Opening · played as White
French: Wing Gambit
Against the French, grab space with 3.e5 and then answer the ...c5 break by throwing a wing pawn at it: 4.b4! It takes the French player straight out of everything they have studied, and White scores 54% with it at club level. Tricky rather than refuting, which is the point.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- White
- Variations covered
- 50
The main line
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Bd7 6.axb4 Bxb4 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 b5
Some of the variations
- 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Bd7 6.axb4 Bxb4 7.c3 Be7
- 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Bd7 6.axb4 Bxb4 7.c3 Ba5
- 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Bd7 6.axb4 b5 7.Na3 Bxb4
- 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Bd7 6.axb4 b5 7.Na3 Nc6
- 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Bd7 6.axb4 Nc6 7.c3 a6
- 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Bd7 6.axb4 Nc6 7.c3 Nge7
…and 44 more in the trainer.
Train it
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