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Vienna Game: Adams' Gambit
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.Bc4Nxe44.Qh5Nd65.Bb3Nc66.d4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Adams' Gambit90 games · Black to move
Only 90 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
41%3730%
33%3047%
26%2348%
Famous games in this line8 master games
Cabrera, Marcelo Dario (2267) – Simon, Bernard (2353)Simon, Bernard (2353) – Cabrera, Marcelo Dario (2267)Cabrera, Marcelo Dario (2244) – Simon, Bernard (2355)Simon, Bernard (2355) – Cabrera, Marcelo Dario (2244)Simon, Bernard (2353) – Carrettoni, Angelo (2207)Carrettoni, Angelo (2207) – Simon, Bernard (2353)Cabrera, Marcelo Dario (2267) – Carrettoni, Angelo (2207)Carrettoni, Angelo (2207) – Cabrera, Marcelo Dario (2267)Heroes of this opening Cabrera, Marcelo Dario · Carrettoni, Angelo
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C27
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. d4
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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