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- King's Pawn Game C20
- Vienna Game C25
- Falkbeer Variation C26
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Vienna Game: Mieses Variation
Overview
Vienna Game: Mieses Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C26.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 5 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Erben Gambit, Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Pollock Gambit.
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- ECO code
- C26
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
- Direct variations
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
518,002 games · White 53.5% / Draw 5.6% / Black 40.9%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bc5 | 134,862 | |
| Nc6 | 117,350 | |
| d5 | 115,313 | |
| Bb4 | 69,460 | |
| c6 | 28,498 | |
| d6 | 18,711 | |
| Be7 | 11,205 | |
| g6 | 6,914 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:11:13
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