The Giraffe Attack

#viennagame #giraffeattackThere are a number of animal themed openings in chess. Some of the better known ones include the Elephant Gambit, the Crab Opening, and the Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defence. Today, I had the opportunity to play the hilariously named Giraffe Attack in the Vienna Game, which is a dubious queen move, on move 3.

As can be seen by the evaluation bar in this game, the Giraffe Attack is probably not objectively good, as some of the intuitive responses by black results in serious problems for white. However, I like to imagine that the shock of the psychological impact of having the queen capture the pawn on g7 on move 4 is analogous to being attacked by a giraffe! At least in the beginner-intermediate level.

I hope you found this video interesting, and thanks for watching!

Originally published: https://adventuresofachessnoob.com/2022/02/01/the-giraffe-attack/