Vienna Game
56 variations · C25 to C29
The idea
The knight on c3, f4 is coming.
White puts the knight on c3 instead of f3. That lets the f-pawn go to f4, for an attack on the kingside.
Where it comes from
The Vienna Game is named after Vienna and became popular in the nineteenth century. Carl Hamppe contributed to it; two gambits in it bear his name. He won the championship of the Vienna Chess Society in 1859 and 1860, both times ahead of Steinitz. Steinitz liked to play his own gambit in it, which is rarely seen today. Weaver Adams even claimed that White wins by force with the Vienna Game. Modern Chess Openings concludes that with best play from both sides it leads to equality. Today White often chooses a quieter setup, with 3.♗c4 or 3.g3.
The opening itself
C25 · 2 moves
Vienna Game
Variations 56
- C25 · 3 moves
f4: attack along the f-file.
Names and moves from lichess-org/chess-openings (CC0).