Vienna Game: Zhuravlev Countergambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qg4 Nf6

ECO C25

The Vienna Game: Zhuravlev Countergambit is a chess opening line in the Vienna Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qg4 Nf6.

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

The defining move Nf6 is chosen by Black on move 3.

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