Vienna Game
ECO: C25Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
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About the Vienna Game
The Vienna Game is catalogued under ECO code C25, in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Vienna Game has 41 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- Vienna Game: Anderssen DefenseC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5
- Vienna Game: Falkbeer VariationC26 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6
- Vienna Game: Max Lange DefenseC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange DefenseC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4
- Vienna Game: Fyfe GambitC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4
- Vienna Game: Giraffe AttackC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Qg4
- Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner VariationC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Na4
- Vienna Game: Mengarini VariationC26 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.a3
Other lines of the Vienna Game
- Vienna Game: Mieses VariationC26 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3
- Vienna Game: Omaha GambitC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4
- Vienna Game: Paulsen VariationC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3
- Vienna Game: Stanley VariationC26 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4
- Vienna Game: Vienna GambitC29 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4
- Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula VariationC27 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4
- Vienna Game: Philidor CountergambitC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4 f5
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Reversed SpanishC26 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bb4