Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Marshall Variation
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1.e4c52.b4cxb43.a3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Marshall Variation1.3M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
15%184k48%
9.2%117k55%
7.3%92k53%
6.4%81k47%
2.2%28k50%
1.9%24k51%
1.1%14k48%
0.9%12k52%
0.4%4.9k52%
Famous games in this line478 master games
Savchenko, B. (2581) – Dubov, Daniil (2699)Hug, Werner (2453) – Anand, Viswanathan (2788)Pranav, V. (2609) – Daneshvar, Bardiya (2598)Lagno, Kateryna (2515) – Sadhwani, Raunak (2672)Bauer, Christian (2592) – Abergel, Thal (2509)Forster, Richard (2449) – Bauer, Christian (2624)Windhausen, Georg (2486) – Oliveira, João Carlos de (2576)WindPower (2502) – Ibermax (2560)Heroes of this opening Bauer, Christian · Dubov, Daniil · Anand, Viswanathan · Daneshvar, Bardiya
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B20
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3
Gambit
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Carlsbad Variation3…bxa3Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Marienbad Variation3…d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Bb2Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Nanu Gambit3…d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 e5 6.c4 …Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Romanian Defense3…d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 e5 6.Bb2 …
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No reply to 1.e4 is played more. Fischer made the Najdorf his main weapon, and Kasparov's Sicilians are pillars of chess history — the Scheveningen against Karpov, the Dragon he unveiled against Anand in 1995. When you play 1...c5 you refuse symmetry, the same refusal that carried two world champions.
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