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Vienna Game: Zhuravlev Countergambit

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1.e4e52.Nc3Bb43.Qg4Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Vienna Game: Zhuravlev Countergambit1.1k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
87%96756%
6.9%7640%
2.3%2536%
1%119%
0.6%714%
0.6%743%
0.4%450%
0.4%475%
0.2%20%
0.1%10%
Famous games in this line1 master games
Lauzeningks, Jan (2285) – Eng, Holger (2365)19951–0
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Vienna Game
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C25
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qg4 Nf6
GambitClassical
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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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