Vienna Game
Vienna Game (C25) starts 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3. In 10,802 games between strong players, White wins 45%, 13% are drawn and Black wins 42%; the most played move is 2…Nf6 (59%).
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
- ECO
- C25
- Games between strong players
- 10,802
- To move
- Black
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2…Nf6 | 59% (6,357) | Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation | |
| 2…Nc6 | 34% (3,618) | Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense | |
| 2…Bc5 | 4% (382) | Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense | |
| 2…d6 | 2% (166) | – | |
| 2…f5 | 1% (90) | – | |
| 2…Bb4 | 1% (64) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from King's Pawn Game 1.e4
- Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation 7,506 games
- Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense 4,006 games
- Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense 382 games
- Vienna Game: Omaha Gambit 63 games
Every Vienna Game line
- Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation 7,506 games
- Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense 4,006 games
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation 3,015 games
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation 2,603 games
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit 1,432 games
- Vienna Game: Mieses Variation 1,381 games
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line 1,320 games
- Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation 810 games
- Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation 775 games
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack 640 games
- Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense 382 games
- Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation 308 games
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Reversed Spanish 263 games
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Monster Declined 250 games
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation 147 games
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation 101 games
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Alekhine Variation 78 games
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation 72 games
- Vienna Game: Mieses Variation, Erben Gambit 63 games
- Vienna Game: Omaha Gambit 63 games
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