Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Wing Gambit › Santasiere Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Wing Gambit B20
- Santasiere Variation B20 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Santasiere Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Santasiere 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 begins with 5 plies and takes 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. c4 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B20
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 5
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Statistics from Lichess
4,360 games · White 43.9% / Draw 3.7% / Black 52.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| bxc3 | 2,876 | |
| Nc6 | 415 | |
| e5 | 361 | |
| e6 | 346 | |
| d6 | 146 | |
| a5 | 58 | |
| g6 | 49 | |
| d5 | 45 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:07:27
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