Theoria
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Ware Opening

Wing Gambit

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  1. 1.a4b5
  2. 2.axb5Bb7

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Black's reply 1...b5 to the Ware Opening, giving up the b-pawn after 2. axb5 for a quick ...Bb7 fianchetto; a rarely played, dubious wing gambit.

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About the Wing Gambit

The Wing Gambit answers 1. a4 with 1...b5, offering the b-pawn so that after 2. axb5 Bb7 the queen's bishop reaches the long diagonal at once and bears down on e4 and g2. The material deficit is real: White's extra pawn is doubled on the b-file, but the a-file is half-open for White's rook, and Black's isolated a-pawn is a further long-term weakness. Compensation is hard to demonstrate, and the line is rarely played.

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