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For Vienna Game, start at the first position and step through the moves rather than memorizing the final board. After each move, look for the piece that moved and the squares it now influences. The same opening name can cover several branches, so use the selected line’s move order as your reference.
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Opening lines
An ECO code groups opening lines, not one forced position. Step through legal notation from the CC0 Lichess dataset. This is a study viewer, without engine evaluation or a claim that a line is best.
The board shows one representative line for each ECO code. All collected branches and their PGN moves remain listed below.
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3
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C25 · Vienna Game
31 PGN · 31 FEN
- Vienna Game:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 - Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 - Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 - Vienna Game: Fyfe Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 - Vienna Game: Giraffe Attack:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Qg4 - Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Na4 - Vienna Game: Omaha Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 - Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 - Vienna Game: Philidor Countergambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 f5 - Vienna Game: Zhuravlev Countergambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qg4 Nf6 - Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Meitner-Mieses Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 Qf6 5. Nd5 - Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 d5
C26 · Vienna Game
10 PGN · 10 FEN
- Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 - Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. a3 - Vienna Game: Mieses Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 - Vienna Game: Stanley Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 - Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Reversed Spanish:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 - Vienna Game: Mieses Variation, Erben Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 c6 - Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Eifel Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nge2 b5 - Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Pollock Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 - Bishop's Opening: Horwitz Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b5 - Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3
C28 · Vienna Game
3 PGN · 3 FEN
- Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 - Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Bronstein Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. f4 Nxe4 5. Nf3 - Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Ne2
C29 · Vienna Game
10 PGN · 10 FEN
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 - Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 - Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 - Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 - Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 - Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 - Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 - Vienna Game: Heyde Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. d4 - Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Kaufmann Variation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qe2 - Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap:
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxg3 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nxd5
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