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Vienna Game inc. Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit, Frankenstein-Dracula Variation [C25-29]

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C28: Best white Vienna continuation here? 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 ...and now? I don't play the Vienna yet. Looking at it as I move to an e4 rep. I like the activity of the 3. Bc4 lines in general, but this specific li... Started 09/28/06 at 16:43:05 by Hippie	13	9722	07/19/25 at 02:48:35 By: George Jempty
Best coverage of 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4? Is there a good (fairly recent) book about the Gambit line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4? I suppose that the "Modern Vienna" by Ovetchkin and Soloviov (Chess Stars) goes with 3.Bc4 only, or is there coverage... Started 12/04/21 at 14:27:23 by grandpatzer	8	3028	12/05/21 at 20:27:34 By: an ordinary chessplayer
C25 C30: Building an f5 Counter-Gambit Repertoire I'm looking to expand my repertoire with some gamibts for those times i'm up against weaker opposition or otherwise just in the mood for an exciting game. This 2nd string "agressive repertoire" is ba... Started 03/14/07 at 22:10:22 by FusterCluck	8	11600	03/21/07 at 12:52:08 By: Markovich
C29: Vienna gambit What is white's best line against black after the moves 1. e4-e5 2. Nc3-Nf6 3. f4-e5xf4 4. e5 Ng1 5.Nf3 d6 White should be able to get a plus out of this as black has lost time retreating his kni... Started 02/07/04 at 12:19:22 by Michael Wagstaff (Guest)	9	30219	05/28/04 at 03:16:28 By: feb
C27: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation This is not a joke. the following line realy has this name. 1.) e4 e5 2.) Nc3 Nf6 3.)Bc4 Nxe4 4.)Qh5 Nd6 5.) Bb3 Nc6 6.) Nb5 g6 7.)Qf3 f5 8.)Qd5 Qe7 (or ..Qf6) Nxc7+ I started to analys this... Started 01/31/06 at 12:20:34 by chessy	10	12349	07/08/16 at 19:07:11 By: pichorro
C28-C29: Bishop's opening/Vienna In the fun vienna lines i am unsure if white can sac a rook for mate, but i think he gets good compensation. what if black declines though. Has 9.Qg3 been refuted? Is Na5, really better than h3.<br... Started 09/11/03 at 15:22:48 by Nolan (Guest)	13	9740	04/20/05 at 18:34:16 By: M.Nb (Guest)
C27: Vienna Calling A black in the Vienna, I sometimes get hit with e4 e5, Nc3 Nf6, Bc4 Nxe4, Bf7+ I've read that black is ok in this line, but the in practice the early queen foray is a beast to fend off. Suggestio... Started 02/26/13 at 22:12:11 by Gamboo	10	11236	04/11/13 at 22:51:08 By: Knightcut
5...0-0!? Hi Everyone! after the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 what do you think about the 5... 0-0 line? I checked it a bit with my computer and the following lines seem to make sense... Started 08/11/15 at 18:12:35 by Menake Halonot	8	7819	08/13/15 at 12:13:38 By: Menake Halonot
C25: Hampe Allgaier I defended this recently using a set up with pawns on d6, g4 and h6, the King on g7 and the Knight and Bishop on f6 and e7. There a lot of material in an old article by Tim Harding at http://www... Started 12/21/12 at 12:16:45 by RdC	7	9348	12/30/12 at 05:11:22 By: Bauerndiplom
C29: GM Rydholm in action playing the Vienna game What moves a Grand Master, today still playing the game of Vienna? Psychology? Tactics? Just 3 GM 2600+ rated games in the line 5...Be7 6.Qe2... all favouring 6...Nxc3 and 2 CC2450+ references s... Started 06/05/12 at 14:26:15 by Caissafan	4	8323	06/09/12 at 13:50:59 By: Caissafan
C25-C29: Black's best setup against the vienna? Is there a way to play for a win from the black side against the vienna/bishop op. ? What is your favorite set up after : 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe Nxe 5.Nf3 and now, Be7 or Bc5 or som... Started 09/03/06 at 06:53:38 by Bubu13	6	5358	09/06/06 at 01:42:36 By: MNb
8...Qf6 improving Dracula-Frankenstein line? Hello people, I am currently studying this fascinating line and I don't understand why the main line goes with ...Qe7 instead of ...Qf6. Trying to understand what could be the differences, so fa... Started 10/01/14 at 18:18:00 by polyomino	6	6920	10/19/14 at 19:07:33 By: Benoniac
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bb4 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bb4 I know there are many promising lines against the vienna. However here I would like to limit the conversation to 3....Bb4 I am playing the vienne for a bit more t... Started 04/13/07 at 09:11:36 by chessy	4	5331	04/25/07 at 07:20:59 By: chessy
C28: Vienna Game Interesting (?) Rook Sac I played a blitz game today featured what I thought looked like a pretty nice rook sac. Like so many blitz games I've played, I was much happier with my idea before I analyzed it. I post it this... Started 01/20/07 at 04:07:27 by OstapBender	2	3147	01/20/07 at 22:32:19 By: OstapBender
C26: Vienna with 3. ... B b4 Does anyone have a good idea for with in the 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bc4 Bb4 line ??? In Lanes book he recomend Qf3 without deep analysis. To me this move seems not very promissing. <br ... Started 12/09/04 at 07:34:22 by chessy (Guest)	2	2866	12/09/04 at 10:29:56 By: chessy (Guest)
Source for erroneous Vienna analysis I'm searching for the source for some erroneous Vienna analysis from around 20 years ago or longer. In the following position 7.Qb5+ was given a question mark, with the continuation given as shown, i... Started 09/23/16 at 06:19:44 by George Jempty	2	4432	09/26/16 at 23:22:52 By: George Jempty
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nd5?! is not as innocuous as it looks e.g. 3. Nd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 exd4 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. O-O or 3. Nd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Bb5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxf2 7. d4 Nxh1 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 e4 10. Ng5 h6 11. O-O-O hxg5 12. Qh5 Ne5 13. Bxg5... Started 07/15/25 at 16:22:03 by George Jempty	2	390	07/16/25 at 03:02:45 By: George Jempty
New ideas in the Vienna? I have been impressed by the Sveshnikovs' Blitz and Rapid Repertoire book which features the Vienna as White. There is also the recent Vienna book by Chess Stars. Then in Chessbase report [url]http://en.chessbase. Started 04/11/17 at 12:14:10 by GabrielGale	3	5294	05/31/17 at 16:35:24 By: kylemeister
C25-C29: Gregory Huber: The Vienna Game Just curious, if anyone purchased the Chessbase CD about the Vienna Game by Huber. Can you recommand the CD as a start for an e4-repertoire ? Is he unbiased concerning the critical variation... Started 12/04/05 at 19:26:55 by Frank (Guest)	2	3645	01/24/06 at 14:52:53 By: Black_Widow
Kaufman's recommendation against 3.Bc4 Vienna In Larry Kaufman's book, "The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White", he recommends 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 (as opposed to his earlier book "The Chess Advantage in Black and White where he recomm... Started 11/22/14 at 21:44:03 by Anonymous3	2	4971	01/06/15 at 20:18:02 By: Keano

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