Opening Traps : Sicilian Defense

Here I want to cover 2 openings

1 e4 c5 2 d4 cd4 3c3 Morra-Smith Gambit . Morra was a french player from Nice,France (1900-1969) who studied the opening and played it in correspondence games. 

 1e4 c5 2Nf3 Nc6 3Bb5 is the Rossolimo (You could play Bb5 against d6 as well).

and here you could see 21 lines containing many traps and quick wins in the morra gambit as well as in the Rossolimo opening.

Morra Gambit in practice

The Morra gambit (from the player from my hometown Nice,France Pierre Morra who studied and played it) is still a dangerous weapon against the Sicilian.

Classic 1:1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 d6 7. Qe2 a6 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Ne5? 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Rac1!Qb8

White to play and seize the initiative !

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Classic2:1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 a6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Bb3 Rd8

White to play for the initiative (Position 2)

Eventually, the position above evolved in the following :

Position 3: White to play and win

( Matulovic-Panatopoulos 1965)