ANNOTATED GAME

Vienna Game
dimachil (1712) vs. nikolausi (1527)
Annotated by: dimachil (1200)
Chess opening: Vienna gambit (C29)
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3
Vienna Opening

 
2... Nf6 3. f4
The idea behind this move (f4) is to open the f file, so after white's O-O, the Rook will be in a semi-open file, attacking the king's wing. Also white threatens fxe5. exf4 is a BAD move for black, because white responds with e5 and the Knight is forced to move back.

 
3... Nc6
BAD move (you'll see why...) Accepted responses for black are d5 or d6
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4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5
Knight trapped!

 
6... Ng8
white is ahead

 
7. Nf3
This move protects the white king from Qh4

 
7... Bb4 8. Bc4 Bxc3+
Not a good move (in my opinion). Although the upcoming bxc3 will worsen White's pawn formation, the black-square white bishop gets better (he can move to b2 or c3).

 
9. bxc3 d5 10. exd6 e.p. Qxd6 11. O-O Bg4
This is a very BAD move for black that will cost a pawn. Actually this is the reason I annotated this game, because the same situation is very common in several other openings (including Italian). !! Always be careful when pinning the f-Knight (f3 for White, f6 for Black) against the Queen. The f2/f7 pawn is in danger !! Take a look at the following sequence: Bxf7+ Kxf7 Kg5+ Ke1 Qxg4 White won a pawn
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12. Bxf7+ Kd8
Black saw what will happen if he captures the bishop, so he decides to move away. Still the pawn is lost. (by the way, I think that Kd7 would be better - to leave access for the a8-Rook in e8)
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13. Bg5+ Nf6 14. Qe1 Kd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 gxf6 17. Qh4 Kc8 18. Rxf6
Black resigned
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