The Vienna Game begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 (ECO C25). White develops the knight and often prepares f2-f4 - a sort of «delayed King's Gambit» with the knight already out.
The opening is flexible: it can turn into quiet positional play or into a sharp attack with f4 and quick development. It is a handy weapon against the familiar 1...e5 and takes the opponent out of well-trodden theory.
The Vienna is not as popular as the Spanish or the Italian, but it offers practical chances and a wide choice of plans. A good pick for anyone who likes play that is unusual yet perfectly sound.
Set it up on the board, move the pieces around and copy the FEN - or open the full walkthrough of the opening in a separate article.
Drag a piece onto the board, or click a piece and then click the squares. The cross beside the pieces sweeps every piece of that colour off the board, and a single piece can be dragged off the edge.
The pieces will be arranged into the chosen pattern.
It is the mating side to move. Find mate in one.
Openings, endgame positions and breakthrough studies - the set-up appears on the board.
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many players, one evening: four or five rounds are enough
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