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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.f4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit3.9M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
31%1.2M36%
24%936k45%
12%487k39%
4.7%184k45%
2.8%110k37%
0.6%24k30%
0.3%11k33%
0.2%7.6k32%
0.1%5.7k39%
Famous games in this line1.2k master games
Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2739) – Svidler, Peter (2754)Rapport, R. (2745) – Aronian, L. (2745)Ponomariov, R. (2712) – Ding Liren (2766)Andreikin, Dmitry (2683) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2791)Rapport, R. (2745) – Duda, J. (2724)Rapport, R. (2740) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2713)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hi · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Ding Liren · Andreikin, Dmitry
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C29
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4
GambitClassical
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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line3…d5 · 9 deeper linesVienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation3…d5 4.d3Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack3…d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 · 2 deeper linesVienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation3…d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 · 1 deeper line
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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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