Vienna Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2?!
Apparently going for rapid development, but that does not sit well with playing e4 and g3. The mainline in ChessBase's 2024 Mega database runs 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Ng2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6, with an equal position, according to Stockfish16, although Kmodo14.1 prefers White.
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| How should Black proceed? |
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4...dxe4
Stockfish16 and Komodo14.1 prefer 4...d4
5.Nxe4 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 Bc5
Threatening 7...Bxf2+ 8.Kxf2 Qd4+ etc.
7.Ne2 Nc6 8.c3?!
It is hard to believe White has time for this. The engines give 8.d3, but award Black a slight edge.
8...Qf6 9.0-0!?
It took me ages to realise White could play this without catastrophe. Even so, after ...
9...Bh3 10.Bg2 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 h5
... the engines give Black the upper hand.
12.d4!?
Perhaps White should prefer 12.h4, or 12.b4 and then 13.h4.
12...exd4 13.cxd4 0-0-0 14.h4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Rxd4 16.Qc2 Qc6+
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| White to play and keep the game going |
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17.Kh2?
Anything but this (apart from 17.Qe4??).
17...Rxh4+! 0-1
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