Any opening is extremely powerful if the opponent plays moves like 5.exf5.
You should be more concerned about getting a large advantage and then throwing it all away (plus some) after 10...h6?
Attacking the Vienna game with 3...f5?!
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Sep 2, 2025
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You're a ray of sunshine, ain't ya?
Good job I wasn't playing Magnus, eh? I'd most probably have lost!
What should white worry about if he played the stronger move 4. Bxg8 instead, followed by Qh5 ch.
BeatleFred wrote:
What should white worry about if he played the stronger move 4. Bxg8 instead, followed by Qh5 ch.
4 Bxg8 is not a good move. The same can happen in the Calabrese Counter Gambit , 1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 f5 3 Bxg8 , and in another Vienna line 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Bc5 3 f4 Bxg1. In each case, taking the undeveloped knight with the developed bishop, in order to run around with the queen trying to win a pawn, is dubious. And it doesn't even win a pawn.
I've had some great results using this surprise weapon for Black with 67% wins.
Here's a game I just finished that shows the power of Black's position after just a few moves.
It is White that needs to tread carefully...