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Sometimes an opponent plays a move that is unexpected. I played the Vienna game in this game and my opponent surprised me from beginning with an immediate and aggressive queenside push with their pawns. How did the game turn out? Watch to find out!

One of the tricky things with queens roaming the board early in the game is that what are seemingly small inaccuracies that aren’t obviously bad will turn out to be major blunders! With threats come opportunities. I hope you enjoyed this video, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/33888566633

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "vladafonin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1130"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "21:43:37 PST"]
[Termination "vitualis won by checkmate"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 c6 3. Bc4 b5 4. Bb3 a5 5. a4 b4 6. Qh5 Qf6 7. Nce2 Bc5 8. d4 g6 9. Qf3 Bxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bg5 Qxg5 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Nf3 Qxg2 14. Rg1 Qh3 15. Rg3 Qh5 16. Qg7 d5 17. Qxh8 dxe4 18. Qxg8+ Kc7 19. Qf7+ Nd7 20. Qf4+ Kb6 21. Qxe4 Qc5 22. Qxd4 Ba6 23. Rg5 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Re8+ 25. Kd2 Nc5 26. f3 Rd8 27. Ke3 Re8+ 28. Kf4 Rf8+ 29. Kg3 Nd7 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Re7 Nc5 32. Ne6 Nxe6 33. Rxe6 Bc8 34. Re7 Bf5 35. Rxf5 gxf5 36. Rxh7 c5 37. Rh6+ Kc7 38. Rf6 Kb7 39. Rxf5 Rc8 40. h4 c4 41. Ba2 c3 42. b3 Kb6 43. h5 Rd8 44. Rf6+ Kc5 45. Rf5+ Kd6 46. h6 Rg8+ 47. Kf4 Rh8 48. Rf6+ Ke7 49. Kg5 Rg8+ 50. Rg6 Rh8 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Kg6 Ke8 53. h7 Kf8 54. f4 Ke8 55. Rg8+ Rxg8+ 56. hxg8=Q+ Ke7 57. Qd5 Kf8 58. Qd7 Kg8 59. Qg7# 1-0