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Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation
4/4
1.e4e52.Nc3Nf6
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Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation11.0M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
6.3%690k49%
2.2%243k50%
0.8%85k49%
0.6%63k53%
0.5%60k49%
Famous games in this line6.6k master games
Caruana, F. (2811) – Anand, V. (2797)Firouzja, Alireza (2759) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)Mamedyarov, S. (2801) – Giri, A. (2782)Mamedyarov, S. (2801) – Giri, A. (2782)Mamedyarov, S. (2801) – Giri, A. (2782)Andreikin, D. (2720) – Carlsen, M. (2850)Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Heroes of this opening Firouzja, Alireza · Mamedyarov, S. · Carlsen, M. · Nakamura, Hi
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C26
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6
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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