French Defense: Wing Gambit
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4
The French Defense: Wing Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C00, reached after 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4. It is a line of the French Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,609 times by this move order. White won 51%, 4% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4… cxb4 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.25 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 4… cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Nxa3 Nc6 7. c3)
- ECO
- C00
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 118 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,291 | |
| 2000+ | 1,200 | |
| All | 2,609 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… cxb4 | 1,311 (50%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 572 (22%) | |
| 4… c4 | 255 (10%) | |
| 4… b6 | 232 (9%) | |
| 4… d4 | 113 (4%) | |
| 4… Qb6 | 49 (2%) | |
| 4… a6 | 32 (1%) | |
| 4… Bd7 | 18 (1%) |
Master games
1,653 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 11%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-29
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-29
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2863) – GM Andrew Tang (2538) 1-0 · Katara Bullet Final 2020 · 2020-08-26
- GM Maxime Lagarde (2655) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2728) 0-1 · C'Chartres Blitz M Final · 2020-06-14
- GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (2597) – GM Nikita Vitiugov (2747) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2019 · 2019-12-30
Search all games of the French Defense: Wing Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM shuriks91 (2767) – TheorySpeedrun (2641) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- CM JoeAssaad (2660) – IM karagioules (2660) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- IM shuriks91 (2752) – Zenith_Shift (2567) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
French Defense: Knight Variation 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3
More French Defense lines (all)
- French Defense (1. e4 e6) C00
- French Defense (2. d4 d5) C00
- French Defense: Alapin Gambit C00
- French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit C00
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit C00
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit C00
- French Defense: Bird Invitation C00
- French Defense: Carlson Gambit C00
- French Defense: Chigorin Variation C00
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit C00
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted C00
- French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit C00
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.