Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Variation

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 h6 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. d4

The Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C25, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 h6 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. d4. It is a line of the Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: −0.89 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 8… f3 9. gxf3 d5 10. Be3 Bb4 11. Bg2)

ECO

C25

Moves

15 plies

FEN

r1bq1bnr/pppp1k2/2n4p/8/3PPppP/2N5/PPP3P1/R1BQKB1R b KQ - 0 8

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 h6 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. d4

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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.