C29 · Open · a plan for White
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.f4d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line933k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
79%732k51%
14%129k48%
4.5%42k47%
0.4%4.1k44%
0.3%3.0k46%
0.2%2.2k39%
0.2%1.5k48%
0.1%1.3k30%
0.1%87438%
Famous games in this line1.2k master games
Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2739) – Svidler, Peter (2754)Rapport, R. (2745) – Aronian, L. (2745)Ponomariov, R. (2712) – Ding Liren (2766)Andreikin, Dmitry (2683) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2791)Rapport, R. (2745) – Duda, J. (2724)Rapport, R. (2740) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2713)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hi · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Ding Liren · Andreikin, Dmitry
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C29
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5
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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