This is why you play the vienna

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Report me to police, I feel like I'm committing regicide.

Learn the Vienna if you are a beginner, you will win a lot of games in very small amounts of time if you have a theory (beginner here refers to ~800). You can beat 1800s with it too, so yeah if you have a weapon that lasts 1000+ elo points, try it, it's trickier than the mainline openings you can play after a certain threshold (~2100 I think, not one so just a guess) and very few opponents know the full line.

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Wow, what a game!

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I saw that live but I was thinking about another diagonal!

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wdym

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amazing win!

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Amazing win! But I kinda feel like your opponent didn't play that great I'm not sure if he knew how to play against the Vienna or not, but Great win

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Openings do not win games.

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i didn't understand anything

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BeautifulGoose wrote:

i didn't understand anything

That's not on you. The game looked like bullet.

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pfren wrote:

Openings do not win games.

agreed lol, but it's an aggressive opening most of the time and people dot know how to react quite often at 1800 level, leading to situations like this where you have a winning position out of the opening.

Obviously if you hang your queen at 700 and then manage to make a comback you shouldn't claim that your opening won you the game

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I play Vienna. I have only seen opponents respond with bishop move as your opponent played less than a handful of times. Makes you knowing what to do all the more imoressive.

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mafriedman wrote:

I play Vienna. I have only seen opponents respond with bishop move as your opponent played less than a handful of times. Makes you knowing what to do all the more imoressive.

its not the most common but it happens quite often

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I have like 25 moves deep of prep

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 makes sense

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TheUltraTrap wrote:

I have like 25 moves deep of prep

 

Congratulations. Is this the reason you always blunder at your 26th move?

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The Vienna opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3) is not considered a particularly strong opening for White. Black has many good options: After 1.e4 e5, Black has a number of good responses to choose from, such as the Ruy Lopez, the Italian Game, and the Two Knights Defense, among others. This can make it difficult for White to prepare a specific plan and get a significant advantage. White's position can also be a bit passive. In the Vienna, White often occupies a somewhat passive position, with their pieces on the back rank and Black having more space to develop their pieces. This can make it harder for White to create a strong attack and put pressure on Black's position.
White's central pawns are vulnerable abd in The Vienna this can lead to positions where White's central pawns are vulnerable to attack, which can make it hard for White to hold their position and create counterplay (this was not exploited in your game, but nonetheless is a threat).

While I don't think it is an awful opening, the Vienna can lead to some tactical and unbalanced positions, it's generally considered a somewhat passive and risky opening for White. As such, it may not be the best choice for a beginner, or for anyone looking to win a lot of games in a short amount of time.

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Introduction To The Vienna Game & Gambit...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-the-vienna-game-gambit

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pfren wrote:
TheUltraTrap wrote:

I have like 25 moves deep of prep

 

Congratulations. Is this the reason you always blunder at your 26th move?

LOL

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RemovedUsername333 wrote:

The Vienna opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3) is not considered a particularly strong opening for White. Black has many good options: After 1.e4 e5, Black has a number of good responses to choose from, such as the Ruy Lopez, the Italian Game, and the Two Knights Defense, among others. This can make it difficult for White to prepare a specific plan and get a significant advantage. White's position can also be a bit passive. In the Vienna, White often occupies a somewhat passive position, with their pieces on the back rank and Black having more space to develop their pieces. This can make it harder for White to create a strong attack and put pressure on Black's position.
White's central pawns are vulnerable abd in The Vienna this can lead to positions where White's central pawns are vulnerable to attack, which can make it hard for White to hold their position and create counterplay (this was not exploited in your game, but nonetheless is a threat).

While I don't think it is an awful opening, the Vienna can lead to some tactical and unbalanced positions, it's generally considered a somewhat passive and risky opening for White. As such, it may not be the best choice for a beginner, or for anyone looking to win a lot of games in a short amount of time.

I strongly disagree. The Vienna is not the best,but black hardly ever knows what to do and if they do it's just an equal endgame.

Vienna is not a passive opening tho, you get very quick development most of the time

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Used to play the Vienna until opponents learned the mainlines with d5/Nc6 or d5/f5

then it becomes practically useless, no advantage there.