Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense
Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense (C25) starts 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6. In 4,006 games between strong players, White wins 46%, 12% are drawn and Black wins 42%; the most played move is 3.Bc4 (44%).
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6
- ECO
- C25
- Games between strong players
- 4,006
- 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 | 44% (1,777) | – | |
| 3.g3 | 20% (809) | Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation | |
| 3.Nf3 | 19% (778) | Three Knights Opening | |
| 3.f4 | 13% (502) | Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense | |
| 3.Bb5 | 1% (38) | – | |
| 3.Nge2 | 1% (38) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation 2,603 games
- Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation 810 games
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense 556 games
More Vienna Game lines
- Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation 7,506 games
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation 3,015 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: 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
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