Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Eifel Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nge2 b5
The Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Eifel Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C26, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nge2 b5. It is a line of the Vienna Game. White 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: +0.63 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 5. Bxb5 c6 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O d5)
- ECO
- C26
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nge2 b5
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Vienna Game: Stanley Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4
More Vienna Game lines (all)
- Vienna Game C25
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- Vienna Game: Fyfe Gambit C25
- Vienna Game: Giraffe Attack C25
- Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner Variation 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
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.