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The Vienna Game – Dynamic, Flexible and Deeply Underestimated
Andrew Martin
In this course, you will learn the foundations and key ideas of the Vienna Game and discover a variety of systems that make you extremely difficult to prepare for.
This course presents three main approaches:
f2–f4 systems – aggressive, King’s Gambit-style positions with added flexibility
Early Bc4 lines – solid setups with long-term pressure (including the wild Frankenstein–Dracula Variation)
g3 systems – positional control of d5 with attacking potential
The Vienna leads to complex, original middlegames and makes you extremely difficult to prepare for. IM Andrew Martin, FIDE Senior Trainer and long-time ChessBase author, guides you through this versatile and dangerous opening weapon.
Contents
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Game 1: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 - Martin vs Adams
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Game 2: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 - Monpeurt vs Koch
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Game 3: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 - Nakamura vs Nyzhnyk
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Game 4: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d6 - Ponkratov vs Paravyan
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Game 5: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 - Firouzja vs Vidit
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Game 6: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 - Sek vs Koryakin
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Game 7: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 - Bortnyk vs Bartel
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Game 8: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 - Duboue vs Di Nicolantonio
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1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4
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Game 1: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 - Lagarde vs Fressinet
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Game 2: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 - Liu vs Zhang
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Game 3: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Qf3 - Lin vs Bok
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Game 4: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 - Lukez vs Hebden
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Game 5: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 - Thorallson vs Thorallson
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Game 6: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 - Ponomariov vs Eljanov
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Game 7: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 - Beerdsen vs Sokolov
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Game 8: 3...d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 - Lamoureux vs Grivas
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Game 9: 3...exf4 4.d4 Qh4+ - Carlsen vs Le
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Game 10: 3...exf4 4.d4 g5 - Carlsen vs Alonso
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Game 11: 3...exf4 4.Nf3 g5 - Vachier-Lagrave vs Nakamura
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Overview of an early f4
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The traditional Bc4 & d3
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1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6
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Game 1: 5.f4 Nc6 - Mieses vs Janowski
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Game 2: 5.f4 Nc6 - Conquest vs Thorfinnsson
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Game 3: 5.f4 Nc6 - Grigoryan vs Alvarez
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Game 4: 3...Nc6 4.d3 Na5 - Nihal vs Sindarov
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Game 5: 3...Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 - Aravindh vs Suleymanli
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Game 6: 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 - Aronian vs Lazavik
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1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3
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Game 1: 3...d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 - Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
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Game 2: 3...d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 - Short vs Nunnn
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Game 3: 3...Bc5 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nge2 Nc6 - Korobov vs Dardha
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Game 4: 3...Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.h3 Nc6 6.d3 0-0 - Nakamura vs Vifleemskaia
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1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3
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Game 5: 3...Bc5 4.Bg2 h5 - Finkel vs Tseitlin
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Game 6: 3...Nf6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.d3 - Finkel vs Mikhalevski
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Game 7: 3...g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 - Almasi vs Vallejo Pons
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Game 8: 3...g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 - Adhiban vs Andreikin
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Systems with Bc4 & d3 1
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Systems with Bc4 & d3 2
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Systems with Bc4 & d3 3
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Systems with Bc4 & d3 4
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Systems with Bc4 & d3 5
