For those who don't know this (i.e. everyone bar about 10 people in the world), this runs 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nge7. Here we have the starting position of the Zilbermints Gambit (which, at least to my mind, falls as a sub-variation of the whole Englund Gambit complex, although I appreciate others reserve that moniker for Englund's 3...Qe7 only). The Wigglesworth is reached after 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Bg7. Now, personally, I think that 4.Bg5 is giving black exactly what he wants, and after 7.e3 g4 8.Nd4 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bxe5, black is at least equal (9.Qxg4? c5! is clearly better for black). I much prefer Tony's original idea of 4.Nc3. Now, firstly I have to point out an error by Lev, who states that Bucker recommends 4...h6, "which might transpose to the Wigglesworth after 5.Bf4 g5 6.Bg3 Bg7". Now, exactly how is this a transposition when white has the additional move Nc3? That has to change the assessment of the line completely I'm afraid - white has a strong developing move, removes the possible threat against b2 in some lines, and is a move closer to queenside castling. So, as TonyRo suggests, te analogous 7.e3 here changes the assessment completely, from = to +/-. a) 7...g4 8.Nd4 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bxe5 10.Qxg4 +/- - White has the better pawn structure, no lack of development, good prospects for his last piece, and the ability to castle queenside. Black has isolated f- and h-pawns, will need to play another pawn move before he can develop his QB, and that means at least another three moves before he can look to castle Q-side (if he wishes to). b) 7...Nf5 8.Qd5!? looks strong to me - 8...Qe7 9.Qc4! prevents any Qb4 ideas, and also prevents sequences like 9...Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nxe5 due to 11.Qxc7 +/-. So, black may have to resort to something like 8...d6 instead, which just looks unnatural with the black bishop on g7 instead. 9.Bb5 looks a try here (though 9.O-O-O Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.f4! is an interesting try, claiming that white is so far ahead in development as to render the capture on c3 insignificant - 12...Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qf6 14.Bb5+! Kf8 15.fxg5! +/-), when 9....O-O 10.Bxc6 Be6 11.Qb5 bxc6 12.Qxc6 when black has pretty much nothing for his material, the bishop pair has little to bite on and I can't believe it's worth a pawn. If I'm wrong, however, then white has TonyRo's good alternatives in 8.Bc4 and 8.Qd3, both of which look better for white also. 8.Qd3 prevents the 8...d6 idea, but does allow black to acheive material equality with 8...Nxg3 9.hxg3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.f4 Bg7 12.O-O-O - I personally think white is quite a bit better here, but this might be playable for black. 8.Bc4 prevents this recapturing idea (due to Bxf7+ motifs), but allows 8...g4 9.Nd4 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nxe5, which is probably playable for black after lines such as 11.Bb3 d6 +/= - I've played these sorts of positions as black and I'm quite happy with them, so this wouldn't scare me at all. So, in my view at the moment, 8.Qd5 is the most testing move after 8...Nf5.
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