Yes but according to stockfish it is still playable with no advantage to Black, and the main reason for human to select this Sicilian Wing Gambit is to take your opponent who usually knows most Sicilian variations by heart out of preparation, and when your opponent does not knows those wing lines as well as you do you have the advantage over himUri Blass wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:38 amThe problem is that the opponent does not have to accept the gambit.Chessqueen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 5:55 amBut if you as a human are playing a player that is known to know how to play the Sicilian Defense very well, you should be considering an alternative to take him out of preparationGraham Banks wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:50 am White should really be looking at openings that have a reasonable win percentage.![]()
After 1.e4 c5 2.b4 black can play also d5 or e5 with probably a draw with correct play.
[pgn][Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "DESKTOP-OFQ3C0P"]
[Date "2023.01.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stockfish-windows-2022-x86-64-avx2"]
[Black "Stockfish-windows-2022-x86-64-avx2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "3535"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "01:04:15"]
[Variation "Wing Gambit, 1.e4 c5 2.b4"]
[WhiteElo "3535"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[Termination "unterminated"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. e4 c5 2. b4 e5 3. b5 {(b4-b5) +0.03/37 42} Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 {(Bf8-e7
Bc1-b2 d7-d5 e4xd5 Nf6xd5 Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 a2-a4 Qd5-e4+ Qd1-e2 Qe4xc2 Bb2xe5
O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3
d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+
Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-a1) 0.00/47 116} 5. Bb2
{(Bc1-b2 d7-d5 Nc3xd5 Nf6xd5 e4xd5 Qd8xd5 a2-a4 Qd5-e4+ Qd1-e2 Qe4xc2
Bb2xe5 O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3
Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1
Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-a1) 0.00/46 19} d5
{(d7-d5 Nc3xd5 Nf6xd5 e4xd5 Qd8xd5 a2-a4 Qd5-e4+ Qd1-e2 Qe4xc2 Bb2xe5 O-O
Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3
d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+
Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/49 22} 6. exd5 {(e4xd5
Nf6xd5 Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 a2-a4 Qd5-e4+ Qd1-e2 Qe4xc2 Bb2xe5 O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8
Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O
a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4
Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/48 24} Nxd5 {(Nf6xd5) -0.03/38 26} 7. Nxd5
{(Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 a2-a4 Qd5-e4+ Qd1-e2 Qe4xc2 Bb2xe5 O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3
Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5
Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4
Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/45 37} Qxd5 {(Qd8xd5 a2-a4 Qd5-e4+ Qd1-e2
Qe4xc2 Bb2xe5 O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3
Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2
Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/48 32} 8. a4
{(a2-a4 Qd5-e4+ Qd1-e2 Qe4xc2 Bb2xe5 O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3
Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5
a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+
Kd2-c2) 0.00/49 32} Qe4+ {(Qd5-e4+ Qd1-e2 Qe4xc2 Bb2xe5 O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8
Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O
a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4
Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/49 21} 9. Qe2 {(Qd1-e2 Qe4xc2 Bb2xe5 O-O Be5xg7
Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6
O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8
c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/51 28} Qxc2 {(Qe4xc2
Bb2xe5 O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3
Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1
Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/52 18} 10. Bxe5
{(Bb2xe5 O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3
Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2
Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/51 46} O-O
{(O-O Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3
Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1
Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/51
41} 11. Bxg7 {(Be5xg7 Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3
Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2
Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2
Rc1-d1+) 0.00/52 22} Re8 {(Rf8-e8 Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2
Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+
Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/51
20} 12. Bc3 {(Bg7-c3 Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3
d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+
Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/52 26} Bd7 {(Bc8-d7 Qe2-f3
Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5
a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+
Kd2-c2) 0.00/53 30} 13. Qf3 {(Qe2-f3 Be7-f6+ Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3
d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+
Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/54 44} Bf6+ {(Be7-f6+
Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5
Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2)
0.00/57 27} 14. Be2 {(Bf1-e2 Bf6xc3 Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5
Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4
Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2 Rc1-d1+) 0.00/56 50} Bxc3 {(Bf6xc3
Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2
Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/58 22} 15.
Qxc3 {(Qf3xc3 Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+
Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+
Kc2-d2 Rc1-b1) 0.00/57 21} Qxc3 {(Qc2xc3 d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5
Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2
Ra1-b1 Kd2-c2 Re1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/59 29} 16. dxc3 {(d2xc3 a7-a6 O-O-O
a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4
Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-a1) 0.00/59 23} a6 {(a7-a6 O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5
Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2
Ra1-b1 Kd2-c2 Re1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/58 60} 17. O-O-O {(O-O-O a6xb5 Be2xb5
Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2
Ra1-b1 Kd2-c2 Re1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/58 22} axb5 {(a6xb5 Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5
Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2)
0.00/59 83} 18. Bxb5 {(Be2xb5 Bd7xb5 a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+
Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-b1 Kd2-c2) 0.00/68 55} Bxb5 {(Bd7xb5 a4xb5
Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2)
0.00/80 44} 19. axb5 {(a4xb5 Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8
c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/62 78} Ra1+ {(Ra8-a1+ Kc1-c2 Re8-e1
Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-a1) 0.00/63 108} 20.
Kc2 Re1 {(Re8-e1 Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/56
27} 21. Rd8+ {(Rd1-d8+ Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/58
21} Kg7 {(Kg8-g7 Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/61 17} 22. Rxb8
{(Rd8xb8 c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/62 28} c4 {(c5-c4 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+
Kd2-c2) 0.00/58 9} 23. Kd2 {(Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/52
53} Rad1+ {(Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-a1 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+) 0.00/58 53} 24. Kc2
{(Kd2-c2 Rd1-a1 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/54 3} Rc1+ {(Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2
Rc1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+) 0.00/59 5} 25. Kd2 {(Kc2-d2 Rc1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+
Kc2-d2) 0.00/59 93} Rcd1+ {(Rc1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-b1 b5-b6 Rb1-a1 Kc2-b2
Re1-b1+ Kb2-c2 Rb1-e1) 0.00/59 22} 26. Kc2 {(Kd2-c2 Rd1-b1 Kc2-d2) 0.00/53
2} Rc1+ {(Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/54 2} 27. Kd2 {(Kc2-d2) 0.00/64 56} Rb1
{(Rc1-b1 Rb8xb7 Rb1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-a1 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+) 0.00/55 7} 28. Rxb7
{(Rb8xb7 Rb1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-a1 Kc2-d2) 0.00/56 4} Rbd1+ {(Rb1-d1+ Kd2-c2
Rd1-a1 Kc2-d2) 0.00/61 20} 29. Kc2 {(Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2 Rc1-d1+) 0.00/58
37} Ra1 {(Rd1-a1 Kc2-d2 Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2) 0.00/59 12} 30. Kd2 {(Kc2-d2
Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/49 3} Rad1+ {(Ra1-d1+ Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+
Kc2-d2) 0.00/48 3} 31. Kc2 {(Kd2-c2 Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/53 4} Rc1+
{(Rd1-c1+ Kc2-d2) 0.00/58 15} 32. Kd2 {(Kc2-d2 Rc1-d1+) 0.00/62 24} Rcd1+
{(Rc1-d1+) 0.00/68 11 3-fold repetition} *[/pgn]