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C25

Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Pierce Gambit

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Overview

Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Pierce Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C25, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 9 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 to reach the canonical position.

The line refines Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack.

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ECO code
C25
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
9
Parent
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)