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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit

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Overview

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C29, 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 5 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4.

The line refines Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Main Line.

In total, the branch covers 10 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
C29
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
5
Parent
Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation
Direct variations
1
Total in subtree
10

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Variations (1)

Related variations at the same level

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

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