Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3
The Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C26, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3. It is a line of the Bishop's Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1,614 times by this move order. White won 54%, 3% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 4… d6 (30% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.03 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 4… c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. h3)
- ECO
- C26
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 571 | |
| 1500-1999 | 847 | |
| 2000+ | 196 | |
| All | 1,614 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… d6 | 478 (30%) | |
| 4… O-O | 359 (22%) | |
| 4… h6 | 308 (19%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 223 (14%) | |
| 4… c6 | 117 (7%) | |
| 4… d5 | 42 (3%) | |
| 4… Ng4 | 31 (2%) | |
| 4… a6 | 26 (2%) |
Master games
541 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 21%, Black 35%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2811) – GM Viswanathan Anand (2797) 1/2-1/2 · 4th Zurich CC Blitz · 2015-02-13
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2759) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2847) 1-0 · Goldmoney Asian Prelim · 2021-06-26
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2777) – GM Liren Ding (2791) 1/2-1/2 · 11th Hainan Danzhou GM · 2020-12-08
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2768) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2785) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 28th Feb Late · 2023-02-28
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2736) – GM Liren Ding (2799) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 2021 · 2021-12-17
Search all games of the Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Spielmann Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- shahruh94 (2654) – Hercule_Poirot-20 (2693) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- derdimcokanacan (2653) – whopper211 (2692) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- shahruh94 (2656) – Ante373 (2665) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4
More Bishop's Opening lines (all)
- Bishop's Opening C23
- Bishop's Opening: Anderssen Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Four Pawns Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Khan Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit (3. c3 d5) C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit (4. Bxd5 Nf6) C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit, Walker Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lisitsyn Variation C23
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.