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Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Bronstein Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.f4Nxe45.Nf3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Bronstein Gambit3.1k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
78%2.4k48%
6.4%19952%
4.5%14044%
4%12539%
3.9%12355%
0.6%2038%
0.5%1560%
0.4%1258%
0.4%1118%
0.3%875%
Famous games in this line15 master games
Chytilek, Roman (2405) – Stocek, Jiri (2559)2009½–½Jonkman, Harmen (2421) – Ernst, Sipke (2444)19990–1Kulhanek, Tomas (2376) – Biolek, Richard (2451)2005½–½Egin, Vladimir (2470) – Mirzoian, Mikhail (2355)1998½–½Vlassov, Nikolai (2380) – Murdzia, Piotr (2435)1993½–½Pinkas, Karol (2345) – Dutreeuw, Marc (2425)19920–1Spangenberg, Hugo (2305) – Slipak, Sergio (2430)1992½–½Kuindzhy, Alexander (2200) – Razuvaev, Yuri S (2510)19730–1
Heroes of this opening Ernst, Sipke · Dutreeuw, Marc · Razuvaev, Yuri S
Family
Vienna Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C28
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. f4 Nxe4 5. Nf3
GambitClassical
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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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