Vienna Game

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Named variations of the Vienna Game

Our opening book catalogues 54 named variations in this family. Here they all are:

• Anderssen Defense
• Anderssen Defense, Giraffe Attack
• Anderssen Defense, Hamppe-Meitner Variation
• Falkbeer Variation
• Falkbeer, Mengarini Variation
• Falkbeer, Mieses Variation
• Falkbeer, Mieses, Erben Gambit
• Falkbeer, Mieses, Paulsen Variation, Pollock Gambit
• Falkbeer, Stanley Variation
• Falkbeer, Stanley, Eifel Gambit
• Falkbeer, Stanley, Horwitz Gambit
• Falkbeer, Stanley, Reversed Spanish Variation
• Falkbeer, Vienna Gambit
• Frankenstein-Dracula Declined, Alekhine Variation
• Frankenstein-Dracula Variation
• Frankenstein-Dracula Variation Declined
• Frankenstein-Dracula, Adams' Gambit
• Frankenstein-Dracula, Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit
• Frankenstein-Dracula, Boden-Kieseritzky, Lichtenhein Defense
• Main Line
• Main Line, Breyer Variation
• Main Line, Kaufmann Variation
• Main Line, Modern Variation
• Main Line, Modern, Würzburger Variation
• Main Line, Paulsen Attack
• Main Line, Paulsen, Bardeleben Variation
• Main Line, Paulsen, Bardeleben, Heyde Variation
• Main Line, Steinitz Variation
• Max Lange Defense
• Max Lange, Fyfe Gambit
• Max Lange, Fyfe, Philidor Countergambit
• Max Lange, Meitner-Mieses Gambit
• Max Lange, Paulsen Variation
• Max Lange, Paulsen, Mariotti Gambit
• Max Lange, Stanley Variation
• Max Lange, Steinitz Gambit
• Max Lange, Steinitz, Main Line
• Max Lange, Steinitz, Main Line, Fraser-Minckwitz Defense
• Max Lange, Steinitz, Main Line, Paulsen Defense
• Max Lange, Steinitz, Main Line, Sørensen Defense
• Max Lange, Steinitz, Main Line, Zukertort Defense
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Hamppe-Allgaier, Alapin Variation
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Hamppe-Allgaier, Thorold Variation
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Hamppe-Muzio Gambit
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Hamppe-Muzio, Dubois Variation
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Knight Variation
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Knight Variation, Cunningham Defense
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Pierce Gambit
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Pierce, Rushmere Attack
• Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, Quelle Gambit
• Omaha Gambit
• Zhuravlev Countergambit

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