Vienna Game
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I have taken up the Frankenstein-Dracula many times as Black and have come out a bit ahead over the years.
But as far as the Vienna goes, I don't see why anyone would avoid the Ruy and slug it out in the center over a long struggle instead of popping one's cork in the opening and then drifting through an equal/slightly inferior middlegame.
i dont normally see an equal or inferior middlegame. Usually i actually get a winnign edge in the vienna at some point in the opening, which i later might fail to convert. The statistics for white in the vienna at GM level last i checked is actually ahead of the ruy. The position you are really going for is
I'm afraid I fail to see what is so special about tjis position: Black is just fine by applying common sense, say 5...d6 6.Nf3 a6.