Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation

ECO: C28Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6

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About the Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation

The Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation is a line of the Vienna Game, catalogued under ECO code C28 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.

It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 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.

Other lines of the Vienna Game