Morra Gambit Simul Tactics Quiz - Solutions (Including Full Games!)

1.

From the game Esserman - NN,
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Kg6 9. Qxg4 Nf6 10. Qf5+ Kh6 11. Nf7# 1-0

2.

From the game Esserman - NN,
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 9. Qd5+ e6 10. Qxc6 Bd7 11. Qb7 1-0

3.

From the game Esserman - NN,
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Nb5 d5
10. exd5 hxg5 (10... exd5 11. Bf4) 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nd6+ 1-0

 4.

 From the game Esserman - NN,
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. b4 Bg4 9. b5 Ne5
10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qb3 e6 12. bxa6 bxa6 13. Bxa6 1-0

5.

From the game Esserman - Kim,
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bf4 e5 9. Ng5 Be6
10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qd7 12. Nd5 {and White won shortly} 1-0

6.

From the game Esserman-Bromberg, 
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 e5
10. Be3 O-O 11. Rac1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Bb3 Qb8 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bf8 19. b4 a6 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Qg4 Qc7 22. Bb6 1-0

7.

From... not a game at all! This position actually arose from variations from Esserman - Fox,
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O b4 9. Nd5 exd5
10. exd5 Bd6 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Qd4 a5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Ra6 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Qe4 Be5 19. Rad1 d6 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. f4 Nc5 22. Qe2 (22. Qf5 $1 Nxb3 23. fxe5 fxe5
24. Rf1 Qc7 25. Bd8 ) 22... Nxb3 23. axb3 Bxf4 $4 (23... Rg8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rf1 Rg6) 24. Qe7+ Kg8 25. Bxf6 Be5 26. Qe8+ {mating} 1-0
8.

From the game Esserman-Kim,
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. b4 Bd7 9. a3 g6
10. Qb3 e6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Rfd1 e5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd8 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
(16... dxe5 17. d6 $18) 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Qa4+ Black resigned, as b5 19. Qxb5+ axb5 20. Bxb5+ Nc6 21. Bxc6#
1-0

And a bonus:

From the game Esserman-NN,

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 h5 6. Bc4 h4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb5 Rh6 9. Bxh6 a6 10. Bg5 Nge7 11. Nd6# 1-0