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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: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit
Overview
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code C25 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5, after 11 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Alapin Variation.
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- ECO code
- C25
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
29,345 games · White 55.1% / Draw 3.4% / Black 41.5%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| h6 | 17,022 | |
| d6 | 3,973 | |
| h5 | 3,238 | |
| f6 | 2,268 | |
| Nh6 | 730 | |
| Nf6 | 564 | |
| Be7 | 411 | |
| d5 | 330 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:27:54
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