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Vienna Game: Fyfe Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nc63.d4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Fyfe Gambit47k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
75%35k55%
7.2%3.4k57%
Nimzowitsch Defense: Breyer Variation6.2%2.9k49%
4.2%2.0k47%
3.8%1.8k51%
0.7%33823%
0.6%26750%
Vienna Game: Philidor Countergambit0.6%26254%
Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Heinola-Deppe Gambit0.4%20542%
0.4%19639%
Family
Vienna Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C25
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4
GambitClassical
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Vienna Game: Philidor CountergambitC25 3…f5
Nearby lines in the family
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From the archives

Vienna's coffee-house masters of the 19th century loved 2.Nc3: it keeps every King's Gambit dream alive while dodging Black's best-prepared replies. The Vienna Gambit lines (3.f4) still score brutally in club chess — same fire, one move of patience.

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