B20 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Santasiere Variation
5/5
1.e4c52.b4cxb43.c4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Santasiere Variation4.0k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
67%2.7k53%
9.8%39553%
8%32158%
7.2%28864%
3.3%13256%
1.4%5862%
1.1%4652%
0.9%3750%
0.7%3063%
0.3%1145%
Famous games in this line3 master games
Hector, Jonny (2500) – Kudrin, Sergey (2570)Huenerkopf, Heinz (2270) – Chandler, Murray G (2535)Eade, James (2325) – Appleberry, Martin (2275)Heroes of this opening Kudrin, Sergey · Chandler, Murray G · Appleberry, Martin
- Family
- Sicilian Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B20
- Line
- 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. c4
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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