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Vienna Countergambit
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black kingg7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black pawnf5 black pawng5 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)

rnbqkbnr/pppp2pp/8/4pp2/4P3/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQKBNR w

Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5

Vienna Countergambit

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The Vienna Countergambit of the Vienna Game, is an variation where black plays a line similar to the Latvian Gambit but instead of the knight on f3 there is a knight on c3, the main line of this Countergambit for white is just accepting the pawn whoever there are other moves that will be on the other section of this page

Possible Moves

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3. exf5 - The theoredically best variation, accepting the pawn that black gave to you for free, whoever, after Nf6, black has the idea to play d5 and control the whole center, white needs to take a little bit of care in this position if they don't want to lose, with perfect play, white gets a slighly better position

3. Nf3 - This directly transposes to the Latvian Gambit Declined, it is not the best, but white can still get a position with more development than black after 3...fxe4, 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Bc4, and Stockfish 16 gives this a +0,7 advantage

3. d4 - This has a slight similarity to the Falkbeer Countergambit in the King's Gambit, since black can't take the e4 pawn because of Qh5+!, instead, black should play exd4 and white should play Qxd4, but there is also the astonishing, exf5, if black plays dxc3, white will play Qh5+ after Ke7, Bg5+ and Nf6, white can just play the absurd-looking move O-O-O if black were to take the pawn, Kb1!, sacrificing yet a pawn, and black has to deal with a lot of attacking possibilities, after d5, Nf3, white's a attack is really strong

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