Library/Openings/Sicilian Defense/Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted/Kan Formation ECO B21
Opening· 10 plies

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Kan Formation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B21), reached after 10 half-moves: 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6.

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Kan Formation ECO B21
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About this opening

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Kan Formation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B21. ECO group B (B00–B99) covers semi-open games (1.e4 with Black playing anything other than 1…e5), with the Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann and Pirc/Modern at its heart. This particular variation is reached after 10 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6.

It belongs to the Sicilian Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted → Kan Formation line). The immediate parent line is Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, transitioned via 5…a6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 c5, 2.d4 cxd4, 3.c3 dxc3, 4.Nxc3 e6, 5.Nf3 a6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.