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Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.Bc4Nxe4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation485k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
42%203k51%
39%190k41%
12%56k62%
2%9.8k40%
1.7%8.3k45%
0.7%3.6k49%
0.3%1.5k42%
0.1%70944%
0.1%47242%
Famous games in this line466 master games
Mamedyarov, S. (2801) – Giri, A. (2782)Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Harikrishna, P. (2763)Firouzja, Alireza (2759) – Aronian, L.. (2781)Caruana, F. (2782) – Giri, A. (2734)Artemiev, V. (2746) – So, W. (2767)Firouzja, Alireza (2728) – Aronian, Levon (2773)Nakamura, Hi (2749) – Duda, J. (2731)Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, S. · Nakamura, Hi · Harikrishna, P. · Aronian, L..
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C27
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4
Classical
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Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Monster Declined4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Be7 · 1 deeper lineVienna Game: Adams' Gambit4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Alekhine Variation4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.Nf3 Nc6 …Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Frankenstein-Dracula Variation4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 …
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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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