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Vienna Game

White develops the queen's knight first and keeps the choice between a calm game and a sharp one.

3 openings · 18 lines

Vienna Game

You play WhiteECO code C25Difficulty: Medium21 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 Qf6 5. Nd5
  2. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. f4 Nxe4 5. Nf3
  3. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4
  4. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qg4
  5. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Na4
  6. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8
  7. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxe5
  8. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nge2
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Vienna Game

You play Black1. e4ECO code C25Difficulty: Medium19 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6
  2. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5
  3. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxg3 7. Nf3 Qh5
  4. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7
  5. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 c6
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Vienna Gambit

White pushes a side pawn early to open lines. It asks for careful play.

You play WhiteECO code C29Difficulty: DemandingGambit: a pawn is given up on purpose26 moves to learn

Lines

Main lines

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2
  2. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Qxe5

Attacks and traps

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 g5 6. h4 g4 7. Ng5 d5 8. d4 Be7 9. e6 Bxe6 10. Bxf4

Side lines

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bc4
  2. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 exf4 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bxf4
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