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a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
Reference position · Black to move

C29 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit

C29 holds ten named lines, all under the name Vienna Game. It leaves C26 (Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation) with 3.f4. That final move, by the f-pawn, covers e5 and g5. Of all other reference positions, the board of C25 (Vienna Game) comes closest, four squares apart.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4e5
2Nc3Nf6
3f4

Lines filed under C29

All ten share their first five plies, the whole reference line.

NameAfter the shared startPlies
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit(the shared start itself)5
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line3...d56
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation3...d5 4.d37
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d39
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf39
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 f510
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be710
Vienna Game: Heyde Variation3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 f5 6.d411
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Kaufmann Variation3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Qe211
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Qh4+ 6.g3 Nxg3 7.Nf3 Qh5 8.Nxd515

The road to C29

  1. 1.e4 … 1...e5two earlier stops: B00, C20
  2. 2.Nc3C25 Vienna Game
  3. 2...Nf6C26 Falkbeer Variation
  4. 3.f4C29

The position after 3.f4

White has brought out the knight on c3; Black the knight on f6. Black could capture with Nxe4, exf4. Undefended and attacked: the pawn on f4. Black is to move and has 28 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed11Moves spent on pawns21Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e511Squares attacked in the other half76not castlednot castled

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
C30King’s Gambitfour squares: b1, c3, f6, g8
A18English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variationsix squares: c2, f2, c4, f4, e5, e6
A22English Opening: King’s English Variation, Two Knights Variationsix squares: c2, e2, f2, c4, e4, f4
B02Alekhine Defensesix squares: b1, f2, c3, f4, e5, e7
C20King’s Pawn Gamesix squares: b1, f2, c3, f4, f6, g8
C24Bishop’s Opening: Berlin Defensesix squares: b1, f1, f2, c3, c4, f4
C27Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variationsix squares: f1, f2, c4, e4, f4, f6

Where lines continue from here

One named line filed under other codes passes through the position after 3.f4. It belongs to C31.

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