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Vienna Game

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Overview

Vienna Game is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C25.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 3 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 to reach the canonical position.

It branches immediately from King's Pawn Game in the opening tree.

5 named variations grow from this line, including Anderssen Defense, Falkbeer Variation, Max Lange Defense, and others.

Counted recursively, this branch covers 57 sub-variations at all depths.

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ECO code
C25
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
3
Parent
King's Pawn Game
Direct variations
5
Total in subtree
57

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Statistics from Lichess

31,255,875 games · White 51.6% / Draw 4.4% / Black 44.0%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Nc612,205,634
Nf69,654,767
d63,184,078
Bc52,815,440
Bb4987,389
c6885,132
f5533,618
d5180,080

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:54:46

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Variations (5)

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