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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Vienna Game C25
- Falkbeer Variation C26
- Vienna Game: Mieses Variation C26
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Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Pollock Gambit
Overview
Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Pollock Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C26, 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.
The line arises from 11 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5.
The line refines Vienna Game: Mieses Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C26
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
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