King's Pawn Game: Pachman Wing Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4
The King's Pawn Game: Pachman Wing Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C44, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4. It is a line of the King's Pawn Game. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 123 times by this move order. White won 40%, 6% were drawn and Black won 54%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bxb4 (45% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.18 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 3… Bxb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. Qa4 Bb6 6. d4)
- ECO
- C44
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 99 | |
| 1500-1999 | 21 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 123 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bxb4 | 55 (45%) | |
| 3… Nxb4 | 24 (20%) | |
| 3… Nf6 | 15 (12%) | |
| 3… d6 | 8 (7%) | |
| 3… a6 | 8 (7%) | |
| 3… b5 | 3 (2%) | |
| 3… d5 | 3 (2%) | |
| 3… f6 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- CM Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan (1813) – GM Sergei Azarov (2598) 0-1 · Speed Chess GP3 2021 · 2021-10-02
- FM Ethan Saya (2240) – Dominique Myers (2029) 0-1 · Titled Tue 1st Oct Late · 2024-10-01
- CM Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan (1813) – FM Michal Bartel (2262) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 13th Apr · 2021-04-13
- Ruixi Xu (1530) – IM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette (2386) 0-1 · 29th ECC Women 2025 · 2025-10-19
- CM Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan (1813) – CM Rodrigo Roman (2078) 0-1 · Titled Tue 16th Aug Early · 2022-08-16
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Comes from
King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
More King's Pawn Game lines (all)
- King's Pawn Game (1. e4) B00
- King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense B07
- King's Pawn Game (1. e4 e5) C20
- King's Pawn Game: Alapin Opening C20
- King's Pawn Game: Bavarian Gambit C20
- King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit C20
- King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, King's Gambit Reversed C20
- King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, Radisch Gambit C20
- King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening (1… e5 2. f3) C20
- King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening (2… Nf6 3. Nc3) C20
- King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation C20
- King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack C20
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.