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Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense

ECO C25 · 4,868 games · White to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5
50% White4% Draw46% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Bc41,72935.5%
Nf31,67634.4%
f474215.2%
d32555.2%
g31583.2%
a3460.9%
Qg4450.9%
Nge2350.7%
Qh5280.6%
b3250.5%
h3240.5%
Na4220.5%

A further 83 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4King's Pawn Game 1... e5Vienna Game 2. Nc3Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense 2... Bc5

Other lines in this family

Vienna GameC25…55,614Max Lange DefenseC25… 2... Nc624,485Falkbeer VariationC26… 2... Nf619,689Stanley VariationC26… 2... Nf6 3. Bc48,328Stanley Variation, Three Knights VariationC28… 2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf68,123Vienna GambitC29… 2... Nf6 3. f47,646Vienna Gambit, Main LineC29… 2... Nf6 3. f4 d52,673Paulsen VariationC25… 2... Nc6 3. g31,152Vienna Gambit, Paulsen AttackC29… 2... Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf31,111Omaha GambitC25… 2... d6 3. f41,048

All 18 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.