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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
41%13136%
34%10855%
13%4337%
3.4%1145%
2.5%850%
1.6%520%
1.6%520%
1.2%450%
0.9%367%
0.6%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
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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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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