C29 · Open · a plan for White

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.f4d54.fxe5Nxe45.d3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation61k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
66%40k48%
30%18k36%
1.7%1.0k56%
1.6%99244%
0.4%21345%
0.1%5211%
0%1631%
0%1323%
0%911%
0%367%
Famous games in this line191 master games
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2646) – Harikrishna, Penteala (2645)2005½–½Nunn, John DM (2590) – Short, Nigel D (2615)1986½–½Rogers, Ian (2582) – Atalik, Suat (2554)2004½–½Mastrovasilis, Athanasios (2539) – Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (2583)2010½–½Cranbourne, Carlos (2418) – Webb, Simon (2662)1995½–½Bronstein, David I (2445) – Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2580)1995½–½Nunn, John DM (2515) – Speelman, Jonathan S (2490)1980½–½Neuman, Petr (2516) – Simacek, Pavel (2467)2013½–½
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. d3
GambitClassical
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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger TrapC29 5…Qh4 6.g3 Nxg3 7.Nf3 Qh5 8.Nxd5
Nearby lines in the family
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen AttackC29 5.Qf3Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Bronstein GambitC28 2…Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.f4 Nxe4 5.Nf3Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Meitner-Mieses GambitC25 2…Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5
From the archives

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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