Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 g4 6. Bc4 gxf3 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Bg4 9. dxc6

The Vienna Game: Pierce Gambit, Rushmere Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C25, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 g4 6. Bc4 gxf3 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Bg4 9. dxc6. It is a line of the Vienna Game. 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: −2.26 (Stockfish, depth 27; best line 9… f2+ 10. Rxf2 Bxd1 11. Bxf4 Bg4 12. cxb7)

ECO

C25

Moves

17 plies

FEN

r2qkbnr/ppp2p1p/2P5/8/2BP1pb1/2N2p2/PPP3PP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 9

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 g4 6. Bc4 gxf3 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Bg4 9. dxc6

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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.