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B21

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Kan Formation

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Kan Formation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B21, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.

The line arises from 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6.

The line refines Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
B21
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
10
Parent
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted

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Statistics from Lichess

648,936 games · White 49.5% / Draw 3.8% / Black 46.7%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Bc4497,353
Bd334,059
Bf433,795
a427,177
Be221,430
e512,287
a38,865
Be35,975

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:13:40

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