Viennese game

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

Trains

1. e2-e4 e7-e5
2. Nb1-c3

ECO key

C25-C29

Named after

Quote from the “Guide for Chess Players” by Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa

The Viennese game is an opening of the chess game . The Viennese game is an open game and begins with the moves

1. e2 – e4 e7 – e5

2. Sb1-c3

Transitions to the King's Gambit , the Bishop's Game and the Four Knights Game are possible by changing trains .

The origin of the opening is mentioned as early as 1857 in von der Lasas "Guide for Chess Players": "This move of the knight, which is common in Vienna" (p. 47), in the 1880 edition of the same work it says: "Hence the name Wiener Partie" (P. 61). The original idea of first covering the central squares d5 and e4 and then playing a kind of delayed king's gambit with f2 – f4 originated from the Viennese chess master Carl Hamppe (1814–1876), but was also “by other Viennese masters” in the 19th century cultivated. "(von Bardeleben and Mieses:" Textbook of the Chess Game ", Leipzig 1894, p. 297)

Nowadays the opening is mostly treated positionally (without the advance f2 – f4). It is difficult for white to maintain the advantage of the suit. This is why this opening is rarely played between grandmasters .

The main variants

The following main variants are known:

2.… Ng8 – f6
- 3. Bf1 – c4 (after Nf6xe4 there can be 4. Qd1 – h5 with a transition to the sharp Frankenstein-Dracula variant ; Nc6 is followed by the double knight game )
- 3. g2 – g3, the positional Fianchetto system
- 3. f2 – f4 d7 – d5 4. f4xe5 Nf6xe4 5. Qd1 – f3 Nb8 – c6 6. Bf1 – b5 Ne4xc3 is the main line
2.… Nb8 – c6
- 3. Bf1 – c4 or f2 – f4 (different Viennese gambit variants ).
- 3. Ng1 – f3 leads to a game of three or four knights .
- 3. f2 – f4 e5xf4 4. d2 – d4, the Steinitz Gambit
- 3. f2 – f4 e5xf4 4. Ng1 – f3 g7 – g5 5. d2 – d4, the Pierce gambit
- 3. f2-f4 e5xf4 4. Ng1-f3 g7-g5 5. h2-h4 g5-g4 6. Nf3-g5, the Hamppe-Allgaier gambit
- 3. f2 – f4 e5xf4 4. Ng1 – f3 g7 – g5 5. Bf1 – c4 g5 – g4 6. 0–0, the Hamppe Muzio gambit . 6.… g4xf3 7. Qd1xf3 and here Nc6 – e5 is possible.
2.… Bf8 – c5 (see Immortal Draw Game ) should be answered with 3. Ng1 – f3 d7 – d6 4. d2 – d4. (3.… Nb8 – c6 leads to the three knights game)

literature

László Jakobetz, László Somlai: The Viennese part. Dreier, 1994, ISBN 3929376121 .
John Shaw : The King's Gambit. Quality Chess, Glasgow 2014, pp. 137–196, ISBN 978-1-906552-74-9 (English), contains various variants of the above. Gambits Pierce-Gambit, Hamppe-Allgaier-Gambit and Hamppe-Muzio-Gambit.