You MUST Know THIS About The Vienna Gambit | The Sensei Speedrun | GM Naroditsky

00:00 Intro
00:10 First Move
26:18 Analysis
33:40 Engine Analysis
34:35 Back to Game
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A. He doesn't "immediately" play it. He plays it 2 moves later. And only after giving a detailed explanation of why. Even if he does admit that it's a bit drastic. . B. You weren't listening every well because he says (around 14:52) that it will not stay boring forever and when the time comes for confrontation, the placement of pieces will matter greater. Funny enough I was going add a comment about how those that say boring position are no fun are the precisely the ones that make a mistake in the "boring" part and ran over fast. They get their wish on makes the game fun.. just not for them because they'll be their ass whipped.

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Just saw the notification and i already know this is gonna be an amazing game. Vienna gambit always brings a bunch of interesting tactical oportunities and vivid lively positions

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Being playing the Vienna for the last weeks with not much success but very fun and wild games. Looking further to grasp some ideas out of the video! Thanks for the awesome and educational content Danya!

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[@deadvirgin428]

From looking at the thumbnail, it seems he's actually playing as black, AGAINST the Vienna. But GothamChess has a pretty good video on playing the Vienna as White, you should check that out.

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If you play e4 try out the Scotch. At my level of 1500 it seems ridiculously strong. A lot of people don't even see the checkmate threat from the Scotch Gambit. 🤣

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His opponent didn't make any tactical blunder yet he got blown of the board.

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d5 is the clear best move vs the Vienna Gambit.. But as someone who plays it for white, d6 is also pretty hard to punish. Black is by no means lost if they play d6

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Danya what do you think about doing a speedrun but more gambit-like/not-so-solid version, maybe with some tricky openings, highly tactical from the very beginning?

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At 15:27 I wonder about Qc2 by White instead of Bc2. It sets up a Q+B battery, and inhibits the B-swap by Black, at least in the immediate term. It may also start to threaten invading with Ne5 because if ...Be5 de, ...Nmoves, the h7 pawn is en prise. Note the N cannot go to e4 because of the Q+B lineup rather than as in the game. Wonder if Bc2 was thinking in terms of a Turton manoeuvre, with the WQ backed up by WB targeting h7, but as per the game continuation it fails to set the WQ and WB that way round, because it lets Black exchange the Bishops in a way that favours the second player.

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I still think that bh2 might have been played even before re6...great video! thanks!

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16:26 “I like to use this word very often” (Basically)

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What about Ng5 after Qd7? I think you lose your bishop pair right?

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Game recognise game

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