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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%
Vienna Game: Heyde Variation13%6.0k43%
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)20230–1Sax, Gyula (2566) – Horvath, Jozsef (2548)2002½–½Rüfenacht, Matthias (2529) – Zugrav, Wolfgang (2579)20190–1Can, Isik (2499) – Fressinet, L. (2588)20241–0Perez Mitjans, Orelvis (2445) – Oms Pallisse, Josep (2517)20100–1Sveshnikov, E. (2483) – Mihalcisin, A. (2465)2019½–½Can, Isik (2474) – Dudin, Gleb (2471)20221–0Krastev, Alexander (2402) – Sonis, Francesco (2539)20221–0
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 Game: Heyde Variation6.d4
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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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