Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation
ECO: C26Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6
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About the Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation
The Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation is a line of the Vienna Game, catalogued under ECO code C26 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6, with Black 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: Mengarini VariationC26 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.a3
- Vienna Game: Mieses VariationC26 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 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: Stanley Variation, Reversed SpanishC26 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bb4
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main LineC29 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5
Other lines of the Vienna Game
- Vienna Game: Anderssen DefenseC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5
- Vienna Game: Max Lange DefenseC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6
- 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: Omaha GambitC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4
- Vienna Game: Paulsen VariationC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3
- Vienna Game: Philidor CountergambitC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4 f5