 3 - Gregorova,Z - Obdrzalkova,A [00:47]
04: Test 4 - Goncharova,O - Nabatov,I [00:46]
05: Test 5 - Walther,H - Boettger,R [00:47]
06: Test 6 - Jehle,B - Holzmayr,N [00:43]
07: Test 7 - Chikovani,V - Yagupov,I [00:38]
08: Test 8 - Peterson,E - Csolto,T [00:40]
09: Test 9 - Llaneza Vega,M - Hernandez Ramirez,J [00:51]
10: Test 10 - Choong,Y - Nakauchi,G [00:28]
11: Test 11 - Meduri,A - Cornejo,M [00:45]
12: Test 12 - Rahal,M - Cruz Estrada,F [01:05]

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The Smith-Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4!)

is a great attacking weapon against the popular Sicilian Defence. On move two White sacrifices a pawn for fast development and good attacking chances, and Black can easily fall into one of the many devious opening traps. With this gambit in your opening arsenal you are highly unpredictable and able to deal heavy blows at short notice. Your opponent will have to solve concrete problems from the beginning and can easily be under pressure before move ten!