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Vienna Game - 2...Nf6 - Main Vienna

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2...Nf6 - Main Vienna: position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Ng4 6. f5 Nf2 7. Qh5 O-O
Position after 7... O-O

Main line

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

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3

    Our Vienna setup.

  2. 2... Nf6

    Black develops naturally, eyeing our e4 pawn.

  3. 3. Bc4

    We aim the bishop at f7 while keeping options open for f4.

  4. 3... Bc5

    Black mirrors with the bishop, blocking our kingside castling after f4.

  5. 4. d3

    We stay flexible, keeping aggressive options like f4 open while developing normally.

  6. 4... d6

    Black's solid setup, keeping the d6-e5 pawn chain intact. Caruana, F. - Grischuk, A. (2017)

  7. 5. f4 Ng4 6. f5 Nf2 7. Qh5 O-O

    Black castles into the storm. We're winning with multiple strong continuations.

Key lines

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

  1. Main Line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Ng4 6. f5 Nf2 7. Qh5 O-O

  2. 3...Nc6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6

  3. 3...Bb4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. d4 e4 9. Bg5

  4. 3...Bb4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Bb3

  5. 3...c6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 c6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. dxe5 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Nge2

  6. 3...c6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Be7 6. Bb3 O-O 7. e5

  7. 3...Nxe4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Be2 c6 8. Nf3 Nf5 9. g4 Nh4 10. Nxh4 Bxh4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. d4 d5 13. Ng3

  8. 3...Nxe4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. d4 Nf5 10. Nd5 Bd8 11. c3

  9. 3...Be7

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d3

  10. 3...d6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c6 7. a4

  11. 4...O-O

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 d6 7. Nge2

  12. 4...O-O

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. f5 c6 7. Qf3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3

  13. 4...h6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. f5 a6 8. Nd5

  14. 4...Nc6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nc6

  15. 4...c6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. Nf3

  16. 5...Nc6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Nc6

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