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Opening· 15 plies

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C29), reached after 15 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxg3 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nxd5.

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap ECO C29
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About this opening

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Wurzburger Trap is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C29. 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 15 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxg3 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nxd5.

It belongs to the Vienna Game family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Vienna Gambit → Wurzburger Trap line). The immediate parent line is Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, transitioned via 8.Nxd5.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nc3 Nf6, 3.f4 d5, 4.fxe5 Nxe4, 5.d3 Qh4+, 6.g3 Nxg3. 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.