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Sicilian Defense:Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3

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White to move

Legal moves
42
Games in the next 4 moves
970,545
Different positions among them
317,079
Named lines from here
20

See it on the mapOn the opening map

It is reached after 6 moves: 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense.

White is to move and has 42 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 970,545 different games. Those games reach 317,079 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3.1 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 20 further lines after this position, such as Scheveningen Formation (4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6) and Siberian Variation (4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7).

The same moves can be played in 4 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. d4 c5 2. e4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3, which starts as the Queen's Pawn Game.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 970,545 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. e4King's Pawn Game
  2. 1... c5Sicilian Defense
  3. 2. d4Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit
  4. 2... cxd4—
  5. 3. c3Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit
  6. 3... dxc3Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted

Named lines from here

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