12/9/2023 0 Comments Vienna game falkbeer defenceAfter 3.Nxe4 Black has eliminated two of the attackers of d5 with one stroke, and will proceed to regain the piece by 4.d5, grabbing a large chunk of the centre as he does so. This is the fork trick common to several openings. This prevents Black from breaking open the centre, or does it? The late Alexander Alekhine, world champion in the 1930s, recommends: White has nailed down Black's d-pawn by controlling d5 with three pieces. After developing both rooks and getting them into the game, it was only a matter of time before my opponent was overwhelmed by the net woven by the rooks and queen.ġ. But they blinked, and that instantly transformed the evaluation to over +6 in my favour!Įarlier, one of the few “great” moves in the game, I managed to drag my opponent’s king into the centre of the board. Stockfish calls this a blunder (from -1 to -12!), and it would have been if they didn’t get spooked by the position and called my bluff. The turning point in the game came a few moves later where I make a massive gamble with a “Botez gambit” – a discovered check on my opponent, but where they had the opportunity to capture my queen. However, I misevaluated my opponent’s attack as being stronger than what it was by not recognising one of the themes of the Vienna Game – the knight on d5! If my opponent captured my bishop with queen, I would have the devastating Nc7+, which would be a royal triple fork – king, queen, and rook! In the early middle game, I freaked out over the opponent’s Qa5+, that seemingly forked my king and bishop on b5. However, this version of the Vienna Game Main Line is a little more forgiving to mistakes, especially with a similarly rated opponent at the beginner-intermediate level who most likely will not be familiar with these positions either. As you will see in this game, I don’t play very accurately. Up to now, and including for this game, I hadn’t really studied the Main Line and so I always played Nf3 as the safest option (not wanting to have to deal with Qh4+). This is a fantastic option in the Vienna Game Main Line, and again, woe be the opponent who thinks that Qh4+ is a good move. This is a potentially dangerous and trappy line where one misstep can result in disaster for both sides! A theme with this and the next line is “baiting” the opponent to play Qh4+ as it can surprisingly end up bad for black. It’s a safe and solid move, developing another minor piece, supports the pawn on e5, and prevents Qh4+.
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