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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.f4d54.fxe5Nxe45.d3

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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation61k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

40k48%

18k36%

1.0k56%

99244%

21345%

5211%

1631%

1323%

911%

367%

Famous games in this line191 master games

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2646) – Harikrishna, Penteala (2645)2005½–½ Nunn, John DM (2590) – Short, Nigel D (2615)1986½–½ Rogers, Ian (2582) – Atalik, Suat (2554)2004½–½ Mastrovasilis, Athanasios (2539) – Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (2583)2010½–½ Cranbourne, Carlos (2418) – Webb, Simon (2662)1995½–½ Bronstein, David I (2445) – Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2580)1995½–½ Nunn, John DM (2515) – Speelman, Jonathan S (2490)1980½–½ Neuman, 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

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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap5…Qh4 6.g3 Nxg3 7.Nf3 Qh5 8.Nxd5

Nearby lines in the family

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack5.Qf3 Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Bronstein Gambit2…Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.f4 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Meitner-Mieses Gambit2…Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5

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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