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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Vienna Game C25
- Falkbeer Variation C26
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit C29
- Main Line C29
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Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation
Overview
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code C29 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.
It begins with 7 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C29
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
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