The Vienna: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

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  • Опубликовано: 30 апр 2024
  • The Vienna Game is a 1.e4 opening for White. Compared to other 1.e4 openings, the Vienna is much less common but theoretically sound.
    This lecture was recorded on Monday, April 22, 2024. Thank you to Christian for sponsoring this lecture!
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Комментарии • 57

  • @WhizzerdSupreme
    @WhizzerdSupreme Месяц назад +28

    Yes, finally!! The Vienna needs more love ❤

    • @somethingironic2227
      @somethingironic2227 Месяц назад

      my thoughts exactly

    • @f.d.3289
      @f.d.3289 Месяц назад

      it does get mine... i actually played the King's Gambit when I realized that I really like the so-called Mason-Keres variation (2...exf4 3.Nc3). And then I thought hey, why not play Nc3 first. And actually I have gotten interested in the Jobava-London where you also play 2.Nc3. Very underrated move, this 2.Nc3 :)

    • @howardgraff4084
      @howardgraff4084 25 дней назад

      Shhhh! ;)

    • @f.d.3289
      @f.d.3289 25 дней назад

      @@howardgraff4084 😂😂😂

  • @adomaskuzinas2137
    @adomaskuzinas2137 Месяц назад +29

    Finally Ben mentioned Australia!

    • @michaelgraflmusic
      @michaelgraflmusic Месяц назад +1

      As an Austrian, I too am happy that it was mentioned.

  • @andreitiberiovicgazdovici
    @andreitiberiovicgazdovici Месяц назад +8

    I had three ancestors in the family who fought for the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War; however, I grew up in Italy as an Italian... and therefore I prevented my nostalgic grandfather from whistling the "Radetzky March"😂👍

  • @thenoblegnuwildebeest3625
    @thenoblegnuwildebeest3625 Месяц назад +65

    The Austrian's greatest trick has been convincing the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Viennese.

    • @playermartin286
      @playermartin286 Месяц назад

      Anybody who isn´t American knows this is not true

    • @crazymulgogi
      @crazymulgogi Месяц назад +1

      Wasn't that Mozart (who was German by birth)?

    • @user-ec3co8rs5t
      @user-ec3co8rs5t Месяц назад +9

      Mozart wurde im Fürsterzbistum Salzburg geboren, das erst nach den napoleonischen Kriegen nach Österreich kam.

  • @kodybrown9228
    @kodybrown9228 Месяц назад +5

    d3 may be the third best move but it’s definitely the most fun.

  • @nunosantos4217
    @nunosantos4217 Месяц назад +4

    As a Vienna enjoyer, I was delighted by the lecture and learned quite a lot. I usually like to play either the Gambit or just go into a Vienna Hybrid, gonna look into some of these other stuff.
    It's refreshing to see someone talk positively about the Vienna. The general sensus seems to be, if it's not popular it's bad, cause if it was good it would be popular. It reminds me of a lecture that you made about the Scotch, where noone was playing it until Kasparov started demolishing everyone with it.
    So it really might be a fashion thing, until then, Im happy staying under the radar. If anything, in my opinion (which is worth nothing) the Vienna could be seen as a great opening for beginners because of the lack of theory. You actually have to learn to play the game instead of just relying on theory.

  • @subhankarbhadra781
    @subhankarbhadra781 21 день назад +1

    Thanks to the person who sponsored. Really nice.

  • @dantepilgrim
    @dantepilgrim Месяц назад +2

    Nigel is a legend! Thanks for the video Christian ❤

  • @f.d.3289
    @f.d.3289 Месяц назад +2

    heeey how nice, another opening lecture by my favourite GM Ben Finegold, plus it's about my favourite 1.e4 opening with White :)

  • @howardgraff4084
    @howardgraff4084 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks Ben. A very good lecture that is worth more than one viewing. (BTW, you forgot to mention that I'm not Ben Finegold.)

  • @davewolf6256
    @davewolf6256 Месяц назад +6

    This is important for me because I play the Vienna 99% of the time I open--but my understanding of the theory is garbage.

    • @julianpilbrow4963
      @julianpilbrow4963 Месяц назад +1

      This is taking way too long and is the reason why they banned 2-way-coms because people can press their eyes right up against the LCD.

  • @sar14cos
    @sar14cos Месяц назад +1

    Good Lecture, and very good choice of games. In French it is called Partie Viennoise and une viennoise is also a pastry.

  • @JeffPHamm
    @JeffPHamm Месяц назад +1

    I enjoyed this a lot. You touch upon some interesting ideas that I think often get overlooked, specifically the idea of "fashion" in terms of openings chosen by top GMs being different from the "objective truth" of an opening. I think it would be interesting to hear your own personal thoughts on openings/lines that are underplayed relative to their ... quality? (objectively they are good, but they get played far less than perhaps they should type thing). That's sort of one message of this lecture, but it's specific to the Vienna. I'm sure it's not the only one.

  • @chadmacgargle5311
    @chadmacgargle5311 Месяц назад

    Very cool games Ben!

