Opening vs. Opening

I was recenty inspired to take a survey of which of two openings was better. I have thought up two for every two weeks.

This week's two openings are:

Bishop's Opening (C23)
Vienna Game (C25)

Post your vote in a comment.

The polls close at 9:34 AM EST on Sunday, January 19, 2014.

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They often transpose into each other. For independent lines that don't just transpose, I'd say the Bishop's Opening is a touch better, though it isn't by much.

Both are equally better than each other.

Both suck, but Vienna is better.

Suck?

The Urusov and the Frank/Drac are both magnificently awesome.  Although neither actually ever occurs in nature.

I know someone who plays into the Frankenstein/Dracula variation every time. And he never wins with White. Normally I'd avoid all the to-do by playing Be7 and castling.

VIENNA GAME.

     I voted this only because there is a line in the opening called the Vienna Gambit. I play the King's Gambit, and the Vienna Gambit looks like the KIng's Gambit.

     This is the Gambit

It's the only good try for the Vienna game, but black is pretty much equal after 3. ...d5

     The King's Gambit is my favorite.

     Latvian Gambit too. Both gambits are the same thing from different sides of the board

King's Gambit is better than both of these, but still not very good either :P

The Gambit is not very drawish. It's very agressive. Either white brutally beats up black in a attack or black manages to keep the material and stop any white counterplay from occuring.The Latvian Gambit is the same thing on Black's side.

The Latvian is simply a forced win for white as far as I know...

If white plays perfect with every possibility, I suppose. However, no one is going to remember all those lines.

There are lots of chances for white to make a mistake.