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Vienna Game | Introduction to the Main Line!

#chess #viennagame #viennagambit I love the Vienna Gambit as an e4 player, and I always play it when it is allowed by the opponent with the black pieces. However, for the knowledgeable opponent, they will be unafraid of the standard (Falkbeer) Vienna Gambit by declining the gambit with d5. This enters the Vienna Game Main Line with black maintaining a slight advantage. As mentioned in my last blog, this is the fourth most common response to the Vienna Gambit and occurred only in 1 in 10 games from this position. However, it's important to know the next few moves from this point as it can get a bit tricky, black has some good attacking chances, and it can easily go pear-shaped. However, this part of the Vienna Game narrows into a funnel as there is really only one good move on move 4. The next best move for white is fxe5, immediately resolving some of the tension in the centre, and attacking the knight on f6. Black is forced to move their knight, and the only sensible move is Nxe4, recapturing a pawn, placing pressure on the knight on c3, and opening the dark squared diagonal for the queen which allows the threat of Qh4+. On move 5, white now has three potential lines that are good. Nf3 - this is the traditional move which continues Main Line theory. It's a safe and solid move, developing another minor piece, supports the pawn on e5, and prevents Qh4+. d3 - this is the "Modern variation". This is a potentially dangerous and trappy line where one misstep can result in disaster for both sides! A theme with this and the next line is "baiting" the opponent to play Qh4+ as it can surprisingly end up bad for black. Qf3 - this is the "Paulsen Attack". This is a fantastic option in the Vienna Game Main Line, and again, woe be the opponent who thinks that Qh4+ is a good move. Up to now, and including for this game, I hadn't really studied the Main Line and so I always played Nf3 as the safest option (not wanting to have to deal with Qh4+). As you will see in this game, I don't play very accurately. However, this version of the Vienna Game Main Line is a little more forgiving to mistakes, especially with a similarly rated opponent at the beginner-intermediate level who most likely will not be familiar with these positions either. In the early middle game, I freaked out over the opponent's Qa5+, that seemingly forked my king and bishop on b5. However, I misevaluated my opponent's attack as being stronger than what it was by not recognising one of the themes of the Vienna Game - the knight on d5! If my opponent captured my bishop with queen, I would have the devastating Nc7+, which would be a royal triple fork - king, queen, and rook! The turning point in the game came a few moves later where I make a massive gamble with a "Botez gambit" - a discovered check on my opponent, but where they had the opportunity to capture my queen. Stockfish calls this a blunder (from -1 to -12!), and it would have been if they didn't get spooked by the position and called my bluff. But they blinked, and that instantly transformed the evaluation to over +6 in my favour! Earlier, one of the few "great" moves in the game, I managed to drag my opponent's king into the centre of the board. After developing both rooks and getting them into the game, it was only a matter of time before my opponent was overwhelmed by the net woven by the rooks and queen. Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/48389...