Answers.Body: <p>I am not aware of any published analysis nor commented games in this line.</p>
  
  <p>Note that Black can almost forcefully transpose into a 'regular' wing gambit with 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 [5.f4, 5.bc5, and 5.Bb2 cb4 all look worse] cb4. </p>
  
  <p>In case he is looking for more original play, 4...d4, 4/5...Qb6, 4/5...Qc7 all look interesting and try to demonstrate that a3 might not be the most useful move for White when Black refrains from taking on b4. </p>
  
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Body: <p>Are there any annotations on the obscure Mighty Thor Gambit?</p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN ""]
  1.e4 e6 2.a3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(which is different from The Wing Gambit:)</p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN ""]
  1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>At a tournament where it was played numerous players referred to it as "The Mighty Thor Gambit" but I've not seen that mentioned anywhere online.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: But it is not the wing gambit.  The move order is distinct and the resulting positions quite different.
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Comments.Text: My book doesn't even know 2.a3 so I guess it's just worse version of the more serious 2.Nf3 followed by 4.b4. I always say about such a moves that they are over flexible, you don't know, which piece will go where, so you leave them in starting position and move with wing pawns...
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Comments.Text: A main difference between it and the Wing gambit is that White doesn't commit the Knight to f3 and can therefore play f4.
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Comments.Text: What tournament was it played at? Who played it? That might provide some useful context.
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Comments.Text: It was in a USATW so not a GM game, but I have found a few examples on chesstempo
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Title: Is there any published research into the Mighty Thor gambit against the French Defense?
ThreadText: # Is there any published research into the Mighty Thor gambit against the French Defense?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-25)
  
  Are there any annotations on the obscure Mighty Thor Gambit?
  [FEN ""]
  1.e4 e6 2.a3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 
  
  (which is different from The Wing Gambit:)
  [FEN ""]
  1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4
  
  At a tournament where it was played numerous players referred to it as "The Mighty Thor Gambit" but I've not seen that mentioned anywhere online.
  
  **Tags:** opening, french-defense, gambits
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: But it is not the wing gambit.  The move order is distinct and the resulting positions quite different.  
  > **username_1**: My book doesn't even know 2.a3 so I guess it's just worse version of the more serious 2.Nf3 followed by 4.b4. I always say about such a moves that they are over flexible, you don't know, which piece will go where, so you leave them in starting position and move with wing pawns...  
  > **username_0**: A main difference between it and the Wing gambit is that White doesn't commit the Knight to f3 and can therefore play f4.  
  > **username_2**: What tournament was it played at? Who played it? That might provide some useful context.  
  > **username_0**: It was in a USATW so not a GM game, but I have found a few examples on chesstempo  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-10-26. Score: 2
  
  I am not aware of any published analysis nor commented games in this line.
  
  Note that Black can almost forcefully transpose into a 'regular' wing gambit with 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 [5.f4, 5.bc5, and 5.Bb2 cb4 all look worse] cb4.
  
  In case he is looking for more original play, 4...d4, 4/5...Qb6, 4/5...Qc7 all look interesting and try to demonstrate that a3 might not be the most useful move for White when Black refrains from taking on b4.
  
  
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