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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation
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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.f4d54.d3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation33k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
50%16k51%
19%6.2k49%
11%3.5k55%
7.8%2.6k53%
7.8%2.6k55%
2.2%73247%
1.9%62746%
0.7%23646%
0.3%8749%
0.2%5838%
Famous games in this line5 master games
Lu, Shanglei (2514) – Ni, Hua (2637)Lombardy, William James (2515) – Smyslov, Vassily (2605)Lombardy, William James (2530) – Garcia Palermo, Carlos H (2380)Knox, Victor W (2200) – Hartston, William R (2480)Zhelnin, Vladimir V (2335) – Cybulak, Adam (2265)Heroes of this opening Ni, Hua · Smyslov, Vassily · Lombardy, William James · Zhelnin, Vladimir V
- Family
- Vienna Game
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C29
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3
GambitClassical
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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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