C29 · Open · a plan for White
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.f4d54.fxe5Nxe45.Qf3f5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation45k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
53%24k49%
24%11k38%
3.2%1.4k33%
1.9%85245%
1.7%74539%
1.6%72731%
0.6%28647%
0.3%13152%
0.3%13034%
Famous games in this line78 master games
Rapport, R. (2740) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2713)Sax, Gyula (2566) – Horvath, Jozsef (2548)Rüfenacht, Matthias (2529) – Zugrav, Wolfgang (2579)Can, Isik (2499) – Fressinet, L. (2588)Perez Mitjans, Orelvis (2445) – Oms Pallisse, Josep (2517)Sveshnikov, E. (2483) – Mihalcisin, A. (2465)Can, Isik (2474) – Dudin, Gleb (2471)Krastev, Alexander (2402) – Sonis, Francesco (2539)Heroes of this opening Can, Isik · Abdusattorov, Nodirbek · Zugrav, Wolfgang · Oms Pallisse, Josep
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C29
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5
GambitClassical
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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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