Vienna Game: Giraffe Attack
ECO: C25Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Qg4
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About the Vienna Game: Giraffe Attack
The Vienna Game: Giraffe Attack is a line of the Vienna Game, catalogued under ECO code C25 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Qg4, 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.
Other lines of the Vienna Game
- 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 Game: Fyfe GambitC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4
- 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
- Vienna Game: Mieses VariationC26 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3
- Vienna Game: Omaha GambitC25 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4