Vienna Gambit: Win Rate by Lichess Rating

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit · 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 · CC0 name list

At 1500–1799 (Lichess rating), White scored 57.4% in 2,976 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit games (±1.8; games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026).

White won 56.0% of them, Black won 41.2%, and 2.9% were drawn.

White scores above 50% at this level (outside the margin)

In games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026, White scored 57.4% (±1.8) with the Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit in sampled Lichess games at the 1500–1799 Lichess rating level (2,976 games). Observed results, not causation.

Data period: games from 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026 (sample of the Lichess open database) · Page updated: 9 Oct 2026

0.2%

of rated games at Lichess rating 1200–1499 reached the Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit · 2,473 of 1,195,994 games, Oct 2025–Sep 2026 sample

At 2100+: 0.1%. At 1200–1499: 0.2%. 1.7× as common at 1200–1499 as at 2100+.

Position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4. 9,813 games in this sample reached it — 1,488 of them by a different move order.

At a glance

In this sample, White's score ranged from 53.0% (2100+) to 58.7% (Under 1200).
Treat this spread with caution: the margins are approximate (see How it works).
It appeared most often in the Under 1200 group (0.2% of that group's games).
Draws were most common in the 2100+ group (5.9%).

These are observed results for the selected games (rated, players within 200 rating points of each other). They describe what happened — they do not prove the opening caused the result.

Results by Lichess rating level

Each row shows how the Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit games at one rating level ended: White wins, draws and Black wins, across all time controls combined. Rating level is the average Lichess rating of both players.

White won drawn Black won. Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit — results by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined (minimum 300 games per row).

Under 12001,564 games

White wins 57.5% · draws 2.4% · Black wins 40.2% · White's score 58.7% ±2.4 · how common 0.2%
1200–14992,473 gamesIn the headline

White wins 55.2% · draws 3.2% · Black wins 41.5% · White's score 56.9% ±1.9 · how common 0.2%
1500–17992,976 games

White wins 56.0% · draws 2.9% · Black wins 41.2% · White's score 57.4% ±1.8 · how common 0.2%
1800–20991,951 games

White wins 54.2% · draws 3.4% · Black wins 42.4% · White's score 55.9% ±2.2 · how common 0.1%
2100+849 gamesCompared with

White wins 50.1% · draws 5.9% · Black wins 44.1% · White's score 53.0% ±3.3 · how common 0.1%

"White's score" = wins + half of draws. "±" is an approximate 95% margin based only on the number of games. It does not cover sampling bias or related games (the same players appear many times), so real uncertainty is larger. "How common" = share of all sampled games at that level that reached this position. Ratings are Lichess ratings; they are not interchangeable with Chess.com or FIDE ratings.

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Results by time control

Each row shows how the Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit games ended in one Lichess time control, across all rating levels combined.

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit — results by time control, all rating levels combined (minimum 300 games per row)
Time control	Games	White wins	Draws	Black wins	White's score
Bullet	2,317	56.1%	2.2%	41.7%	57.2%
Blitz	4,851	54.0%	3.7%	42.3%	55.8%
Rapid	2,554	56.6%	3.3%	40.1%	58.2%
Classical	91	Not enough games in this sample

This table and the rating rows are separate summaries: rating levels are not split by time control here, and time controls are not split by rating. Observed results only; approximate uncertainty applies as above.

Most played replies for Black at each level

Top replies with at least 150 games. "Score" is Black's score after that reply (wins + half of draws). These comparisons alone can't show that one reply is reliably better — the margins are approximate and stronger or weaker players may prefer different replies.

Replies to 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined
Rating level	Reply · share · games · score
Under 1200	3...exf4 ·47.4% · 739 · 34.6% ±3.4 3...d6 ·17.2% · 269 · 46.8% ±5.9 3...Nc6 ·17.1% · 267 · 50.7% ±5.9
1200–1499	3...exf4 ·39.7% · 981 · 40.3% ±3.0 3...d6 ·19.8% · 490 · 50.4% ±4.4 3...Nc6 ·17.9% · 442 · 41.0% ±4.5
1500–1799	3...exf4 ·32.3% · 962 · 36.3% ±3.0 3...d6 ·25.0% · 743 · 46.0% ±3.5 3...d5 ·17.3% · 514 · 52.7% ±4.2
1800–2099	3...d5 ·34.0% · 662 · 48.2% ±3.7 3...d6 ·22.2% · 432 · 48.4% ±4.6 3...exf4 ·20.0% · 390 · 40.1% ±4.8
2100+	3...d5 ·58.5% · 497 · 48.9% ±4.3

Up next: related positions with a page

Earlier position: Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
Related line: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 (King's Knight Opening)
Related line: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 (Italian Game)
Related line: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 (Bishop's Opening)

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