Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › Vienna Game › Max Lange Defense › Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense › Knight Variation › Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Pierce Gambit › Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack
- 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 Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Pierce Gambit C25
- Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack C25 you are here
Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack
Overview
Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C25, 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.
It is reached after 17 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 g4 6. Bc4 gxf3 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Bg4 9. dxc6.
The line refines Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Pierce Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C25
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 17
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