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Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner Variation

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1.e4e52.Nc3Bc53.Na4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner Variation13k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
28%3.8k49%
22%2.9k50%
19%2.5k63%
6.2%82749%
6.1%81348%
5.5%73950%
5.5%73048%
4.6%61551%
1.3%17243%
0.7%9449%
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Family
Vienna Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C25
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Na4
Classical
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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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