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Pierre Morra

Number of games in database: 5
Years covered: 1924 to 1956
Overall record: +2 -2 =1 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.


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PIERRE MORRA
(born 1900, died 1969, 69 years old) France

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Last updated: 2025-06-05 07:43:41

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Rhead vs P Morra 0-1171924ENG-FRA correspondenceC45 Scotch Game
2. R Calapso vs P Morra  1-0381925corrC77 Ruy Lopez
3. P Morra vs R Calapso  0-1471925FRA-ITA corrD49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
4. P Morra vs Grah  ½-½361927FRA-GER corrD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
5. P Morra vs Goupy  1-0261956Echiquier NicoisB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
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Nov-12-11  Karpova: This could be Pierre Morra from Nice (1900-1969) whose name is known from 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 having written articles and a booklet (~ 1950) about it.

C.N. 3953

Apr-02-15  zanzibar: Another player associated with that opening is Ken Smith, whose games seem completely missing from <CG>.

There's a funny entry about the opening, and not having the Smith game or player page to write the anecdote in, it goes here:

<n 1972, Church's Fried Chicken sponsored an international chess tournament in San Antonio. Petrosian, Karpov, Keres, Larsen, Portisch, Gligorich, Hort, and Mecking took on many of North America's best, Browne, Suttles, D. Byrne, Evans, Saidy, Campos-Lopez, and Kaplan.

The surprise entry was Chess Digest's Ken Smith, a national master, a local favorite, and, of course, the namesake and chief exponent of the Smith-Morra Gambit. 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3>

The setup, and now the delivery:

<Smith tried the gambit three times in San Anontio, losing all three times. In his notes to Smith's game against Mario-Campus-Lopez after 1.e4 e6, Larsen wrote: "Stronger is 1...c5, which wins a pawn." >

Which is rather hilarious, in a chessical way.

http://www.queensac.com/tourn3.html

Apr-02-15  zanzibar: In case anyone is wondering, here's the game:

<(108) Smith,K (2395) - Campos Lopez,M (2200) [C02] San Antonio San Antonio, 1972

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.a3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Be3 f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Bd3 0-0 12.0-0 Kh8 13.Rc1 a6 14.b4 g6 15.Na4 Qd6 16.Qd2 Nxe3 17.fxe3 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Rf2 Re8 21.Qc3 d4 22.exd4 Qe3 23.Bxg6 Bxd4 24.Qxe3 Rxe3 25.Rd1 Ba7 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.Kf1 hxg6 28.Rff8 Bd7 29.Rxa8 Bxa4 30.Rg8+ Kf7 31.g3 Bb5+ 32.Kg2 Bc6+ 33.Kf1 Bb6 34.Raf8+ Ke7 35.Rf4 Bb5+ 36.Kg2 Bc6+ 37.Kf1 Be4 38.Rb8 Bc7 39.Rxe4+ Rxe4 40.Rxb7 Rc4 41.b5 axb5 42.Rxb5 Rc2 43.Kg1 Kf6 44.a4 Ra2 45.Rb4 Be5 46.Rc4 Rb2 47.a5 Ra2 48.a6 Rxa6 49.Rc2 Rb6 50.Kg2 Rb3 51.Kh3 Kg5 52.Ra2 Bb2 53.Ra5+ Kh6 54.Rd5 Bc3 55.Rc5 Ra3 56.Rc6 Kh5 57.Rc5+ g5 58.Kg2 Ra2+ 59.Kf3 Bd4 60.Rd5 Rf2+ 61.Ke4 Rxh2 62.Rxd4 Kg4 63.Ke5+ 1/2-1/2>

Dec-22-21  whiteshark: The Morra the Merrier

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