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  2. King's Pawn Game C20
  3. Vienna Game C25
  4. Max Lange Defense C25
  5. Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense C25
  6. Steinitz Gambit C25
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C25

Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Main Line

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Overview

Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Main Line is a gambit, classified under ECO code C25 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

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. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It branches into 4 notable variations — Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Fraser-Minckwitz Defense, Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Paulsen Defense, Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Sörensen Defense, and others.

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ECO code
C25
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
9
Parent
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit
Direct variations
4

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