Wing Gambit

Any1 have any info about the Wing Gambit?

1.e4 c5 2.b4!?


FixarN

Originally posted by FixarN
Any1 have any info about the Wing Gambit?

1.e4 c5 2.b4!?


FixarN

I have heard that it is used when you have quite a bit more skill than your opponent and is used to play him instead of playing the board like you would against someone your normal strength. Otherwise you probably know more than I do about it.

aha... I see that not many people know alot about it... xD

FixarN

http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=47663

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1001004

I think there's better ways to avoid the open sicilian than the wing gambit

Originally posted by YUG0slav
I think there's better ways to avoid the open sicilian than the wing gambit

Ditto, the wing gambit sucks.

how about a nice, stable closed sicilian instead?

Originally posted by FixarN
Any1 have any info about the Wing Gambit?

1.e4 c5 2.b4!?


FixarN

To quote Howard Staunton: “…ask some old lady in your neighborhood. Anyone, we should think, could answer your queries who had ever attempted to play a single game.”

I have made some research and it´s better to prepare the Gambit with 2.a3!?

FixarN

Dunno if it's good or bad.I've played through those games I linked and then tried it out OTB.Result -100 ratingpoints LOL But I think that's more due to my lack of understanding of the gambit than to the gambit itself.

nah, I blame the gambit

Originally posted by FixarN
I have made some research and it´s better to prepare the Gambit with 2.a3!?

FixarN

I'm not so sure - the SWG is all about shock value, so telegraphing your intention to play it would seem to make it more, not less unsound.

Originally posted by FixarN
I have made some research and it´s better to prepare the Gambit with 2.a3!?

FixarN

I think you mean 2. a3?!

Originally posted by FixarN
I have made some research and it´s better to prepare the Gambit with 2.a3!?

FixarN

If 1. e4 c5 2. a3 then black just plays a5! which stops the wing gambit anyway (after 3. b4? then axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1).

Of course, if Black thinks he can handle it without 2... a5, then he can use the tempo to develop.

Originally posted by FixarN
Any1 have any info about the Wing Gambit?

1.e4 c5 2.b4!?


FixarN

Why play an inferior move? If you really must play b4, you may as well play it on move 1. My advice would be if you are so scared of facing the sicilian then play 1.d4 rather than trying to escape main line theory by playing third rate moves.

🙂

My favourite players use 1.e4 and none of them duck from meeting and beating the sicilian head on