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Posting trap I fell into

Posting trap I fell into

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I'm just posting this so I can retrace how I walked into it. It seems like I'm still falling into low-level, prearranged trap moves. This was during a blitz game. If any of you wish to add any comments or suggestions I welcome it.



BTW, I'm black. I was able to recover but I was still mad at myself.

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You shouldn't be playing ... e5 in the Morra gambit. The right place for the pawn is e6, shutting off the a2-g8 diagonal. e7-e5 makes f7 very vulnerable...

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He should have taken the bishop then go with Qb3 check and finaly, cxb7, and now black is losing.

As for the rest, white let his bishop hanging, that is a blunder.

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If you are going to play the Sicilian at Blitz then you will meet
the Morra quite often.

This is a game on here I've looked at a few times, It gives you
a Black developing plan, a delayed e5 is the key, your e5 was far too
early, it transposed into a hybrid 1.e4 e5 opening with you tempo down.

You recovered well - here is the game, even if you don't take
anything from it, it's entertaining.