Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation
Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation (C26) starts 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6. In 7,506 games between strong players, White wins 45%, 14% are drawn and Black wins 42%; the most played move is 3.Bc4 (30%).
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6
- ECO
- C26
- Games between strong players
- 7,506
- To move
- White
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.Bc4 | 30% (2,219) | Vienna Game: Stanley Variation | |
| 3.Nf3 | 23% (1,737) | Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game | |
| 3.f4 | 19% (1,416) | Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit | |
| 3.g3 | 18% (1,379) | Vienna Game: Mieses Variation | |
| 3.d4 | 7% (527) | – | |
| 3.a3 | 1% (96) | Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation 3,015 games
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit 1,432 games
- Vienna Game: Mieses Variation 1,381 games
- Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation 308 games
More Vienna Game lines
- Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense 4,006 games
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation 2,603 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: 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
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