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Vienna Game - 2...Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 - Closed Vienna

Let's learn the Vienna Game! Your opponents at amateur level will constantly walk into our f4 ideas because they're not used to facing this setup. We begin with pawn to e4.

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2...Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 - Closed Vienna: position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Nd4 8. c3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3
Position after 9. gxf3

Main line

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

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3

    Our Vienna setup.

  2. 2... Nc6

    Black mirrors our development for now.

  3. 3. Bc4

    We're targeting f7 while keeping options open for f4.

  4. 3... Nf6

    Black develops naturally, eyeing our e4 pawn.

  5. 4. d3

    Protects e4 and opens the diagonal for our bishop, while keeping f4 available.

  6. 4... Bc5

    The Italian setup against us, aiming to reach g4 later.

  7. 5. f4

    We push for central control with the classic f-pawn advance.

  8. 5... d6

    Black shores up the e5 pawn, getting ready to challenge us on g4.

  9. 6. Nf3

    We continue our hybrid setup, eyeing Na4 to trade for that annoying dark-squared bishop. Check out the model game: Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Anand, Viswanathan (2020).

  10. 6... Bg4

    The most popular move, but now we can grab the bishop pair with Na4.

  11. 7. Na4

    We trade off that pesky bishop and solve our kingside safety issues. No more worries about Nd4 or doubled f-pawns.

  12. 7... Nd4

    This looks natural but it's actually suspect, we get full central control, better pawn structure, and the bishop pair.

  13. 8. c3

    Kicks the knight and breaks the pin. Don't worry about doubled f-pawns, we're grabbing the bishop pair, and those pawns won't be doubled long with fxe5 coming.

  14. 8... Nxf3+

    If 8...Bxf3 instead, then 9.gxf3 Nc6 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb3 gives us full control of the center with d4 coming and both bishops.

  15. 9. gxf3

    Black's in trouble with both bishops attacked and no way to defend e5. Nc5 is coming next to pile on the pressure.

Key lines

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

  1. Main Line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Nd4 8. c3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3

  2. 4...Bb4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. f4

  3. 4...Bb4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. f4

  4. 4...Bb4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nxc3 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. Qh5

  5. 4...h6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qf2

  6. 4...Be7

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O

  7. 4...Be7

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. f5 Na5 8. g4 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Nxg4 10. Rg1

  8. 4...d6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O

  9. 4...Na5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3 d5 7. Nf3 dxe4 8. Nxe5 exd3 9. O-O

  10. 5...exf4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Qd2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd4 10. O-O-O

  11. 5...O-O

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. f5 a6 8. Bg5

  12. 6...O-O

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. f5 a6 8. Bg5

  13. 7...Bb6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bb6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qf2 O-O 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. c3

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