There are some very dangerous ideas involving an early f4 which makes use of the upside of not having committed a Knight to f3 which is the usually taught move for everyone after 1. This is one of Kingscrusher's favorite chess books and the Vienna game - especially the "Vienna Gambit" is emphasized as a great practical opening weapon, especially for tournament players who need to rack up points for prizes - a "proven points scorer". There are many pitfalls and traps that Black can fall into and this is just one example.Īnother inspiration for the Vienna Game was in the classic book "Play Better Chess" by Leonard Barden who is a very strong British player. A classic example of a disaster sequence for a completely unprepared player is the following:ġ. Nf3 had been played blocking the f4 pawn and this is a very dangerous attacking move with also a strong positional agenda of often helping White construct a strong dynamic pawn center as a basis for attacking chess later. The use of the delayed f4 would have been impossible if 2. Nc3 will often be thrown off-balance mentally and completely unprepared, which can lead to quick opening disasters giving the player with the White pieces an easy quick win straight out of the opening. This statistical bias towards 2. Nf3 preparation leads to gaps in knowledge for very advanced players when they have to face the Vienna game.īut beginner and intermediate players also when faced with the 2. Nc3 shows the great surprise value, and actually White scores against him over a 42% win rate compared with 31.3% with the classical 2. Nf3 115 times compared to just 7 games with 2.
In fact, as of 2022, GM Paul Van De Sterren has played against 2. Ever since then a curiosity was developed for this surprise opening weapon when Grandmasters are usually prepared for 2. One inspiration for playing the Vienna game was when Kingscrusher personally watched Andrew Hon dismantle GM Van De Sterren at a Lloyds bank masters edition. Nc3 seems fairly harmless, it can quickly turn aggressive because White has the interesting option of f4 later with some of the perks of the King's Gambit but without so much risk. f4 exf4? which gives white a big opening advantage. In fact, players with Black often immediately go wrong very early with 1.
It reduces the need to learn lots of opening theory for the Spanish game or Italian game which is what most players with black prepare against but not so much for 2. Kingscrusher has played the Vienna Game many times, winning many online tournaments. Nc3 is a Kingscrusher chess opening favorite, full of traps for the unprepared player with the Black pieces.
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