← Openings

Vienna Game — opening family

41 catalogued lines · ECO C25–C29

🎓 Train this family

The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; explore the full tree below and play any branch against the engine.

♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♞♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♝♛♚♝♞♜a8b7c6d5e4f3g2h1

Variations tree of the Vienna Game family

Click any move to jump to that position; switch branches at any point with the alternative moves. Test your knowledge plays the shown position against the engine.

♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜a8b7c6d5e4f3g2h1
Start
41 variations of “Vienna Game” · win% from 1.5M rated games · ♞ Test your knowledge vs engine

Main continuations

All 41 lines

NameECOMain line length
Vienna GameC253 plies
Vienna Game: Anderssen DefenseC254 plies
Vienna Game: Max Lange DefenseC254 plies
Vienna Game: Falkbeer VariationC264 plies
Vienna Game: Omaha GambitC255 plies
Vienna Game: Fyfe GambitC255 plies
Vienna Game: Paulsen VariationC255 plies
Vienna Game: Mengarini VariationC265 plies
Vienna Game: Mieses VariationC265 plies
Vienna Game: Vienna GambitC295 plies
Vienna Game: Giraffe AttackC255 plies
Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner VariationC255 plies
Vienna Game: Stanley VariationC265 plies
Vienna Game: Philidor CountergambitC256 plies
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main LineC296 plies
Vienna Game: Zhuravlev CountergambitC256 plies
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Reversed SpanishC266 plies
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights VariationC286 plies
Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula VariationC276 plies
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz VariationC297 plies
Vienna Game: Mieses Variation, Erben GambitC268 plies
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Eifel GambitC268 plies
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern VariationC299 plies
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Meitner-Mieses GambitC259 plies
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Bronstein GambitC289 plies
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen AttackC299 plies
Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Mariotti GambitC2510 plies
Vienna Game: Paulsen VariationC2510 plies
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben VariationC2910 plies
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer VariationC2910 plies
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Monster DeclinedC2710 plies
Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio GambitC2511 plies
Vienna Game: Heyde VariationC2911 plies
Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Pollock GambitC2611 plies
Vienna Game: Adams' GambitC2711 plies
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Kaufmann VariationC2911 plies
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Alekhine VariationC2713 plies
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger TrapC2915 plies
Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio, Dubois VariationC2516 plies
Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere AttackC2517 plies
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Frankenstein-Dracula VariationC2720 plies