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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Vienna Game C25
- Max Lange Defense C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense C25
- Knight Variation C25
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Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Cunningham Defense
Overview
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Cunningham Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C25, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 8 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Be7.
The line refines Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C25
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
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Statistics from Lichess
73,558 games · White 47.8% / Draw 3.5% / Black 48.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d4 | 30,041 | |
| Bc4 | 29,783 | |
| h4 | 6,723 | |
| Bb5 | 2,754 | |
| g3 | 1,069 | |
| d3 | 893 | |
| Qe2 | 713 | |
| Be2 | 545 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:49:49
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