Vienna Game: Adams' Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4

ECO C27

The Vienna Game: Adams' Gambit is a chess opening line in the Vienna Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4.

It is catalogued under code C27 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move d4 is chosen by White on move 6.

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