Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5
The Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C29, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5. It is a line of the Vienna Game. 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 323 times by this move order. White won 44%, 5% were drawn and Black won 51%. The most popular continuation is 6. d3 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.13 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 6. d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d4 8. Be2 Nc6)
- ECO
- C29
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 12 | |
| 1500-1999 | 182 | |
| 2000+ | 129 | |
| All | 323 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. d3 | 181 (56%) | |
| 6. exf6 | 72 (22%) | |
| 6. d4 Heyde Variation | 39 (12%) | |
| 6. Bd3 | 8 (2%) | |
| 6. Nxe4 | 8 (2%) | |
| 6. Nge2 | 7 (2%) | |
| 6. Nh3 | 2 (1%) | |
| 6. Bb5+ | 2 (1%) |
Master games
272 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 16%, Black 46%). The strongest:
- GM Richard Rapport (2740) – GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2713) 0-1 · 85th Tata Steel Masters · 2023-01-14
- GM Kayden Troff (2484) – GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2696) 0-1 · Titled Tue 28th Jan Late · 2025-01-28
- IM Elham Amar (2555) – GM Aryan Tari (2623) 0-1 · World Blitz 2023 · 2023-12-29
- GM Pavel Ponkratov (2641) – GM Grzegorz Nasuta (2521) 0-1 · World Blitz 2021 · 2021-12-30
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2739) – IM Ilan Schnaider (2418) 1-0 · 2nd 3-0 Thu 26th Mar 2026 · 2026-03-26
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM filolog (2703) – IM beatles_21 (2761) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
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- FrankyRivers (2563) – Ho_eschatos (2504) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3
Continuations
- Vienna Game: Heyde Variation C29 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. d4
More Vienna Game lines (all)
- Vienna Game C25
- Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense C25
- 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.