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Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation

ECO C26 · 325 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. a3
48% White6% Draw46% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Bc510432.0%
Nc68827.1%
d55717.5%
c6134.0%
Be7113.4%

A further 52 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: Falkbeer Variation 2... Nf6Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation 3. a3

Other lines in this family

Falkbeer VariationC26…19,689Stanley VariationC26… 3. Bc48,328Vienna GambitC29… 3. f47,646Vienna Gambit, Main LineC29… 3. f4 d52,673Vienna Gambit, Paulsen AttackC29… 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf31,111Frankenstein-Dracula VariationC27… 3. Bc4 Nxe41,016Stanley Variation, Reversed SpanishC26… 3. Bc4 Bb41,009Mieses VariationC26… 3. g3762Vienna Gambit, Bardeleben VariationC29… 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 f5232Vienna Gambit, Modern VariationC29… 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3177

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.