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Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Nanu Gambit

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1.e4c52.b4cxb43.a3d54.exd5Qxd55.Nf3e56.c4Qe67.Bd3
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Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Nanu Gambit178 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
34%6057%
34%6057%
20%3664%
5.6%1045%
2.2%425%
1.7%367%
1.1%275%
0.6%10%
0.6%10%
0.6%10%
Famous games in this line32 master games
Aigner, Michael (2512) – Zubac, Marius (2519)20081–0Windhausen, Georg (2486) – Mokrys, Christian-Peter (2515)2010½–½Shivananda, BS. (2375) – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi (2513)20120–1Aigner, Michael (2604) – Lehnhoff, Heinz-Georg (2270)20091–0Westera, Bert (2446) – Campant, Bernard (2428)20111–0Bobel, Philippe (2284) – Jaulneau, Christophe (2553)2014½–½Meißen, Frank (2401) – Schweer, Carsten (2415)2017½–½Shivananda, BS. (2382) – Yagupov, Igor (2428)20130–1
Heroes of this opening Aigner, Michael · Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi · Westera, Bert · Yagupov, Igor
Family
Sicilian Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B20
Line
1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 e5 6. c4 Qe6 7. Bd3
Gambit
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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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