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Vienna Game: Zhuravlev Countergambit
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1.e4e52.Nc3Bb43.Qg4Nf6
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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%
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Lauzeningks, Jan (2285) – Eng, Holger (2365)- Family
- 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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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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