Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5

ECO C29

The Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line is a chess opening line in the Vienna Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5.

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

The defining move d5 is chosen by Black on move 3.

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This position is covered in the Vienna Gambit course: a GM-authored repertoire you study move by move, then practice against a human-like AI opponent.

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