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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.f4d54.fxe5Nxe45.Qf3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack331k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
58%191k44%
18%59k56%
5.3%18k38%
1.6%5.3k36%
1.2%4.0k51%
0.6%2.0k43%
0.6%2.0k35%
0.4%1.3k31%
0.4%1.2k32%
Famous games in this line312 master games
Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Nakamura, Hi (2802) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Rapport, R. (2745) – Aronian, L. (2745)Rapport, R. (2745) – Duda, J. (2724)Rapport, R. (2740) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2713)Dubov, Daniil (2683) – Tomashevsky, E. (2713)Lagarde, Max (2640) – Vidit, S.. (2726)Shirov, A. (2704) – Jumabayev, R. (2617)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hi · Abdusattorov, Nodirbek · Tomashevsky, E.
- 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
GambitAggressiveClassical
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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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