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Today, I got to play a game where the opponent accepted the Vienna Gambit! Those who follow my channel or blog would know that the Vienna Gambit is my favourite opening to play in chess. It’s a mistake to accept the gambit, but declining the gambit can only be done in one way, playing d5, which enters the Vienna Game Main Line. Although Stockfish only gives around a +0.5 advantage to white with the Vienna Gambit accepted, the Lichess community database suggests that white wins two-thirds of the time! In this game, we’ll explore an interesting line that arose from the Vienna Game accepted.

In the opening, Stockfish analysis identified an absolutely mad line that it considered best – one that was completely inhuman and fearless. Although the rating remains +10 for white, black is, for quite a few moves, up 3 points of material and has their queen sitting on white’s back rank! During the game, I had actually dismissed this line almost immediately as it looked like a terrifying blunder!

The move I ended up playing was a blunder according to a robot, but was ultimately the correct move psychologically against a human! I hope you found this game interesting, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/44409554377

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "elyakurbatov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1298"]
[BlackElo "1345"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "17:22:28 PDT"]
[Termination "vitualis won on time"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. e5 Qe7 5. Qe2 Ng8 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. Nd5 Nxd4 9. Qe4 Qd7 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. exd6+ Be6 12. dxc7 Nc6 13. Bxf4 Nf6 14. Qa4 Nd5 15. O-O-O Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Be7 17. Bb5 O-O 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Kb1 h6 20. Rhe1 Rfe8 21. Ne5 Bg5 22. Qe4 Bd5 23. Qf5 Be6 24. Qd3 Bd5 25. c4 Bxg2 26. Nf3 Rac8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qd8 Bxd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. cxd8=Q+ Kh7 31. Ne5 1-0