Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › Vienna Game › Max Lange Defense › Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense › Knight Variation › Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Vienna Game C25
- Max Lange Defense C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense C25
- Knight Variation C25
- Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit C25 you are here
Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit
Overview
Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit 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 is reached after 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O.
It is a variation of Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit.
In total, the branch covers 2 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- C25
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 2
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