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Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Pollock Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.g3Bc54.Bg2Nc65.Nge2d56.exd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Pollock Gambit1.1k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
40%42542%
26%28342%
23%24823%
6.9%7450%
2.1%2320%
0.9%1020%
0.3%333%
0.3%30%
0.1%10%
Family
Vienna Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C26
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5
GambitFianchettoClassical
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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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