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Vienna Game: Stanley Variation

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.Bc4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation5.8M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
33%1.9M47%
11%662k47%
4.6%265k47%
4.4%255k45%
0.8%49k41%
0.8%44k43%
0.6%36k42%
Famous games in this line2.0k master games
Caruana, F. (2811)Anand, V. (2797)2015½–½Firouzja, Alireza (2759)Carlsen, M.. (2847)20211–0Mamedyarov, S. (2801)Giri, A. (2782)2018½–½Mamedyarov, S. (2801)Giri, A. (2782)20181–0Nakamura, Hi (2802)Firouzja, Alireza (2767)20241–0Nakamura, Hi (2777)So, W. (2780)2018½–½Nakamura, Hi (2787)Harikrishna, P. (2763)20160–1Grischuk, Alexander (2777)Giri, Anish (2764)2020½–½
Heroes of this opening Firouzja, Alireza · Mamedyarov, S. · Nakamura, Hi · Harikrishna, P.
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C26
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4
Classical
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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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