Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › Vienna Game › Max Lange Defense › Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation › Mariotti Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Vienna Game C25
- Max Lange Defense C25
- Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation C25
- Mariotti Gambit C25 you are here
Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Mariotti Gambit
Overview
Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Mariotti 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 h5 5. Nf3 h4, after 10 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C25
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
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