Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O gxf3
The Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C25, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O gxf3. It is a line of the Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 36 times by this move order. White won 58%, 0% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 7. Qxf3 (94% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.92 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 7. Qxf3 Qh4 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Qd3 Bc5)
- ECO
- C25
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O gxf3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 25 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 36 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Qxf3 | 34 (94%) | |
| 7. Rxf3 | 1 (3%) | |
| 7. d4 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
11 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 55%, draw 9%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2819) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2791) 1-0 · chess.com SF Blitz 1m+1spm 2016 · 2016-08-24
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2784) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2736) 0-1 · chess.com Speed 2020 · 2020-12-13
- IM Thomas Beerdsen (2453) – GM David Paravyan (2647) 0-1 · Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021 · 2021-04-03
- Federico Sellitti (2176) – IM Mykola Bodnar (2434) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 12th Jan · 2021-01-12
- FM Florent Samoun (2299) – CM Marek Pniaczek (2145) 1-0 · Skalica Open 2020 · 2020-08-26
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Shallapinioo (2392) – almoks (2329) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- the_official_kadir (2171) – HierroDias (2317) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- Fidel0829 (2253) – PUTNIK_A (2187) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O
Continuations
- Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio, Dubois Variation C25 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O gxf3 7. Qxf3 Ne5 8. Qxf4 Qf6
More Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense lines (all)
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Cunningham Defense C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit, Alapin Variation C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Variation C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Pierce Gambit C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Quelle Gambit C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Fraser-Minckwitz Defense C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Main Line C25
- Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Steinitz Gambit, Paulsen Defense C25
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.