Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7

ECO C29

The Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Breyer Variation is a chess opening line in the Vienna Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7.

It is catalogued under code C29 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Be7 is chosen by Black on move 5.

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