VIENNA GAME
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3


 (Click on Column number to see System in Action)

                                                                   Hamppe
                                      Pierce                 Allgaier
                                      Gambit                Gambit                      Steinitz Gambit
             13                         14                         15                         16                         17                         18

           Nc6............................................................................................................................................. Bc5

 3        Bc4 .......................f4                                                                                                                  Nf3(n)
           Bc5(a)                   exf4(e)                                                                                                         d6
 
 4        Qg4                        Nf3...................... d4                                                                                  d4(o)
           g6(b)                      g5(f)                                                  Qh4+                                                exd4

 5        Qf3                         d4........................ h4                        Ke2                                                  Nxd4
           Nf6                         g4                         g4                        d6.........................d5                       Nf6

 6        Nge2                     Bc4(g)                 Ng5                     Nf3                       exd5                   Bg5
          d6(c)                      gxf3                      h6(i)                    Bg4                      Bg4+                   h6

 7       d3                          0—0                       Nxf 7                  Bxf4(k)                Nf3                      Bh4
          Bg4                      d5                           Kxf 7                   0—0—0(1)          0—0—0              Nc6

 8      Qg3                       exd5                      d4(j)                     Ke3                     dxc6                    Nxc6
          h6                          Bg4!                       d5                        Qh5                     Bc5                      bxc6

 9        f4                          Qd2                      Bxf4                     Be2                      Qel                        Bd3
          Qe7                       Nce7(h)               Bb4                      g5!                        Qh5                      Qe7

 10    Nd5                        Qxf4                    Be2                      Nxg5                     cxb7+                  0—0
         NxdS(d)                 Qd7 ~                 Bxc3t ~               Nf6 ~                      Kb8(m)                g5(p)



 

(a) 3 ... f5 is provocative. Kivisto.—Pyhala, Pori 1986, continued 4 exfs (4 d3 is better) 4.. Nf6 5 d3 Bb4 6 Bg5 ds 7 Bxf6 gxf6 8 Qh5± Ke7 9 Bb3 Nd4 with advantage to Black.

(b) Other moves: (A) 4 . . . Kf8 5 Qf3 Nf6 6 Nge2 d6 7 d3 t, Hennings—Korchnoi, Sarajevo 1969; (B) 4 ... Qf6 5 Nd5! Qxf2± 6 Kdi and neither 6 ... Kf8 7 Nh3 Qd4 8 d3 ±,
Mieses—Chigorin, Ostend 1906, nor 6 ... Nf6 7 Qxg7 Nxd5 8 Qxh8t Bf8 (Fidelity S.2. computer—Shirazi, USA 1986) 9 Qg8 ±, solves Black s problems.

(c) Keres suggested the regrouping 6 ... Bf8 followed by . . . Bg7. As the column is better for White, this is worth a try.

(d) After 11 Qxg4 White held a slight advantage in Larsen—Portisch, Santa Monica 1966.

(e) 3 . . . Bc5 is interesting. White can accept the gambit with 4 fxes d6 5 exd6 Qxd6 6 Nf 3 Bg4 ~, or play 4 Nf 3 forcing Black into the King s Gambit Declined where White retains the option of playing his Bishop to c4 or b5.

(f) 4 ... Nf6 and 4 ... Be7 are playable alternatives, but the text is more incisive.

(g) 6 Ne5 NxeS 7 dxe5 Qh4f is clearly better for Black, L. Paulsen—Gunsberg, Breslau 1889.

(h) After 9 ... Bg7 10 Qxf4 Bxd4± 11 Khl Qh4 12 dxc6 fxg2± 13 Kxg2 0—0—0 (Eger— Weinitsch, corr. 1985) 14 cxb7± White has the more dangerous attack.

(i) 6 .. . d6?! 7 d4 h6 8 Nxf7 Kxf7 9 Bc4t Kg7 10 Bxf4 Nf6 is a wild, unclear game, Hellers—Akesson, Sweden 1985. It is better for Black to force the sacrifice immediately.

(j) 8 Bc4t d5 9 Bxdst Kg? 10 d4 fS also leaves Black on top. White s sacrifice creates too little compensation for the lost material.

(k) 7 Nds 0—0—0 8 Kd3 Qh6 9 Bxf4 Qh5 10 c4 fs leaves Black with a large plus, Kavalek— Stein, Tel Aviv 1964.

(l) 7 . . . fs is also good. The column is Barle—Portisch, Portoro±/Ljubljana 1974.

(m) Black has a strong attack, but it is not clear who is better after 11 Kd2 or 11 Bxf4.

(n) 3 Qg4 Nf6 4 Qxg7 Rg8 5 Qh6 Bxf2!t is bad for White.

(o) 4 Na4 Bb6 5 Nxb6 axb6 6 d4 exd4 7 Qxd4 Qf 6 =, Kan—Capablanca, Moscow 1936.

(p) Not 10... Qe5 11 Na4 Bb6 12 Bg3 ±, Horowitz—Kupchik, Syracuse 1934. After 10 ... g5 Larsen rates White as slightly better.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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