ECO family guide

Vienna Game — all variations and ECO codes

41 named lines across 5 ECO codes (C25–C29). Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

The main line

Position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 (C25). Open this line on Lichess → · Vienna Game on Lichess

How the main line scores at your rating

Real Lichess win rates for 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3, playing as white — the family's other variations are not separately tracked for win rate yet, main line only.

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Win/draw/loss rate by rating band
Rating band	Games	White / draw / Black	Score for white
1400-1600	17,055,794	50.7% / 3.9% / 45.4%	52.7%
1600-1800	15,232,662	51.5% / 4.1% / 44.5%	53.5%
1800-2000	10,105,737	51.8% / 4.4% / 43.8%	54.0%
2000+	5,584,978	51.4% / 5.5% / 43.1%	54.1%

All 41 named variations

Every named line in the Vienna Game family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification — not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

C25Vienna Game (main line) — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
C25Anderssen Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5
C25Fyfe Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4
C25Giraffe Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Qg4
C25Hamppe-Meitner Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Na4
C25Hamppe-Muzio Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 g4 6.O-O
Hamppe-Muzio
- C25Dubois Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 g4 6.O-O gxf3 7.Qxf3 Ne5 8.Qxf4 Qf6
C25Max Lange Defense — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6
C25Omaha Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4
C25Paulsen Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3
C25Paulsen Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.Nge2 d5
- C25Mariotti Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 h5 5.Nf3 h4
- C26Pollock Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5
C25Philidor Countergambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4 f5
Pierce Gambit
- C25Rushmere Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4 gxf3 7.O-O d5 8.exd5 Bg4 9.dxc6
C26Stanley Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4
- C25Meitner-Mieses Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5
- C26Eifel Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nge2 b5
- C26Reversed Spanish — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bb4
- C27Alekhine Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nxe5
- C27Frankenstein-Dracula Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 b6
- C27Monster Declined — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Be7
- C28Bronstein Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.f4 Nxe4 5.Nf3
- C28Three Knights Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
C25Zhuravlev Countergambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qg4 Nf6
C26Falkbeer Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6
C26Mengarini Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.a3
C26Mieses Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3
- C26Erben Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 c6
C27Adams' Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4
C27Frankenstein-Dracula Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4
C29Heyde Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 f5 6.d4
C29Vienna Gambit — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4
- C29Bardeleben Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 f5
- C29Breyer Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7
- C29Kaufmann Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Qe2
- C29Main Line — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5
- C29Modern Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3
- C29Paulsen Attack — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3
- C29Steinitz Variation — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3
- C29Wurzburger Trap — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Qh4+ 6.g3 Nxg3 7.Nf3 Qh5 8.Nxd5