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This is another match that I managed to win while competing in my first online chess.com tournament. It’s still round 1 of the “Lower-rated Aussies 2021 Christmas Challenge”. In this game, I managed to win starting with my favourite gambit within my favourite opening system – the Vienna Gambit in the Vienna Game. This gave me a good lead from the beginning and led to a fun and dynamic game. I actually lost the advantage a couple of times, but luckily, my opponent didn’t punish me for my inaccurate play.

One of the things that I’ve learnt while playing the Vienna is that many opponents at the beginner-intermediate level are not familiar with the opening, and that this can result in some advantageous positions when I’m playing white. However, in positions after the Vienna Gambit where white is playing very aggresively and potentially overextended, it is easy, at least for me, to play inaccurately and lose that advantage very quickly. The learnings I took from this game is that I need to probably study the Vienna game in more depth. I hope you enjoyed this video, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/daily/373571359

[Event "Lower-rated Aussies 2021 Christmas Challenge - Round 1"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "jazzman12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "879"]
[BlackElo "975"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[EndDate "2021.12.20"]
[Termination "vitualis won by resignation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Bxd6 a6 12. Bc4 Nc8 13. Qe2+ Be7 14. Ba3 O-O 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. d5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxa3 19. dxc6 Qb6 20. Na4 Qa5 21. Qxa3 Qg5+ 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Nd6 25. Qxd6 bxc6 26. Qxc6 Rd8 27. Bd3 f5 28. Nc5 Qf4 29. Ne6 1-0