C25 · Open · a plan for White
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Meitner-Mieses Gambit
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.Qg4Qf65.Nd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Meitner-Mieses Gambit373k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
84%315k32%
6.7%25k18%
5.1%19k20%
1.8%6.5k11%
1%3.7k11%
0.3%1.1k4%
0.2%7572%
0.1%51818%
0.1%3382%
0.1%2701%
Famous games in this line5 master games
Emms, John M (2305) – Hawksworth, John C (2400)Dabrowska, Krystyna (2300) – Maciejewski, Miroslaw (2395)Merry, Alan B (2422) – Webb, M. (2249)Arakeljan, Armen M (2300) – Korolev, Anatoly (2351)Lengyel, Bela (2320) – Ruck, Tamas (2265)Heroes of this opening Emms, John M · Dabrowska, Krystyna · Webb, M. · Arakeljan, Armen M
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C25
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 Qf6 5. Nd5
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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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