I'm pretty sure the deferred wing gambit is better. Keres wrote a book on the wing gambit that may be worth looking into though. a3 planning b4 is interesting; I believe there is a book on it.
If you really want to nail sicilian players, buy experts versus the sicilian and be a man in the open sicilian 😛
Morra is rather boring though there are a lot of traps. A LOT. There's a reason the mainline starts like 3 or 4 moves in. A lot of natural moves lose.
Grand Prix is also fun, though best deferred because of the tal gambit.
I personally play the alapin though.
I know there are way more, but the first one I think of is 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 {a very tempting move for Open Sicilian players!} 6. e5! dxe5? and now 7. Bxf7+ Game over 1-0 .
And so black needs to prep that knight move, but it turns out that the natural ways of prepping fail a lot. It is very fun!
I found gold if you want to play the wing!
http://www.labatechess.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=21_52_54&products_id=322&osCsid=e21dc79f89e752f4d5543136b4ac8a2c
Look at the table of contents and all the illustrative games. And only $6! And material on the deferred too!
If you don't buy it I will. The only problem is the gambit sucks.
Originally posted by yofidawgThe Wing Gambit is probably insufficient after 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5. In my distant youth I did try to resurrect it with 3.c4!? but not entirely convincingly. It may be a little bit better after 2.Nf3 e6, but probably best of all against the O'Kelly variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.b4!?) since Nf3 is a much more useful move for white in the Wing Gambit than a6 is for black.
Does it work? Worth looking into?
1.e4 c5 2.b4
1.e4 c5 2.Nf4 d6/e6/Nc6 3.b4
Which is better? Anyone use/have theory, or is it a waste of time?
Originally posted by Fat LadyIt does not mean that these systems are so harmless as many Sicilian players are thinking - in hands of skilled player who have good experience in playing of these systems, they can be dangerous. Especially against players who lacks experience to play against them.
In my youth I won many a fantastic game using the Wing Gambit. In OTB chess it is great.
Originally posted by Korch
or 2.c3