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Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Alekhine Variation

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.Bc4Nxe44.Qh5Nd65.Bb3Be76.Nf3Nc67.Nxe5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Alekhine Variation1.3k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
70%88848%
22%28458%
8.1%10352%
Famous games in this line82 master games
Anand, Viswanathan (2670) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2720)1992½–½Shanava, Konstantine (2563) – Mchedlishvili, Mikheil (2637)2013½–½Liiva, Riho (2425) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2735)1996½–½Mista, Aleksander (2579) – Hera, Imre Jr (2567)20090–1Rogers, Ian (2570) – Raetsky, Alexander (2440)19981–0Simacek, P. (2471) – Kriebel, T. (2514)2019½–½Sulskis, Sarunas (2586) – Welling, Gerard (2380)20031–0Ziska, H. (2553) – Pfreundt, Jakob (2392)2017½–½
Heroes of this opening Hera, Imre Jr · Rogers, Ian · Sulskis, Sarunas
Family
Vienna Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C27
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxe5
Classical
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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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