Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Morphy Defense
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bc5
The Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Morphy Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO B21, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bc5. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 80 times by this move order. White won 51%, 3% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 7. O-O (81% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 7. Bf4 a6 8. O-O Nge7 9. e5 O-O)
- ECO
- B21
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
r1bqk1nr/pp1p1ppp/2n1p3/2b5/2B1P3/2N2N2/PP3PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 2 7- PGN
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bc5
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 56 | |
| 2000+ | 18 | |
| All | 80 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. O-O | 65 (81%) | |
| 7. Bf4 | 7 (9%) | |
| 7. Qe2 | 4 (5%) | |
| 7. e5 | 2 (3%) | |
| 7. Na4 | 1 (1%) | |
| 7. Ng5 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
17 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 6%, Black 53%). The strongest:
- FM Kazim Gulamali (2341) – Alfonso 1979 Gonzalez Gonzalez (2162) 1-0 · Gibraltar Masters 2017 · 2017-01-31
- Luis Soares (2009) – GM Daniel Alsina Leal (2487) 0-1 · 28th Hotel Adriatico 2024 · 2024-09-14
- CM Avri Hanein (2127) – FM Bekhruz Umarov (2224) 1-0 · Titled Tue 15th Sep 2026 · 2026-09-15
- Aditi Arun (1786) – GM Valentina Gunina (2435) 0-1 · Swiss Queens Wed #21 2024 · 2024-06-21
- Evgeniy Khain (1894) – FM Wojciech Przybylski (2308) 0-1 · Titled Tue 13th Aug Late · 2024-08-13
Highest-rated Lichess games
- NM cldng (2350) – Donkie (2204) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 0s
- manegar68 (2334) – pogfish3 (2210) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- defendarov01 (2296) – chenjiewen (2245) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3
More Sicilian Defense lines (all)
- Sicilian Defense (1. e4 c5) B20
- Sicilian Defense: Amazon Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Big Clamp Formation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Brick Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Euwe Attack, Prins Gambit B20
- Sicilian Defense: Gloria Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Grob Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Keres Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: King David's Opening B20
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.