Logozar Elijah. Mop Up the Morra

Chessable, Courses, Chess Openings, Jul 08, 2019.Too many Sicilian games with the Black pieces have been lost to the dubious but lethal Smith-Morra Gambit (1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3!?). Too many.But this tragedy of chess no longer needs to happen because Logozar, the "Mozart of Chessable", is here to save the day.Our favorite community author has returned with another extensively-researched course that directly, and confidently, challenges the world's leading expert in the Morra.In his best-selling Mayhem in the Morra, which is also available on Chessable, IM Marc Esserman claimed the gambit he has played all his life is "perfectly sound".However, in Mop Up the Morra, Logozar's research attempts to prove a Black advantage against all the Mayhem author's recommended lines.Make this dodgy gambit history!Logozar presents a master-checked repertoire that blows the double-edged Smith-Morra attack for White to smithereens.It is something special. But is this a full, irrefutable refutation? Logozar, who has checked every line both with masters and engines, is waiting to be proven otherwise.As Wilhelm Steinitz famously opined, the best way to refute a gambit is to accept it. Logozar does exactly that and then some.The author describes his repertoire as going "far beyond current theory".The course is structured as follows:
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: Early sidelines.
Chapter 3: The critical 7.Bg5.
Chapter 4: Annotated games.
Chapter 5: Supplementary games.But inside those chapters are fireworks, fun, and a set of solid lines that will get you on top against anything White can throw at you.Study this course and you will be licking your lips when you see 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3?! on the board and, just perhaps, you will be looking at a small piece of chess history in the making.