Answers.Body: <p>I take the pawn and use it to cramp White's QN.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[fen ""]
  1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5! 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 e5
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Black has a pawn, controls the center, and it's difficult for White to develop to effective squares.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The classic counterattack is 3.... d5. This attacks the White pawn and improves (not worsens) Black's position. If White plays e5, Black plays e6 and transposes into a quasi French defense, or just takes the a pawn, with a pawn up.</p>
  
  <p>White's better bet is to exchange the e pawn for the d pawn, but then Black's queen ends up in a dominating position in the center because White can't move Nc3 to chase the queen.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Step back for a moment and consider ideas:
  With 2. b4, white sacrifices a pawn for virtually nothing. His idea is to get a pawn on d4 without exchanging it for the black c-pawn (the basic underlying idea of 1...c5), but black will have ...d5 as a response and be fine. So, you accept the pawn with 2...cxb4 (there is no good reason not to - do not play in fear), and now white has to chose between 3. a3, a quasi-Volga gambit in reverse, or go for 3. d4. Both moves are met with 3...d5 by black. Black will end up with quicker development and a better pawn structure and should have an advantage going into the middlegame.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>What about 2...e6:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[fen ""]
  1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It forces whites to reconsider its agressive behavior while giving good opportunities for blacks.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Do you mean `2... e6`?
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Answers.Text: @DagOskarMadsen Yes indeed, edited :)
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Answers.Text: Play usually continues 3.bxc5 Bxc5 4.d4. This looks pretty good for White.
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Answers.Body: <p>The easy way out is to just play 2…b6. This move certainly doesn't "just worsen" blacks position:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Now both players can fiancetto the bishop, but a black bishop on b7 actually has a target, the e4-pawn.</li>
  <li>If white plays 3.bc bc the b-line is open. This makes the option of 0-0-0 quite unattractive, an option that is much more often utilised by white, especially in the sicilian.</li>
  <li>If white doesn't take on c5, he will sooner or later have to deal with the threat against b4. Actually, he will have to evaluate the threat against b4 every move!</li>
  </ul>
  
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Answers.Text: 2....b6, an interesting idea! Although it cannot be the refution of 2.b4, it does take white out of his comfort zone.
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Body: <p>The Sicilian Wing Gambit is never popular with good players, thus, it is only played as a surprise. But, how to deal with this unexpected surprise? It seems to me that all responses would just worsen Black's position. What to do if I face it?</p>
  
  <pre><code>[White "Wing"]
  [Black "Gambit"]
  [fen ""]
  
  1.e4 c5 2.b4
  </code></pre>
  
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Comments.Text: The term "wing gambit" is at least sometimes used for more different openings. Do you mean "How to handle 1. e4 c5 2. b4?! as Black"?
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Comments.Text: @Keba, that's how I interpreted it, and added pgn for clarification. Amr, is this your intent?
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Tags: <opening><sicilian-defense><gambits>
Title: How to deal with the Sicilian Wing Gambit?
ThreadText: # How to deal with the Sicilian Wing Gambit?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-21)
  
  The Sicilian Wing Gambit is never popular with good players, thus, it is only played as a surprise. But, how to deal with this unexpected surprise? It seems to me that all responses would just worsen Black's position. What to do if I face it?
  
  ```
  [White "Wing"]
  [Black "Gambit"]
  [fen ""]
  
  1.e4 c5 2.b4
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** opening, sicilian-defense, gambits
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: The term "wing gambit" is at least sometimes used for more different openings. Do you mean "How to handle 1. e4 c5 2. b4?! as Black"?  
  > **username_2**: @username_1, that's how I interpreted it, and added pgn for clarification. Amr, is this your intent?  
  
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  ## 5 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_9 on 2015-03-25. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  The easy way out is to just play 2…b6. This move certainly doesn't "just worsen" blacks position:
  
  * Now both players can fiancetto the bishop, but a black bishop on b7 actually has a target, the e4-pawn.
  * If white plays 3.bc bc the b-line is open. This makes the option of 0-0-0 quite unattractive, an option that is much more often utilised by white, especially in the sicilian.
  * If white doesn't take on c5, he will sooner or later have to deal with the threat against b4. Actually, he will have to evaluate the threat against b4 every move!
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_10**: 2....b6, an interesting idea! Although it cannot be the refution of 2.b4, it does take white out of his comfort zone.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-03-19. Score: 4
  
  I take the pawn and use it to cramp White's QN.
  
  ```
  [fen ""]
  1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5! 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 e5
  
  ```
  
  Black has a pawn, controls the center, and it's difficult for White to develop to effective squares.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-03-23. Score: 2
  
  The classic counterattack is 3.... d5. This attacks the White pawn and improves (not worsens) Black's position. If White plays e5, Black plays e6 and transposes into a quasi French defense, or just takes the a pawn, with a pawn up.
  
  White's better bet is to exchange the e pawn for the d pawn, but then Black's queen ends up in a dominating position in the center because White can't move Nc3 to chase the queen.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-01-07. Score: 1
  
  Step back for a moment and consider ideas:
  With 2. b4, white sacrifices a pawn for virtually nothing. His idea is to get a pawn on d4 without exchanging it for the black c-pawn (the basic underlying idea of 1...c5), but black will have ...d5 as a response and be fine. So, you accept the pawn with 2...cxb4 (there is no good reason not to - do not play in fear), and now white has to chose between 3. a3, a quasi-Volga gambit in reverse, or go for 3. d4. Both moves are met with 3...d5 by black. Black will end up with quicker development and a better pawn structure and should have an advantage going into the middlegame.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2016-03-22. Score: 1
  
  What about 2...e6:
  
  ```
  [fen ""]
  1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6
  
  ```
  
  It forces whites to reconsider its agressive behavior while giving good opportunities for blacks.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_7**: Do you mean `2... e6`?  
  > **username_6**: @username_7 Yes indeed, edited :)  
  > **username_8**: Play usually continues 3.bxc5 Bxc5 4.d4. This looks pretty good for White.  
  
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