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Annotated by charleshiggie (2222): This is the first of a series of annotations by me on theme "Entertaining, Interesting and Educational draws" This game is the main claim to fame of both Hamppe and Meitner, and has been reprinted widely. The variation of the Vienna Game it uses was named the Hamppe–Meitner Variation in honour of the two players. The game was played in the 19th-century Romantic style, in which rapid development … |
?, ?Evaldas Uldinskas vs. Random Online Player Annotated by eseth (1456): Probably my favorite opening as white More common are 2. ...Nc6 and Nf6 A bit risky due to the bishop eyeing down the a7-g1 diagonal but I can't resist Vienna's Gambit Very odd, later seems just as a disrespectful move, now I can't take fxe5 Giving the queen something to think about Better was simply retreating to d8 For the attack! Weakening move, now I can conquer the center and go on with … |
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Annotated by ethansiegel (1986): This is my first gameknot game against someone rated 1800 , in my very first mini-tournament. I've been playing the Vienna Gambit as white, with a lot of success, since people
play exf4, which gives white a great position (lots of development for the pawn). Minor disappointment. My idea here is to expand on the kingside, drive the knight away, and attack with both
bishops, queen, and maybe… |
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Annotated by ethansiegel (1986): They say you can learn more from your losses than from any other game you play. Here is a case where I made two mistakes, one minor, which resulted in fabulous complications with chances for both sides, and one major, which quickly brought the house down.
At the time, my opponent and I were the #3 and #2 rated players on our team, Southern Chess... I love the Vienna game, specifically the… |
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Annotated by ethansiegel (1986): This is a lesson on how to play the opening. Namely, on the importance of developing your pieces, and an illustration of how a poor opening strategy leads to a ferocious attack and mate with just a little bit of courage... I had never played Allen before -- a very spirited player (who's big on the spirits, too) Asking for the Vienna gambit (2. ... Nf6 3. f4!) ?? This is odd; I expected black… |
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Annotated by ethansiegel (1986): This is a very, very violent miniature against my teammate Jewels26 in our latest Southern Chess mini-tournament. He develops his queen very quickly and winds up moving her in all but four of his moves in this game.
That it ends in checkmate on the 14th move surprised no one but him... So far, so good -- a nice, standard Vienna game. Typical next moves for black include Nf6, Nc6, or even… |
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Annotated by alng (1200): black is developing on d4, so to maintain equality, white fianchetto's white brings in his queen rook to help his overloaded queen black looked to occupy f4 with his knight, but it took him 3 moves to get him there. White gets a free pawn. Nh3 ? white trades and gets a free knight Attacks Black's light bishop forcing him to move. the real… |
