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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
- Steinitz Gambit C25
- Main Line C25
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Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Fraser-Minckwitz Defense
Overview
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Fraser-Minckwitz 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 b6, after 10 plies of opening development.
The line refines Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Main Line, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C25
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
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Statistics from Lichess
1,626 games · White 40.8% / Draw 3.9% / Black 55.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 726 | |
| a4 | 329 | |
| Nb5 | 309 | |
| Qd2 | 161 | |
| Qd3 | 43 | |
| Nd5 | 30 | |
| Qe1 | 11 | |
| Bxf4 | 5 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:15:59
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