Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Na4
The Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C25, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Na4. It is a line of the Vienna Game. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 121 times by this move order. White won 43%, 3% were drawn and Black won 54%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bb6 (22% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.05 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 3… Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 Qh4+ 5. g3 Qxe4 6. Qe2)
- ECO
- C25
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Na4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 69 | |
| 1500-1999 | 47 | |
| 2000+ | 5 | |
| All | 121 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bb6 | 27 (22%) | |
| 3… Bxf2+ | 17 (14%) | |
| 3… d6 | 15 (12%) | |
| 3… Be7 | 13 (11%) | |
| 3… Bd4 | 13 (11%) | |
| 3… Bd6 | 8 (7%) | |
| 3… Qe7 | 7 (6%) | |
| 3… b6 | 7 (6%) |
Master games
22 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 9%, draw 82%, Black 9%). The strongest:
- GM Rauf Mamedov (2659) – GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2554) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Rapid 2014 · 2014-06-17
- GM Kirill Stupak (2570) – GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2585) 1/2-1/2 · 26th Kavala Open 2017 · 2017-08-02
- GM Susanto Megaranto (2548) – FM Azarya Jodi Setyaki (2421) 1/2-1/2 · Japfa GM 2019 · 2019-06-16
- IM Bortnik, A. (2418) – IM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2500) 1/2-1/2 · Minsk Open 2013 · 2013-07-19
- IM Toni Lazov (2412) – IM Nikola Nikolovski (2438) 1/2-1/2 · ch-MKD 2021 · 2021-07-30
Search all games of the Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner Variation and its sub-variations
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Comes from
Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5
More Vienna Game lines (all)
- Vienna Game C25
- Vienna Game: Fyfe Gambit C25
- Vienna Game: Giraffe Attack C25
- Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit C25
- Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio, Dubois Variation C25
- Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense C25
- Vienna Game: Omaha Gambit C25
- Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation (2… Nc6 3. g3) C25
- Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation (5. Nge2 d5) C25
- Vienna Game: Paulsen Variation, Mariotti Gambit C25
- Vienna Game: Philidor Countergambit C25
- Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack 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.