Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C25), reached after 7 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3.

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About this opening

Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Knight Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C25. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 7 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3.

It belongs to the Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Knight Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nc3 Nc6, 3.f4 exf4, 4.Nf3. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.