Vienna Game | Giraffe Attack Rampage!
#viennagame #GiraffeAttack
This game I played and won when feeling sad after a five-game losing streak. I had the White pieces, played the Vienna, my opponent used the Anderssen Defense, and thus of course, I respond with the Giraffe Attack (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Qg4)!
Why do I love the Giraffe Attack? Firstly, although it's somewhat unsound, it's not terrible. However, the main reason is simply the silly name! I imagine a rampaging giraffe charging the enemy at the beginning of the battle and causing mayhem!
And that’s pretty much what happened in this game! Black attempted to respond with (3... d6) opening the diagonal and attacking my queen with their bishop. However, the giraffe-queen was going for the g7 pawn and thus takes! This forces Black to the only good response which is to immediately trade queens to neutralise the threat.
However, the damage is done. White is now clean up a pawn in material and Black's king-side defences are damaged with the g-pawn-sized hole!
The interesting and comforting thing that I found playing the rest of this game is how relatively easy it was for White. I didn't play the most accurate moves, but I never really lost my advantage, and I would say that it was obviously so. Black made a blunder on move 9 and then another mistake on move 27 which caused them emotional damage, and thus, resigning on move 28. GG!
Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/64135444183
