Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5
The Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line is a chess opening classified as ECO C29, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5. It is a line of the Vienna Game. White is to move. 6 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 4,459 times by this move order. White won 48%, 5% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 4. fxe5 (84% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5 6. d3 Nxc3)
- ECO
- C29
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 823 | |
| 1500-1999 | 2,483 | |
| 2000+ | 1,153 | |
| All | 4,459 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. fxe5 | 3,754 (84%) | |
| 4. exd5 | 369 (8%) | |
| 4. Nf3 | 156 (3%) | |
| 4. d3 Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation | 80 (2%) | |
| 4. d4 | 30 (1%) | |
| 4. Qf3 | 17 (0%) | |
| 4. Nxd5 | 16 (0%) | |
| 4. f5 | 15 (0%) |
Master games
536 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 19%, Black 41%). The strongest:
- GM Ruslan Ponomariov (2712) – GM Liren Ding (2766) 0-1 · IMSA Blitz 2016 · 2016-02-29
- GM Baadur Jobava (2695) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2757) 0-1 · 19th European Teams · 2013-11-14
- GM Ruslan Ponomariov (2712) – GM Yue Wang (2718) 1-0 · IMSA Blitz 2016 · 2016-02-29
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) – GM Naroditsky, D. (2619) 0-1 · Bullet Chess Winners 2023 · 2023-07-19
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) – GM Naroditsky, D. (2619) 1-0 · Bullet Chess Winners 2023 · 2023-07-19
Search all games of the Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM filolog (2703) – IM beatles_21 (2761) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- IM AlexTriapishko (2841) – GeForceExperience (2606) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- IM MassterofMayhem (2666) – whopper211 (2698) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4
Continuations
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Steinitz Variation C29 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation C29 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack C29 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation C29 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Kaufmann Variation C29 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qe2
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense C31 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3
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.