Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6

ECO C25

The Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense is a chess opening line in the Vienna Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6.

It is catalogued under code C25 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nc6 is chosen by Black on move 2.

The Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense is a line of the Vienna Game. The Vienna Game is a chess opening that begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3. Read the complete Vienna Game guide: what it is, how to reach it, its main variations, how to play against it, and its history.

More ECO C25 openings

• Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense — 1.e4
• Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Cunningham Defense — 1.e4
• Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit — 1.e4
• Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Muzio Gambit — 1.e4
• Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation — 1.e4
• Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Pierce Gambit — 1.e4

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