CLEARANCE - Smith-Morra Declined - A Game Collection Chessbase Chess Software everything is decided — as

everything is decided — as in the ‘good old days’ — by the player's talent

even more importantly

Each piece is heavily weighted

To play chess well one has a lot to learn: opening

CLEARANCE - Smith-Morra Declined - A Game Collection Chessbase Chess Software everything is decided — asThis is a companion volume to the authors' Smith Morra Accepted, in which they bring to the public their private collection of some 800 games involving the decline of the Smith Morra Gambit in the Sicilian Defense. Grandmaster Larry Evans points out in his introduction that declining the gambit is not the correct approach to refuting the offer. The frequently quoted games in which Black is able to win are most often the result of White's failure to