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Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Eifel Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.Bc4Bc54.Nge2b5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Eifel Gambit190 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
65%12351%
21%4059%
7.4%1443%
2.6%560%
1.6%333%
1.1%20%
0.5%10%
0.5%10%
0.5%10%
Family
Vienna Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C26
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nge2 b5
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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