No. 4. c3 and you lose a piece.
3. ..Ne5 is better but if you play that you might as well start with Nc6. the c-pawn is misplaced on c5, so later on you can't bring out your dark-squared bishop.
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Jun 7, 2009
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No, as Alphastar pointed out you simply lose. If you don't want to play the mainline Smith-Morra, you could try playing 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6. You get a reasonable position, and maybe take them out of book.
4. c3 Qa5 5. Bd2 still wins it.
5. ..Nb5 6. c4.
Crafty even prefers 5. Na3. So there are 3 ways white can gain the piece.
What are you going to call it?
Is it okay?