The Vienna Game - Dynamic, Flexible and Deeply Underestimated

The traditional Bc4 & d3

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 We now move on to the more traditional Vienna lines, where White develops the bishop early with Bc4.

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2 Opening Illustrations

2.1 Game 1: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 - Martin vs Adams

2.2 Game 2: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 - Monpeurt vs Koch

2.3 Game 3: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 - Nakamura vs Nyzhnyk

2.4 Game 4: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d6 - Ponkratov vs Paravyan

2.5 Game 5: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 - Firouzja vs Vidit

2.6 Game 6: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 - Sek vs Koryakin

2.7 Game 7: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 - Bortnyk vs Bartel

2.8 Game 8: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 - Duboue vs Di Nicolantonio

3 Systems with f4

3.1 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4

3.1.1 Game 1: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 - Lagarde vs Fressinet

3.1.2 Game 2: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 - Liu vs Zhang

3.1.3 Game 3: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 - Lin vs Bok

3.1.4 Game 4: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 - Lukez vs Hebden

3.1.5 Game 5: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 - Thorallson vs Thorallson

3.1.6 Game 6: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 - Ponomariov vs Eljanov

3.1.7 Game 7: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 - Beerdsen vs Sokolov

3.1.8 Game 8: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 - Lamoureux vs Grivas

3.2 Intro 2...Nc6 3.f4

3.2.1 Game 9: 3...exf4 4.d4 Qh4+ - Carlsen vs Le

3.2.2 Game 10: 3...exf4 4.d4 g5 - Carlsen vs Alonso

3.2.3 Game 11: 3...exf4 4.Nf3 g5 - Vachier-Lagrave vs Nakamura

3.3 Overview of an early f4

4 The traditional Bc4 & d3

4.1 Game 1: 5.f4 Nc6 - Mieses vs Janowski

4.2 Game 2: 5.f4 Nc6 - Conquest vs Thorfinnsson

4.3 Game 3: 5.f4 Nc6 - Grigoryan vs Alvarez

4.4 Game 4: 3...Nc6 4.d3 Na5 - Nihal vs Sindarov

4.5 Game 5: 3...Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 - Aravindh vs Suleymanli

4.6 Game 6: 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 - Aronian vs Lazavik

5 Systems with g3

5.1 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3

5.1.1 Introduction

5.1.2 Game 1: 3...d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 - Mamedyarov vs Karjakin

5.1.3 Game 2: 3...d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 - Short vs Nunnn

5.1.4 Game 3: 3...Bc5 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nge2 Nc6 - Korobov vs Dardha

5.1.5 Game 4: 3...Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.h3 Nc6 6.d3 0-0 - Nakamura vs Vifleemskaia

5.2 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3

5.2.1 Game 5: 3...Bc5 4.Bg2 h5 - Finkel vs Tseitlin

5.2.2 Game 6: 3...Nf6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.d3 - Finkel vs Mikhalevski

5.2.3 Game 7: 3...g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 - Almasi vs Vallejo Pons

5.2.4 Game 8: 3...g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 - Adhiban vs Andreikin

6.10 Exercise 10

6.11 Exercise 11

6.12 Exercise 12

7 Practice Positions

8 Practice Repertoire