Just winging it

These days, the extent of my chess career seems to be the odd blitz game on the net during my lunch break. It's more virtual escapism than serious training of course, but I get to try out some fun openings. One I've been enjoying a lot lately is the Wing Gambit, considered dubious at best (and at worst, complete junk) by almost all strong players. It goes 1.e4 c5 2.b4!?, although White can also use it against the French Defence by playing 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4!?. I'm kind of addicted to it - it's like the white version of my audacious Scandinavian -  and every now and then, I play a cool game.

In a game from today, I decided on sacrificial symmetry, giving up first the b-pawn and then the g-pawn to open lines. Black probably had to be brave and try 13...Bxc1!, when it's really on. Later, there were some cute mates, such as 28...Rg8 29.R(either)f7+!, and after 28...a3? 29.Nxe8! there was 29...Rxe8 30.Ref7#. Instead,  28...Bh5! would have kept the game alive, after which I don't know what the plan was. Just wing it, I guess.