Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Romanian Defense
1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. c4 Qe6
The Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Romanian Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO B20, reached after 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. c4 Qe6. It is a line of the Sicilian Defense. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −0.15 (Stockfish, depth 28; best line 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Re1 Qh6)
- ECO
- B20
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. c4 Qe6
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Master games
9 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 34%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- IM Georgios Kanakaris (2396) – Andrew Wu (2243) 0-1 · Titled Tue 4th Feb Late · 2025-02-04
- IM Volodymyr Grabinsky (2219) – GM Mathias Womacka (2396) 0-1 · Titled Tue 16th May Early · 2023-05-16
- WGM Myroslava Hrabinska (2243) – IM Julian Martin (2363) 0-1 · 30th Czech Open A 2019 · 2019-07-27
- Lope Serrano Ruiz (2015) – IM Javier Moreno Ruiz (2426) 1/2-1/2 · Gran Canaria May Blitz · 2021-05-16
- Jesper Schultz-Pedersen (2058) – IM John Arni Nilssen (2333) 1/2-1/2 · Hillerod 100th Ann. Open · 2020-02-09
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Comes from
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit, Marshall Variation 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3
More Sicilian Defense lines (all)
- Sicilian Defense (1. e4 c5) B20
- Sicilian Defense: Amazon Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Big Clamp Formation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Brick Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack B20
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Euwe Attack, Prins Gambit B20
- Sicilian Defense: Gloria Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Grob Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: Keres Variation B20
- Sicilian Defense: King David's Opening B20
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.