The Vienna Game is one of the most fundamentally sound openings in chess and gives an e4 player many different variations when black responds with e5. It doesn’t matter if you are aggressive or not, this opening might just be what you need to take your chess game to the next level. For those players familiar with the Kings Gambit, this opening will feel just like home as it has many variations that transpose into many Kings Gambit lines.
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nice,
I loved this one!
Thank You, Sir!
i'll try it in my next game 🙂
then i'll tell you how it worked, thanks for the video Kevin
@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.
i didnt saw you showed 2. …Nf6 3.g3?!
@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?
"Aye nother." I really lol'd at that pronunciation.
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?
man, i love your videos, and your way of explaining chess 🙂
Keep it up 😀
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?
thanks i hated when i saw this opening as black now i feel much better
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you are doing nice work.
quite interesting! Thank you
What about the 3. g3 variation? It is a lot of fun to play!
Interesting
@ntsdr It means you playing something which is not quite visible to the opponent & you take advantage in the end by sacrificing a piece or two.
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.
14:57 is a mistake, because black can play Bxf2 and only then take the knight.
Hey, thanks a lot for these videos, Kevin. I'm really enjoying them.
@ntsdr its giving up material in order to gain spacial, or developmental advantage, or if your looking to win the material back.
Hey Kevin thanks for making your videos I really like them and subscribed.
I like to mirror until I get checked =P
u never explain the not aggresive line well enough
@ChessCholo You are cool.
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…
Thanks a lot, very helpful!
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+!
He is just a rather aggressive player.
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
kevin must have said aggresive a 20 times in the video
definately!
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.
@eoin u might against e6 play d4 immideately
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.
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.
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.
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 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
At 14:58 black can play Bxf2+ Kxf2 Nxe5 and is fine. He is even better because White lost the right to castle!