Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › Sicilian Defense › Wing Gambit › Abrahams Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Wing Gambit B20
- Abrahams Variation B20 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Abrahams Variation
Overview
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Abrahams 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.
The line arises from 5 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Bb2.
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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