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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nc3/2...Nc6

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Vienna
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8a8 black rookb8 black kingc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black knightd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black pawnf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 white pawnf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 white knightd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 black kingc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/4p3/4P3/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQKBNR w

Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6

Vienna Game, Max Lange Defence

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White has a couple of good options here, see the theory table below.

The Vienna Gambit 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 often leads to White sacrificing a knight on f3 or a bishop on f7.

3. Nf3 transposes to the Three Knights Game.

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1. e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6

3 4
Three Knights Game Nf3
Nf6 		See 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3
Vienna Game Bc4
Nf6		 d3
Na5		 =
Paulsen Variation g3
Bc5		 Bg2
d6		 =
Vienna Gambit f4
exf4		 Nf3
g5		 ∞

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References

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