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Vienna Game · White

Vienna Game, Bc4-f4 Main Plan · White (C25)

Claim the center and open lines for the queen and the bishop on f1.

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Black repertoire · ECO C25–C29

Sample line with full explanations: Vienna Game, Bc4 and Na5.

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ECO C25–C26

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  1. Vienna Game, Bc4-f4 Main Plan · WhiteSample

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. f5 Nd4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 c6 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. Qe2

  2. Vienna Game, ...Ng4 and Long Castling · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Qe2 exf4 8. Bxf4 d6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. O-O-O Nf2 11. d4 Nxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nd5

  3. Vienna Game, Immediate ...d5 and Central Exchanges · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d5 6. Nxd5 Be6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Bxe6 Qxe6 9. f5 Qd6 10. Nf3

  4. Vienna Game, ...exf4 and Long Castling · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O

  5. Vienna Game, ...Na5 and the Open a-file · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3 d5 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. dxe4

  6. Vienna Game, ...Bb4 and 9.f4 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Bxd5 Bxd5 9. f4

  7. Vienna Game, 2...Nf6 and the 3.d4 Center · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 d5 6. exd5 Nb4 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Be3 Nfxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd4

  8. Vienna Game, 2...Bc5 and the Qh5 Pressure · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Qh5 Nc6 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. O-O d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Re1

  9. Vienna Game, 2...d6 and Long Castling · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Qc4 Bd7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O-O

  10. Vienna Game, 2...Bb4 and 3.Nd5 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. d4 Bxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Bg5 c6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ne3

  11. Vienna Game, 2...c6 and 3.d4 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d6 4. f4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. Re1

  12. Vienna Game, Punishing 7...Nf2? · White

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Qe2 Nf2 8. Rf1 Ng4 9. f5