Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Wing Gambit
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. c4 b5
The Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Wing Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO B01, reached after 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. c4 b5. It is a line of the Scandinavian Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 4 times by this move order. White won 25%, 0% were drawn and Black won 75%. The most popular continuation is 5. b3 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.19 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 5. Nc3 bxc4 6. Bxc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 c6)
- ECO
- B01
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. c4 b5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. b3 | 2 (50%) | |
| 5. Nf3 | 1 (25%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 1 (25%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 0%, Black 67%). The strongest:
- GM Daniil Lintchevski (2546) – Martin Baierlein (2025) 1-0 · Teplice Open 2014 · 2014-06-14
- Vaclav Setina (2060) – FM Bakhyt Temirov (2079) 0-1 · 37th Czech Rapid G1 2026 · 2026-07-23
- Thomas, Dr. Mack (1908) – Martin Baierlein (2038) 0-1 · 36th ChessOrg Open · 2020-03-09
Search all games of the Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation, Wing Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Mustafa10111992 (2143) – frank_farmer (2259) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Bokhtan (2126) – DCRell7 (2160) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 0s
- LluisQu (2071) – DCRell7 (2136) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Scandinavian Defense: Richter Variation (3. d4 g6) 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 g6
More Scandinavian Defense lines (all)
- Scandinavian Defense (1. e4 d5) B01
- Scandinavian Defense (1… d5 2. b3) B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Collijn Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Goteborg System B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Anderssen Counterattack, Orthodox Attack B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne Gambit B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Boehnke Gambit B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Bronstein Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Classical Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Grünfeld Variation B01
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.