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chess noob Quick Wins! is a series of short videos, to demonstrate very quick wins! As a beginner, you become aware of the Scholar’s Mate and the Fool’s Mate, but neither of these show up in real games. However, there are tricky quick checkmates and wins that occur, even at the intermediate level of chess.

Today’s game is from one of my subscribers who has made a huge amount of improvement in the past 9 months – from below an ELO of 500 to now in the mid-1200s! They’re a Vienna Game fan as well and this is a very lovely quick win in the Vienna!

The game starts with a Vienna Game, Max Lange Defense and Black made an an interesting, aggressive, but not particularly good move on move 3 (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Qf6). The thing with the Vienna Game is that the queen on f3 is liable to being attacked with Nd5, and often times, there are no real good places to put that queen. The opening progresses in a slightly slow way by both my subscriber and their opponent, until move 8, when my subscriber unleases Nd5!

With the c7 pawn and square underattack, which comes with an absolute fork of the king and rook, Black plays a decisive Kd8 – understandable, but again, not particularly good. Stockfish called it a mistake [+2.5].

My subscriber now plays an audacious piece sacrifice with (9. Nxe7). Stockfish argues that it’s an unwarranted loss of a piece, but there is something disruptive with a strong and bold attack! And it worked! Black immediately blunders with (9… Ncxe7), hanging their pawn on e5. My subscriber’s other knight now leaps forward, capitalising on the opportunity with (10. Nxe5), capturing the pawn with an attack on the Black queen on g6, winning tempo. The knight leaps forward again, capturing yet another pawn, this time, with a fork of the king and rook (11. Nxf7+). Black, possibly having lost sight of continuity while under the dizzying attacks, captures the knight with the queen, missing the fact that it was protected by the bishop on c4. Move 12, Black loses their queen, suffers emotional damage, and resigns. GG!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/81671077231

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.06.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "the_nut_job"]
[Black "bradenawhite"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "C25"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Vienna-Game-Max-Lange-Defense-3.Bc4"]
[UTCDate "2023.06.28"]
[UTCTime "06:03:28"]
[WhiteElo "1242"]
[BlackElo "1241"]
[TimeControl "600"]
[Termination "the_nut_job won - game abandoned"]
[StartTime "06:03:28"]
[EndDate "2023.06.28"]
[EndTime "06:06:28"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/81671077231"]
[WhiteUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/199491106.43968df8.50x50o.368864373075.png"]
[WhiteCountry "102"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/121710538.ab82b9ec.50x50o.be57fff91b87.jpg"]
[BlackCountry "3"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. e4 {[%clk 0:09:59.7]} 1... e5 {[%clk 0:09:59.5]} 2. Nc3 {[%clk 0:09:58]} 2...
Nc6 {[%clk 0:09:59.1] Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense} 3. Bc4 {[%clk 0:09:55.9]}
3... Qf6 $2 {[%clk 0:09:58.9][%c_effect
f6;square;f6;type;Mistake;persistent;true][%c_arrow
g8f6;keyPressed;none;from;g8;opacity;0.8;to;f6;persistent;false][%c_highlight
f6;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f6;persistent;false] An aggressive early
queen move - a mistake [+1.2]} 4. Nf3 {[%clk 0:09:54.8]} 4... Bc5 {[%clk
0:09:58.4]} 5. d3 $2 {[%clk 0:09:52.7][%c_arrow
e1g1;keyPressed;none;from;e1;opacity;0.8;to;g1;persistent;false][%c_highlight
g1;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;g1;persistent;false][%c_effect
d3;square;d3;type;Mistake;persistent;true] A relative mistake insofar that it's
a bit passive [+0.3]} 5... h6 $2 {[%clk 0:09:56.9][%c_effect
h6;square;h6;type;Mistake;persistent;true][%c_arrow
g8e7;keyPressed;none;from;g8;opacity;0.8;to;e7;persistent;false][%c_highlight
e7;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;e7;persistent;false] A mistake as you
can't really play waiting moves against a potentially aggressive Vienna set up
[+1.5]} 6. O-O $6 {[%clk 0:09:49.5][%c_arrow
c3d5;keyPressed;none;from;c3;opacity;0.8;to;d5;persistent;false][%c_highlight
d5;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;d5;persistent;false][%c_effect
g1;square;g1;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true] A relative inaccuracy [+0.6]. Nd5
is a strong tactical idea in the Vienna, especially when Black places their
queen on f6.} 6... Qg6 $2 {[%clk 0:09:53.7][%c_effect
g6;square;g6;type;Mistake;persistent;true] This attack plan doesn't work so
Stockfish calls it a mistake [+2.5]} 7. h3 $6 {[%clk 0:09:46.4][%c_arrow
c3d5;keyPressed;none;from;c3;opacity;0.8;to;d5;persistent;false][%c_highlight
d5;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;d5;persistent;false][%c_effect
h3;square;h3;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true] Nd5 is the winning tactic  $1} 7...
Be7 {[%clk 0:09:43]} 8. Nd5 {[%clk 0:09:41.3] Yes  $1} 8... Kd8 $2 {[%clk
0:09:29.2][%c_effect d8;square;d8;type;Mistake;persistent;true][%c_arrow
e7d8;keyPressed;none;from;e7;opacity;0.8;to;d8;persistent;false][%c_highlight
d8;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;d8;persistent;false] A mistake with the
king now stuck in the centre [+2.6]} 9. Nxe7 $5 {[%clk 0:09:37.6][%c_effect
e7;square;e7;type;Interesting;keyPressed;undefined;persistent;true] Arguably an
unwarranted piece sacrifice [+0.8] but a strong bold attack  $1} 9... Ncxe7 $4
{[%clk 0:09:27.8][%c_arrow
g8e7;keyPressed;none;from;g8;opacity;0.8;to;e7;persistent;false][%c_highlight
e7;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;e7;persistent;false][%c_effect
e7;square;e7;type;Blunder;keyPressed;undefined;persistent;true] Black blunders
[+6.4] with the backwards move, hanging the e5 pawn  $1} 10. Nxe5 {[%clk
0:09:29.6][%c_arrow
e5g6;keyPressed;none;from;e5;opacity;0.8;to;g6;persistent;false,e5f7;keyPressed;none;from;e5;opacity;0.8;to;f7;persistent;false][%c_highlight
g6;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;g6;persistent;false,f7;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f7;persistent;false]}
10... Qf6 {[%clk 0:09:21.6]} 11. Nxf7+ {[%clk 0:09:25.3][%c_arrow
f7d8;keyPressed;none;from;f7;opacity;0.8;to;d8;persistent;false,f7h8;keyPressed;none;from;f7;opacity;0.8;to;h8;persistent;false,c4f7;keyPressed;none;from;c4;opacity;0.8;to;f7;persistent;false][%c_highlight
d8;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;d8;persistent;false,h8;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;h8;persistent;false,f7;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f7;persistent;false]
Lovely absolute fork  $1} 11... Qxf7 $4 {[%clk 0:09:20.3][%c_effect
f7;square;f7;type;Blunder;persistent;true] Presumably, Black lost sight of
continuity that the bishop on c4 covers this diagonal...} 12. Bxf7 {[%clk
0:09:23.5][%c_effect g1;square;g1;type;Winner,d8;square;d8;type;ResignBlack]
After suffering emotional damage from losing the queen, Black resigns. GG  $1} 1-0