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Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation
Overview
Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C26.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Vienna Game, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
4 named variations grow from this line, including Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation, Vienna Game: Mieses Variation, Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 24 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C26
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Vienna Game
- Direct variations
- 4
- Total in subtree
- 24
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Variations (4)
Show all 24 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C26 Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation 5-ply
- C26 Vienna Game: Mieses Variation 5-ply
- C26 Vienna Game: Stanley Variation 5-ply
- C29 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit 5-ply
- C26 Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack 7-ply
- C27 Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation 6-ply
- C26 Erben Gambit 8-ply
- C26 Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Pollock Gambit 11-ply
- C26 Eifel Gambit 8-ply
- C26 Reversed Spanish 6-ply
- C29 Main Line 6-ply
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense 12-ply
- C27 Vienna Game: Adams' Gambit 11-ply
- C27 Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Frankenstein-Dracula Variation 20-ply
- C27 Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Monster Declined 10-ply
- C29 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation 10-ply
- C29 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Kaufmann Variation 11-ply
- C29 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation 9-ply
- C29 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack 9-ply
- C29 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation 7-ply
- C27 Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Alekhine Variation 13-ply
- C29 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation 10-ply
- C29 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap 15-ply
- C29 Vienna Game: Heyde Variation 11-ply