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This was a super satisfying game of the Vienna Gambit, and in fact, very similar to the game in my short film, “Chess on a Summer’s Morning” (https://youtu.be/WPvqZLCmHWE). Indeed, it’s a little better as I avoid an inaccuracy.

This was a game of the Vienna Gambit, declined with Nc6 (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6). For those of you who are Vienna Gambit fans or follow my channel, you’d know that declining with Nc6 is a mistake [+1.9].

Like clockwork, Black’s knights are chased around by my pawns – on move 6, they’ve made 4 knight moves with one knight forced back to its starting square, while I’ve captured the centre with my pawns. Move 10, we see the bishop sacrifice capture of the f7 pawn, a brilliant move!

Consider the extraordinary position on move 11. Black has no developed pieces or pawns other than a knight on the edge of the board, on the wrong side to defend their king. Move 14, checkmate. GG! Beware the power of the Vienna Gambit!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/65918049597

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "BLEULOTUS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "C28"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Vienna-Game-Falkbeer-Vienna-Gambit"]
[UTCDate "2022.12.27"]
[UTCTime "22:12:49"]
[WhiteElo "1373"]
[BlackElo "1366"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[Termination "vitualis won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "22:12:49"]
[EndDate "2022.12.27"]
[EndTime "22:19:59"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/65918049597"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 {Vienna Gambit} 3... Nc6 $2 {[%c_effect
c6;square;c6;type;Mistake;persistent;true] Declining with Nc6 is a mistake
[+1.9]} 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5 {[%c_highlight
d5;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;d5;persistent;false,e4;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;e4;persistent;false,g4;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;g4;persistent;false,h5;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;h5;persistent;false][%c_arrow
c3d5;keyPressed;none;from;c3;opacity;0.8;to;d5;persistent;false,c3e4;keyPressed;none;from;c3;opacity;0.8;to;e4;persistent;false,d1g4;keyPressed;none;from;d1;opacity;0.8;to;g4;persistent;false,g4h5;keyPressed;none;from;g4;opacity;0.8;to;h5;persistent;false,f6g8;keyPressed;none;from;f6;opacity;0.8;to;g8;persistent;false]
Black's knight has nowhere good to go other than undeveloping to g8} 6... Ng8 7.
Nf3 {[%c_arrow
f3h4;keyPressed;none;from;f3;opacity;0.8;to;h4;persistent;false,d8h4;keyPressed;none;from;d8;opacity;0.8;to;h4;persistent;false][%c_highlight
h4;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;h4;persistent;false] This prevents a
potential queen move with check which can be a problematic line to play} 7...
Bb4 $2 {[%c_effect b4;square;b4;type;Mistake;persistent;true] This is a mistake
[+4.4] as White's plan is to attack down the f-file and isn't troubled by the
the queen-side attack} 8. Bc4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na5 $2 {[%c_effect
a5;square;a5;type;Mistake;persistent;true] This is another mistake [+8.4] which
removes Black's only developed piece from the action - the impending massive
attack down the king-side} 10. Bxf7+ $3 {[%c_effect
f7;square;f7;type;Brilliant;persistent;true] A brilliant move $1 This bishop
sacrifice now fully opens the f-file} 10... Kxf7 11. O-O Ke8 {Consider the
extraordinarily bad position Black finds itself. White is developed, has full
control of the centre, castled, whereas Black has no pawns or pieces developed
except for a single knight on the edge of the board on the wrong side $1} 12. Ng5
{[%c_arrow
g5f7;keyPressed;none;from;g5;opacity;0.8;to;f7;persistent;false,f1f7;keyPressed;none;from;f1;opacity;0.8;to;f7;persistent;false][%c_highlight
f7;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f7;persistent;false]} 12... h6 $4
{[%c_effect h6;square;h6;type;Blunder;persistent;true] This is a game ending
blunder [+M3] as the light square diagonal is fatally weakened} 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14.
Qf7# {[%c_effect g1;square;g1;type;Winner,e7;square;e7;type;CheckmateBlack]} 1-0