Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit

1.e4 c5 2.b4

ECO B20

The Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit is a chess opening line in the Sicilian Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 c5 2.b4.

It is catalogued under code B20 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move b4 is chosen by White on move 2.

8 named continuations branch from this position, including the Abrahams Variation and the Carlsbad Variation.

Named variations

• Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Abrahams Variation — ECO B20
• Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Carlsbad Variation — ECO B20
• Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Marienbad Variation — ECO B20
• Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Marshall Variation — ECO B20
• Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Nanu Gambit — ECO B20
• Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Romanian Defense — ECO B20
• Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Santasiere Variation — ECO B20
• Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Deferred Variation — ECO B50

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