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Vienna Game - 2...Bc5 - Early Bishop

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2...Bc5 - Early Bishop: position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Position after 8. Bg3

Main line

The chapter's main line, with the comments from the course.

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3

    Launching our Vienna setup.

  2. 2... Bc5 3. Nf3

    Natural development, attacking the e5 pawn.

  3. 3... d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3

Key lines

The free lines of this chapter, each one trainable move by move.

  1. Main Line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3

  2. 3...Nc6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 5. Kxf2 Nxe5 6. d4 Ng6 7. Be2 d6 8. Qd3

  3. 3...Nc6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O-O

  4. 3...Nf6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nc6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. h3

  5. 5...Qf6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Qf6 6. Be3

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