B40 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit Deferred
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1.e4c52.Nf3e63.b4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit Deferred236k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
64%151k48%
10%25k51%
7.3%17k49%
6.5%15k45%
5.1%12k43%
2.9%6.8k47%
1%2.4k52%
0.7%1.7k44%
0.5%1.3k44%
0.4%82641%
Famous games in this line172 master games
Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2642) – Akopian, Vladimir (2678)Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2676) – Khairullin, Ildar (2637)Bernadskiy, Vitaliy (2629) – Rublevsky, Sergei (2651)Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2641) – Epishin, Vladimir (2613)Bernadskiy, V. (2593) – Moiseenko, A1. (2623)Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian (2558) – Bachmann, Ax (2629)Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2664) – Neverov, Valeriy (2519)Williams, Si1 (2461) – Delchev, A. (2648)Heroes of this opening Zvjaginsev, Vadim · Rublevsky, Sergei · Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian · Delchev, A.
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B40
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b4
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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