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Vienna Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3. The knight protects e4 and keeps the f-pawn free, so White can later play f4 like a King's Gambit with better preparation. It is flexible: White can also play quietly with g3 and Bg2.
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- Vienna Game
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- Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense
- Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense
- Vienna Gambit
- Vienna Gambit: Main Line
- Vienna Gambit: 5.Qf3
- Vienna Gambit: 5.d3
- Vienna Gambit: Steinitz
- Vienna Gambit: 3...exf4
- Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula
- Vienna Game: 3.Bc4 Bc5
- Vienna Game: 3.Bc4 Nc6
- Vienna Game: Mieses Variation
- Vienna Game: Mieses, 3...d5
- Vienna Game: Mieses, 3...Bc5
- Vienna Game: 3.d3
- Vienna Game: 3.Nf3 (transposes Four Knights)
- Vienna Game: 2...Nc6 3.f4
- Vienna Game: 2...Nc6 3.g3
- Vienna Game: 2...Bc5 3.Nf3
- Vienna Game: 2...Bc5 3.f4
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- Vienna Game: 2...Bb4