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Re: 4...dxc and 5...b5!? in the Vienna variation
Reply #4 - 07/28/25 at 11:08:19
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Avrukh introduces the ideas in a Youtube video, if you want a better idea of the material before buying the pgn; I think he does this for most or all of his material.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKPjm09wmRc
  
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Re: 4...dxc and 5...b5!? in the Vienna variation
Reply #3 - 07/27/25 at 04:47:17
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Stumbled upon ask-avrukh.com which has a PGN file for Modern Vienna Black repertoire covering exactly this 5...b5 line. https://ask-avrukh.com/Games.aspx

I think I am going to have to buy one of his PGNs, just to see what they are like.
  
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Re: 4...dxc and 5...b5!? in the Vienna variation
Reply #2 - 07/18/25 at 06:53:04
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This line with 5...b5 has become very popular recently. It is a prime example of how contemporary engines are finding playable alternatives to long-established theory, even on move 5 of an ultra-classical opening. It is also covered (very well) in Beating the Queen's Gambit - Indian Style by Renier Castellanos (Quality Chess, 2024).
  
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Re: 4...dxc and 5...b5!? in the Vienna variation
Reply #1 - 07/17/25 at 20:25:03
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Reminds me of 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5 Nb6 (introduced by Tony Miles 30 years ago).
  
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4...dxc and 5...b5!? in the Vienna variation
07/16/25 at 16:03:51
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dc4 5. e4!? b5!?
I probably first saw this in chapter 5 of Luis Rodi's The Modernized Queen's Gambit Declined (Forward Chess).

This also got some attention from the white side in:  Principled Repertoire against Vienna and Ragozin by FM Egor Lashkin (ModernChess).

Now we have:  The Modernized Vienna of the Queen's Gambit Declined, by Fernando Peralta (Forward Chess).
https://forwardchess.com/product/the-modernized-vienna-of-the-queens-gambit-decl...

"Until a few years ago, the main lines continued with 5...Bb4 6.Bg5 c5, or the dangerous gambit 6.Bc4!? Nxe4 7.0-0. ... The scenario changes dramatically with 5...b5!? as Black now sets up a complicated, unbalanced game," Peralta.

Play often continues 6. e5!? Nd5 7. Nb5 Nb6
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