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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap

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1.e4e52.Nc3Nf63.f4d54.fxe5Nxe45.d3Qh4+6.g3Nxg37.Nf3Qh58.Nxd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap14k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
47%6.5k37%
37%5.1k20%
13%1.8k43%
1%14314%
0.5%6427%
0.4%5340%
0.2%2825%
0.2%230%
0.2%2119%
0.1%1418%
Famous games in this line5 master games
Hon, Andrew (2215) – Van der Sterren, Paul (2530)19921–0Sax, Gyula (2460) – Petran, Pal (2200)19731–0Kuehn, Peter (2275) – Weyrich, Morten (2345)19980–1Noskov, Anatolij (2232) – Kovanova, Baira (2307)20060–1Perez Gonzalez, Jose Manuel (2238) – De la Fuente Gonzalez, Francisco (2227)20031–0
Heroes of this opening Hon, Andrew · Sax, Gyula · Weyrich, Morten · Kovanova, Baira
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 Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxg3 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nxd5
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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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