Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3
The Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C29, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3. It is a line of the Vienna Game. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 252 times by this move order. White won 48%, 5% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 5… Nxc3 (70% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.50 (Stockfish, depth 51; best line 5… Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d4 8. c4)
- ECO
- C29
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 21 | |
| 1500-1999 | 110 | |
| 2000+ | 121 | |
| All | 252 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Nxc3 | 177 (70%) | |
| 5… Qh4+ | 69 (27%) | |
| 5… Bb4 | 4 (2%) | |
| 5… Nc5 | 2 (1%) |
Master games
173 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 31%, draw 25%, Black 44%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.30-dag-bord-lf_784968 (3589) – KomodoDragon 2970.00 (3568) 0-1 · TCEC 23 Premier 2022 · 2022-09-30
- KomodoDragon 2970.00 (3568) – LCZero 0.30-dag-bord-lf_784968 (3589) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Premier 2022 · 2022-09-30
- GM Petr Neuman (2516) – IM Pavel Simacek (2467) 1/2-1/2 · XXV Jirasek Mem 2013 · 2013-08-11
- GM David W L Howell (2650) – FM Adam Kujawski (2246) 1-0 · Titled Tue 7th Jun Late · 2022-06-07
- IM Zan Tomazini (2428) – IM Burak Firat (2460) 0-1 · ch-SLO 2016 · 2016-04-28
Search all games of the Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Modern Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- DED1961D (2402) – Papa_1960 (2540) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- Hayk_Khachatryan (2387) – Rain_5 (2523) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- VBZhadanov (2378) – Rain_5 (2525) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5
Continuations
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap C29 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxg3 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nxd5
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.