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Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nc63.g3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation518k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
42%219k41%
31%160k45%
9.7%51k41%
6.3%33k42%
3.3%17k47%
2.5%13k42%
1%5.1k41%
0.9%4.9k41%
0.6%3.4k40%
0.6%2.9k38%
Famous games in this line615 master games
Mamedyarov, S. (2764) – Carlsen, M. (2882)Mamedov, Rau (2659) – Carlsen, M. (2881)Radjabov, T. (2734) – Aronian, L. (2797)Shirov, Alexei (2725) – Anand, Viswanathan (2782)Artemiev, V. (2746) – Aronian, L. (2758)Yu Yangyi (2675) – Aronian, L. (2815)Mamedyarov, S. (2764) – Kasimdzhanov, R. (2706)Hou Yifan (2652) – Caruana, F. (2802)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Aronian, L. · Mamedyarov, S. · Caruana, F.
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C25
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3
FianchettoClassical
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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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