B20 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Carlsbad Variation
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1.e4c52.b4cxb43.a3bxa3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Carlsbad Variation705k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
47%332k50%
26%184k53%
19%134k54%
4.2%29k55%
1.9%13k53%
0.7%5.3k57%
0.3%2.4k47%
0.3%1.8k56%
0.2%1.6k54%
0.1%1.0k55%
Famous games in this line63 master games
Savchenko, B. (2581) – Dubov, Daniil (2699)Hug, Werner (2453) – Anand, Viswanathan (2788)Hug, Werner (2437) – Baramidze, David (2593)Shirazi, Kamran (2355) – Grandelius, Nils (2651)Savchenko, B. (2567) – Yeletsky, Ivan (2438)Shirazi, Kamran G (2424) – Oleksienko, Mikhailo (2541)Mikhalchishin, Adrian (2524) – Polajzer, Danilo (2425)Shirazi, K. (2350) – Moussard, J. (2576)Heroes of this opening Dubov, Daniil · Anand, Viswanathan · Hug, Werner · Grandelius, Nils
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B20
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3
Gambit
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No defense has won more games at every level than the Sicilian. Bobby Fischer played almost nothing else against 1.e4, and Kasparov's Najdorf battles with Karpov and Anand are pillars of chess history. When you play 1...c5, you're refusing symmetry — the same refusal that carried two world champions.
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