Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio, Dubois Variation

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

The Vienna Game: Hamppe-Muzio, Dubois Variation 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 7. Qxf3 Ne5 8. Qxf4 Qf6. It is a line of the Vienna Game. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 9. Qg3 (100% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.12 (Stockfish, depth 31; best line 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. Be2 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Neg4)

ECO

C25

Moves

16 plies

FEN

r1b1kbnr/pppp1p1p/5q2/4n3/2B1PQ2/2N5/PPPP2PP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 1 9

PGN

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

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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.