  • @sublimeade
    @sublimeade Месяц назад +1

    My favorite GMs opening GothamChess

  • @mcronrn
    @mcronrn Месяц назад +1

    There are fun lines where the Vienna transposes to the Nc3 (??) Kings Gambit Accepted… 😳🤣

  • @aarons3014
    @aarons3014 Месяц назад

    Eric Schiller's Wikipedia article is one hell of a read. FWIW I knew him slightly, and he was nice to me the few times we interacted.

  • @tomrockefeller4620
    @tomrockefeller4620 27 дней назад +1

    I was hoping to see how the sausage is made.

  • @calvinthegreat69
    @calvinthegreat69 25 дней назад

    A couple years ago I gained about 300 rating points online with the 3. bc4 variation.
    I'm pretty low rated so I found it very common to either see people over extend trying to target the bishop or I'd have time to f4, nf3, and castle. If you can set that up, you can get a really nice king side attack. Would recommend at low ratings.

  • @kingberzerk
    @kingberzerk Месяц назад

    33:43 in the Dracula Frankenstein "12...h6 to stop 13.Bg5" - not the only obvious move for Black.

  • @jeffreyfisher3115
    @jeffreyfisher3115 Месяц назад +1

    But you know that when the truth is told
    That you can get what you want or you can just get old
    You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through, ooh
    When will you realize Vienna waits for you?

  • @trmble6
    @trmble6 Месяц назад

    I can hear the sadness in Ben’s voice

  • @cliz1989
    @cliz1989 Месяц назад +1

    Frankenstein-Dracula ?? Gad damn!

  • @iniohos2
    @iniohos2 Месяц назад +1

    We want Karen to give a lecture.

  • @MuseseekerMan
    @MuseseekerMan Месяц назад

    As a Vienna player myself I love Bc4 after Nc6. I'm surprised you didn't cover it.

    • @nunosantos4217
      @nunosantos4217 Месяц назад

      I play those lines as well. I think he didn't cover it because those aren't "true" Viennas and usually will go into Vienna-Berlin Hybrids (with moves like d3 and/or f4 and some point)

    • @Sandfox07
      @Sandfox07 Месяц назад

      My friend also really likes playing that, he actually switched to the bishops opening because you can easily transpose, but you also have the option of not comitting Nc3. You could try it out too if you want

  • @vaccaphd
    @vaccaphd Месяц назад

    I think Kortchnoi played it against Karpov. Not sure.

  • @ganeshsankarasubramanian142
    @ganeshsankarasubramanian142 28 дней назад

    Was half expecting obvious sattorov joke

  • @johnmahugu
    @johnmahugu 27 дней назад

    This is how to study chess properly.

  • @maxneparewak
    @maxneparewak Месяц назад

    i got cooked against a vienna at a club tournament yesterday so i guess it is good for club players. ben is right again

  • @IRailroad
    @IRailroad 22 дня назад

    😊

  • @AboveAvgMan
    @AboveAvgMan Месяц назад

    I meet the vienna with 2. B to b4

  • @josephboyne9327
    @josephboyne9327 Месяц назад

    Hello from Oklahoma! Did not expect the shout out in this video. 😅

  • @King.Mark.
    @King.Mark. Месяц назад

    Are they real books made from paper from a tree that once grew on earth then filled with taughts from a human put into words made from real letters 👀 but not the kind that need stamps ?

  • @baoboumusic
    @baoboumusic Месяц назад

    Go Christian! But stay here!

  • @answeris4217
    @answeris4217 Месяц назад

    Toronto Eh.... Did you find a Vegan Poutine?? That would have shown Nepomniachtchi who's boss...

  • @paparatzz7531
    @paparatzz7531 Месяц назад

    Debashis gets bashed in this video

  • @atwarwithdust
    @atwarwithdust Месяц назад

    You know you can edit Wikipedia articles, right?

  • @PKloc
    @PKloc Месяц назад

    Looks like you losing weight and looking good… nice job.

  • @AdwaityaSahay
    @AdwaityaSahay Месяц назад

    Third😂

  • @vartananq
    @vartananq Месяц назад

    First

    • @daniellamprecht1566
      @daniellamprecht1566 Месяц назад

      These comments are always funny, except for one thing...

  • @shun0011
    @shun0011 Месяц назад

    why do you always look so sad

    • @baoboumusic
      @baoboumusic Месяц назад +5

      Chess players are always sad. If you lose you're sad because you probably blundered, if you draw you're sad because you could have won, and if you win because you could have won quicker.

  • @WhizzerdSupreme
    @WhizzerdSupreme Месяц назад

    Yes, finally!! The Vienna needs more love ❤

  • @AboveAvgMan
    @AboveAvgMan Месяц назад

    I meet the vienna with 2. B to b4

    • @pointlessmike
      @pointlessmike Месяц назад

      You don't mind Nd5? Gains a tempo and allows the queenside pawns to expand while harassing your bishop. Also Qg4 might be annoying.