![]() The Vienna with 3.f4 by Nigel Davies, ChessBase DVD (2011) Update: the final article on this tournament contained all games and analysis. Norwood, which began 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Qe2! I will soon be posting all of the games from this theme tournament. In this first article, I had annotated the game Carlos Torre - C. My first and (until 3 years later) last article on this theme tournament at the Marshall Chess Club that ran from December 1924 - April 1925 and was sponsored by club member and philanthropist Alrick H. Man Vienna Gambit Theme Tournament " by Michael Goeller, Kenilworth Chess Club (January 2011). Some useful notes on the widely discussed Jobava game. GM Mamedyarov by Joel Benjamin, ICC Video (November 29, 2013). A close look at the line suggests that the classic 5.Nf3 is put into question by 5.Bc5! Other games include Lehtivaara - Virtanen, Finland Junior Ch 1987 Uritzky - Kogan, Tel Aviv 1996 Pedersen - Ochsner, Denmark tt 2001-2002 Lemmers - Vedder, Netherlands tt 2013-2014 Andreikin - Kramnik, Moscow WCh Blitz 2010 Milotai - Fichtl, Brno 1957 Hector - Hagen, Copenhagen 2012 Ljubojevic - Ciocaltea, Skopje ol 1972 Narmontas - Gustafsson, Warsaw rapid 2008 and Vavra - Fernandez Garcia, Barcelona tt 1993. ![]() Focuses on the line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bc5!, featuring the recent game Jobava - Mamedyarov, Warsaw 2013, which continued 6.Qe2!? Bf5! 7.Nd1 with complex play, though Black clearly has the initiative. "A Worthy Alternative" by Alexander Finkel, New in Chess Yearbook #110 (2014): 135-139. Other openings covered include, for Black, the Alekhine and Queen's Gambit Accepted and, for White, the 2.b3 Sicilian, the Two Knights French, and the Two Knights Caro-Kann. They also analyze 2.Bc5 3.f4! and 2.Nc6 3.Bc4. ![]() Main Vienna Gambit games discussed include Najdorf - Chaves, Sao Paulo simul 1947 Lagarde - Bouget, Avoire Open 2012 Spielmann - Marshall, Breslau 1912 and Depasquale - Charles, Suncoast 1999, but many more games are discussed and analyzed in the notes. The father and son authors focus appropriately on the line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3! which increasingly looks like White's best chance for getting a playable game and even the initiative, especially in blitz and rapid chess. A very challenging article for players as White, and more evidence that 5.Qf3 may indeed be White's best try.Ī Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid: Sharp, Surprising and Forcing Lines for Black and White by Evgeny and Vladimir Sveshnikov, New in Chess 2015.Ī wonderful book with lots of interesting lines, including the Vienna Game and Gambit (pp. A very critical consideration of White's chances, focusing on the main lines that follow 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4, which include: 5.Qf3 as in Nakamura - Yermolinsky, Stillwater 2007 which continued 5.Nc6! 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe4+ 9.Qxe4 dxe4 10.Bf4?! (the Sveshnikov's prefer 10.Be3!) with a complex ending where Black had better chances than the result would suggest, according to Breutigam 5.d3 when Black is already better after 5.Nxc3 6.bxc3 d4! and 5.Nf3 when Black can try 5.Be7 or 5.Bc5! as in Jobava - Mamedyarov, Warsaw 2013 and other games. "Meagre Prospects of Success" by Martin Breutigam, ChessBase Magazine #169 (December 2015 - January 2016). Vienna Gambit game collections can be found at Chessgames (C29), Spielmann playing C29 as White, Vienna Gambit 3.exf4? 4.e5, Vienna Gambit f5 Variation, 365 Chess, Chess-DB, ChessTempo, ChessTempo2, ChessTempo1, and ChessAge. ![]() The Vienna Gambit might make an interesting addition to a Four Knights repertoire, starting 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 when you can choose between 3.Nf3 or 3.f4!? for times when you are looking for an offbeat adventure. You can also find a lot of creativity in the games of other players who have favored the Vienna Gambit, including Jonny Hector, Dragoljub Janošević, Heikki Westerinen, Karel Hromadka, and Rudolf Spielmann. ![]() This is an attractive idea, and one I think the Alrick Man games demonstrate. Part of my inspiration for returning to the Alrick Man project comes from an article in New in Chess Yearbook #110 (2014), which presents the Vienna Gambit as an interesting territory in which to "just play chess" in creative ways, as in the game Jobava - Mamedyarov, Warsaw 2013. I have decided to return to my project on the Alrick Man Vienna Gambit Theme Tournament of 1924-1925, so I thought I'd compile a bibliography on the Vienna Gambit (C29), which opens 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 and usually continues 3.d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 when White then has a choice among 5.d3, 5.Qf3 and 5.Nf3. ![]()
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