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Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Romanian Defense

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1.e4c52.b4cxb43.a3d54.exd5Qxd55.Nf3e56.Bb2Nc67.c4Qe6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Romanian Defense322 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Be241%13136%
Bd334%10855%
axb413%4337%
Qa43.4%1145%
Qe22.5%850%
d31.6%520%
Qb31.6%520%
d41.2%450%
Ng50.9%367%
Nc30.6%20%
Famous games in this line24 master games
Kravtsiv, Martyn (2498) – Tihonov, Jurij (2522)2007½–½Zajarnyi, Anatolyi (2395) – Malakhov, Vladimir (2557)19991–0Bortnik, A. (2516) – Vorontsov, P. (2413)20141–0Gerasimov, Vladimir Nikolaevic (2479) – Felkel, Siegfried (2375)2012½–½Zajarnyi, Anatolyi (2395) – Spulber, Cicerone (2375)19991–0Hrabinska, Myroslava (2307) – Kurenkov, Nikolai (2455)20050–1Zajarnyi, Anatolyi (2315) – Milu, Romeo Sorin (2440)19961–0Zajarnyi, Anatolyi (2415) – Kravets, Ivan (2330)19981–0
Heroes of this opening Zajarnyi, Anatolyi · Bortnik, A. · Kurenkov, Nikolai
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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.

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. Bb2 Nc6 7. c4 Qe6
Gambit
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