This is my all time favorite opening. When I see two non-agressive players play this, white tends to be extremely well positioned with lots of protection. I find that if black plays aggressive with this open it will bring out a good game. But you are right, lots of options to look at.
I have discovered this opening thanks to this video. I have had a LOT of success with it. Much more success than standard Italian game. I find I get a lot of development and tend to do well. I guess is helps that opponents are not quite that used to it. I really recommend this opening
I have gotten so many times to this position 5:14 and most players play d6 to try to get rid of the pawn but this is a major blunder and my favourite trap as then you go with knight to d5 and you almost automatically win the game. Put it in the stockfish analysis and it will give you +8.0 for white. My all time favourite trap that a ton of people fall into
Thank God for the stockfish analysis, now I can actually practice and analyze all possible moves on both black and white, since it's obvious that players will make unexpected moves and deviate from your strategy.
Hi, I must thank you from the bottom of my heart for all this free accessible knoledge. I've seen practically all of your video's and I think they really really improved my game. I just miss a good video on how to play against the Ruy Lopez. Until today, I never play 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 as black because getting in the Ruy Lopez is too dangerous. The Vienna game is also a very comfortable game for white and playing black I always avoid getting into it. Lately I'm opening with 1. Nc3, The Van Geet or Dunst opening, as white. A tricky move which gets almost always a psychological advantadge over black because most players are not prepared for it and oftenly they respond like chickens without heads.
The Vienna is a tricky opening! Some of the comments here prove that, since they'd be falling into traps: At 14:55 4...Bxf2? is weak: 5. Kxf2 Nxe5 6. d4 and White is better. White's king is in no danger - he will play Rf1 and Kg1, "castling by hand". At 2:35, 5...Qh4+? is bad. The trick is 6. g3 Nxg6 7. Nf3! Qh5 8. Nxd5! and it turns out Black's king is the one in trouble. Also, at 4:45, Nd5 is better if you wait for ...d6: 6. Nf3 d6 7. Nd5! and if 7...Qd7 8. exd6+ Kd8 9. dxc7+!
Highly recxomend the 1. E4 e5 2. NC3 nf6 3. Bc4 bc5 4. d3 d6 5. F5 ng5 6.f5 nf2 line, leads to some very dangerous and exciting lines whenever you can reach the position
in the line: 1.e4-e5 2.Nc3-Nc6 3.Bc4-Bc5 (mirrored moves) 4.Qg4-Nd4! With good compensation for black imho. 5.Qxg7-Qf6 6.Qxf6-Nxf6 7.Bd3-Rg8 8.g3-b6 White must play very accurate moves to stay in the game.
Thanks for making this video! I play the King's Gambit from time to time and having the Vienna Game as as an additional option seems like a good idea. I'll definitely try it out in a few games...
you're gonna have to work on your chess tactics. If your opponent does not play anything that makes any sense, just try to develop and just see where you can go from there
That's where understanding the theory of the opening is more important than remembering specific moves. As a rule of thumb if your opponent plays something that wasn't covered by the opening prep you studied (as long as it was a well made opening prep) the move is objectively worse for you opponent. However, simply knowing your opponent's move was a mistake without actually knowing how to refute it doesn't help you much. That's where your game sense and opening theory need to be strong. That's the entire premise of gambits. Gambits are often objectively bad, but can create difficult situations where any player would struggle to actually find the correct way to punish a gambit.
Hi! I love the videos and I was wondering if you could add the PGN in the description so we could paste it into a PGN reader so we could follow along when you play the moves
I think I need to use a chess engine or something to learn more lines for playing this opening. This is now my standard opening for white, assuming of course that black does not play the sicillian
Peter Evans That's why I play 1. Nc3 to avoid the most common reply with 1... c5. However, should my opp wish to still play c5, The Grand Prix Attack is so much fun to play. Normally they respond with e5 or i have seen some d5. Cheers
+Peter Evans The Sicilian spoils all plans. Which is odd, considering I don't often play it as black. I don't have enough money to buy all the books on the Sicilian!
@TheFateArcher lol you need to understand that "Vienna game" is just a label they assign to these series of moves. In reality it is just a trend of people who sat there and reasoned that these were logically sound moves to make. Over time the name was probably brought up and it stuck xD.
@thechesswebsite in recent tournaments, I often tried to be aggressive but I often discovered that it is my opponent who ended up attacking in the middle game. pretty much when my opponent castles, I have no idea of how to attack. Can you give some good tips on how to be SAFELY aggressive?
14.54 can't black play bishop takes f2 check and after king takes just take the knight black would be in a much better position as the white king is in the open and can't castle
I doubt that even a single opening is a force win for white. I really like your videos but is it possible that you could flip the board around to see how black sees the board - maybe even produce a line of counter play?
I have played the vienna. I go for 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4. I'm amazed how many play 3...exf 4.e5 Ng8!!. I also was playing the Veresov Attack recently. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 0r d5, followed by 3.Bg5. I then figured, why not just play 1.Nc3? If black replies 1...e5 then I paly 2.Nc3 and we're heading into the Vienna. If black plays 1...d5 then 2.Nc3 and we're heading towards the Veresov. Another option might be after 1.Nc3 e5 2.d4 into a kind of Center Game after 2...exd 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd3.
So what? White plays d4 and kicks black's knight away while at the same time gaining lots of central control. Once the knight moves, say to c6 or g6, development is easy: Be3, Bc4, Re1. Black cannot take advantage of white's king's position. If, instead of moving the knight immediately after d4, black tries a quick Qf6, white simply retreats to g1 and again development is easy and the black queen will be subject to attack from a knight jump to d5. Black is not better after taking on f2.
What about Nd4? @ 10:40 Nd4 from black threatening nxc2 with check and rook fork. Qxg7 from white isn't so scary because Qf6 from black and black saves his rook.
kevin i'm playing the dutch defense and the stonewall variation but i think that the white bishop don't enter the game can you make a video about the leningrad variation? i will really appreciate it.
so is the vienna game for White or Black? It appears confusing that instead of black moving their knight to d4 why not capture the knight on e4 via pawn to equalize the loss?
I have a question. Alot of times when I play this opening against a computer for practice, it goes 1. e4, e6 2. Nc3, d5. and I run into SUCH a roadbump, because no matter what I do I either lose a pawn and have to move my knight after he plays d4, or don't loose a pawn but have to move my knight because he goes for d4 no matter one. What should I do? or when I see e6 should I just throw the vienna out the window for that game and play something else? I tried d4 after d5, and its ok but scary.
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Your channel covers lots of videos on chess topic, a nice consistency but the only down side is lot less information for the time you take. You could be bit fast. Its like I'm watching your videos on 0.5x speed, come on man talk fast.
Why should I be aggressive if I just play chess for fun ? because when I lose I actually didn`t lose anything when I win I actually didn`t win anything it`s all in the mind it makes absolutely no difference in my life !
