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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 was in the Vienna, where I had the White pieces and my opponent with the Black pieces knew enough of the Vienna Gambit to play the best response and entered the Main Line (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5). However, I noticed that they spent about 40 seconds to play d5 which suggested to me that they weren’t familiar with the Main Line.

After the usual transformation, I play my usual approach in the Main Line, the Paulsen Attack (4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3). Now, against the Paulsen Attack, the best approach is the Bardeleben Variation (https://adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/02/20/vienna-game-main-line-win-with-black-against-the-paulsen-attack/) with (5… f5). However, Black played a backwards move (5… Ng5) attacking my queen, and this was a mistake [+1.4]. Firstly, I captured Black’s undefended central pawn (6. Qxd5) and hidden in the position is that Black’s knight on g5 is trapped. I force a trade of queens, winning the concession that Black’s king will no longer be able to castle. And then on move 8, I reveal that the knight is trapped with (8. d4), taking the centre with pawns and revealing the attack on the knight. This was a bit inaccurate and attacking the knight directly with (8. h4) was better. Nonetheless, my move in the game inflicted emotional damage on my opponent, and they resigned immediate, GG!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/87219516041

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.08.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "paulchienhsiangli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "C29"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Vienna-Game-Main-Line-Paulsen-Attack"]
[UTCDate "2023.08.31"]
[UTCTime "11:12:36"]
[WhiteElo "1342"]
[BlackElo "1363"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[Termination "vitualis won by resignation"]
[StartTime "11:12:36"]
[EndDate "2023.08.31"]
[EndTime "11:16:04"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/87219516041"]
[WhiteUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/3711094.f52a0759.50x50o.ab18600a8723.png"]
[WhiteCountry "17"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://www.chess.com/bundles/web/images/noavatar_l.84a92436.gif"]
[BlackCountry "134"]
[BlackTitle ""]

1. e4 {[%clk 0:15:09.9]} 1... e5 {[%clk 0:15:08.2]} 2. Nc3 {[%clk 0:15:16.6]}
2... Nf6 {[%clk 0:15:10]} 3. f4 {[%clk 0:15:24.9]} 3... d5 {[%clk 0:14:40.7]} 4.
fxe5 {[%clk 0:15:33.2]} 4... Nxe4 {[%clk 0:14:49.5]} 5. Qf3 {[%clk 0:15:38.6]
Vienna Game, Main Line, Paulsen Attack [-0.2]} 5... Ng5 $2 {[%clk
0:14:30.7][%c_effect g5;square;g5;type;Mistake;persistent;true][%c_arrow
f7f5;keyPressed;none;from;f7;opacity;0.8;to;f5;persistent;false][%c_highlight
f5;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f5;persistent;false] A mistake [+1.4]. The
best response is f5, the Bardeleben Variation.} 6. Qxd5 {[%clk 0:15:07.1]} 6...
Be6 $4 {[%clk 0:14:16.6][%c_arrow
g5e6;keyPressed;none;from;g5;opacity;0.8;to;e6;persistent;false][%c_highlight
e6;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;e6;persistent;false][%c_effect
e6;square;e6;type;Blunder;persistent;true] A blunder [+5.5]} 7. Qxd8+ {[%clk
0:15:03.6]} 7... Kxd8 {[%clk 0:14:24.3]} 8. d4 $6 {[%clk 0:15:12.3][%c_effect
e1;square;e1;type;Winner,d8;square;d8;type;ResignBlack,d4;square;d4;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true][%c_arrow
h2h4;keyPressed;none;from;h2;opacity;0.8;to;h4;persistent;false][%c_highlight
h4;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;h4;persistent;false] The knight is
trapped, but this was somewhat inaccurate has h4 is more winning. However,
emotional damage has been inflicted and Black resigns. GG $1} 1-0