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Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nc63.f4exf44.Nf3g55.d4g46.Bc4gxf37.O-Od58.exd5Bg49.dxc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack4 games · Black to move
Only 4 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
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Family
Vienna Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C25
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 g4 6. Bc4 gxf3 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Bg4 9. dxc6
GambitAggressiveClassical
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From the archives

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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