Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Wing Gambit › Marshall Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Wing Gambit B20
- Marshall Variation B20 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Marshall Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Marshall Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B20, 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.
It is reached after 5 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3.
The line refines Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 4 documented sub-systems: Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Carlsbad Variation, Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Marienbad Variation, Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Nanu Gambit, and others.
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- ECO code
- B20
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 5
- Direct variations
- 4
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Statistics from Lichess
1,476,088 games · White 48.7% / Draw 4.2% / Black 47.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| bxa3 | 784,052 | |
| e6 | 212,785 | |
| d5 | 172,658 | |
| e5 | 114,562 | |
| Nc6 | 88,053 | |
| b3 | 36,028 | |
| d6 | 25,612 | |
| Nf6 | 16,183 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:07:23
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