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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 Countergambit3…f5
Nearby lines in the family
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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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