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Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.a3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation262k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
36%94k50%
26%69k50%
16%42k54%
6.7%17k51%
4.3%11k48%
4.2%11k49%
2%5.4k47%
1.1%2.9k45%
1%2.7k47%
0.6%1.6k46%
Famous games in this line86 master games
Firouzja, Alireza (2762)Anand, V. (2743)20251–0Aronian, L. (2728)Wojtaszek, R. (2660)20251–0Jacobson, Brandon (2583)Sargsyan, Shant (2665)20250–1Pauwels, Christophe (2547)Efremov, Aleksandr Gennadiev (2609)2010½–½Moiseenko, Va (2526)Batchuluun, T. (2530)20191–0Scheerer, Christoph (2401)Graf, Alexander (2637)20050–1Wahls, Matthias (2525)Piket, Jeroen (2495)1990½–½Narciso Dublan, M. (2529)Asis Gargatagli, H. (2463)2015½–½
Heroes of this opening Firouzja, Alireza · Aronian, L. · Sargsyan, Shant · Moiseenko, Va
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C26
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. a3
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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