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Vienna Game: Omaha Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nc3d63.f4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Omaha Gambit578k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
48%278k45%
19%108k43%
8.7%50k44%
5.1%29k38%
3.5%20k43%
3.3%19k45%
2.9%17k44%
2.6%15k43%
1.4%8.0k41%
1.3%7.6k39%
Famous games in this line59 master games
Rapport, R. (2752)Jobava, Ba (2665)20160–1Sutovsky, Emil (2679)Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter (2686)20040–1Macieja, Bartlomiej (2633)Vescovi, Giovanni P (2648)20040–1Al Modiahki, M. (2549)Bologan, V. (2661)20141–0Macieja, Bartlomiej (2651)Haslinger, Stewart (2543)2010½–½Theodorou, Nikolas (2554)Shevchenko, Kirill (2592)20200–1Bauer, Christian (2625)Strikovic, Aleksa (2492)20051–0Reinderman, Dimitri (2543)Matamoros Franco, Carlos S (2525)20081–0
Heroes of this opening Jobava, Ba · Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter · Vescovi, Giovanni P · Al Modiahki, M.
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C25
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4
GambitClassical
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Carl Hamppe worked out 2.Nc3 in 19th-century Vienna, and the line was called Hamppe's Game before it took the city's name in the 1890s. Steinitz, Tartakower and Spielmann all used it. The Vienna Gambit (3.f4) keeps every King's Gambit dream alive — same fire, one move of patience.

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