Mayhem in the Morra offers a complete fighting repertoire for White against the Sicilian with 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3. The Morra Gambit is a popular weapon at club level, but can it be effective at GM level? Marc Esserman believes so and he has 2700-rated scalps to back up his view.
Esserman is the world's leading expert on the Morra Gambit and he shares all his secrets and many novelties in a lively witty style. The Morra leads to exciting gambit play, so some players decline the offer with 3...Nf6 - Esserman also shows how White can attack this cautious defence.
Don't be afraid of the Sicilian - unleash Mayhem in the Morra!
- A complete anti-Sicilian repertoire Ideal for attacking players Hundreds of novelties and improvements
Marc Esserman is an IM from the USA who has played and analysed the Morra Gambit for most of his life.
Foreword by GM Larry Christiansen: "In 2011, when preparing for the US Championship, I decided to employ the Morra Gambit as a surprise weapon if given the chance. Marc supplied me with a vast amount of analysis and novelties for that tournament and I became convinced that the gambit was not only dangerous, but perfectly sound. There is no greater authority in the world on this line than Marc Esserman and he lays it all out there in this book."
Content:
004 Foreword by Larry Christiansen
005 Foreword by Loek van Wely
006 Key to Symbols used
007 Preface by the Author
011 Introduction - The Much Maligned Morra
029 Morra Methodology
Morra Accepted
031 1 Siberian Wilderness
057 2 The Scheveningens
077 3 The Scheveningens II
097 4 Into the Deep
121 5 The King in the Windy City - the Chicago Defense
139 6 Slaying the Dragon
155 7 The Professional's Choice - Nge[00]7
183 8 Early Bishop Out - Nge[00]7 Reloaded?
203 9 Taylor's Temple of Doom
233 10 Finegold's Final Frontier
245 11 Searching the Stars for a Refutation
Morra Declined
253 12 Potpourri
271 13 Crushing 3 ... d3 with the Morra-Maroczy: squeeze, squeeze, destroy!
283 14 The Noxious 3 ... Nf6
313 Appendix - Supplemental Games
345 Endnotes
348 Works Cited
350 Game Index
353 Variation Index
359 Transpositions | 
