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Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nc63.f4exf44.Nf3
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Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation762k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
22%170k44%
22%169k51%
14%105k43%
12%88k42%
9.2%70k43%
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Cunningham Defense8.8%67k51%
4%30k50%
2.1%16k49%
1.5%12k45%
1.1%8.2k33%
Famous games in this line158 master games
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2819) – Nakamura, Hi (2791)20161–0Carlsen, M. (2837) – Yu Yangyi (2751)20170–1Ivanchuk, Vassily (2739) – Aronian, Levon (2786)2009½–½Ivanchuk, Vassily (2739) – Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2517)20091–0Petr, Martin (2495) – Navara, David (2707)20100–1Motylev, Alexander (2683) – Ma, Qun (2481)20120–1Arnason, Jon L (2525) – Agdestein, Simen (2620)19920–1Arnason, Jon L (2515) – Adams, Michael (2620)19921–0
Heroes of this opening Vachier Lagrave, Maxime · Yu Yangyi · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Navara, David
Family
Vienna Gambit
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C25
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3
GambitSharp
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