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Vienna Game: Stanley Variation

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Overview

Vienna Game: Stanley Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C26.

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 Nf6 3. Bc4, after 5 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It branches into 4 notable variations — Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack, Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation, Eifel Gambit, and others.

In total, the branch covers 8 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
C26
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
5
Parent
Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation
Direct variations
4
Total in subtree
8

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Variations (4)

Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation:

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