Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Meitner-Mieses Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5

ECO C25

The Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Meitner-Mieses Gambit is a chess opening line in the Vienna Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5.

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

The defining move Nd5 is chosen by White on move 5.

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