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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Modern Variations B50
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Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Deferred Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Deferred Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B50, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4, after 5 plies of opening development.
The line refines Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B50
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 5
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Statistics from Lichess
285,362 games · White 46.6% / Draw 4.3% / Black 49.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| cxb4 | 181,203 | |
| b6 | 48,181 | |
| Nf6 | 26,761 | |
| Nc6 | 7,656 | |
| e6 | 3,899 | |
| g6 | 3,356 | |
| Nd7 | 3,352 | |
| a6 | 3,014 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:09:02
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