FLAMES Cup
MERALCO, Pasig City
W: Junior SOL CRUZ
B: Julian SABULARSE
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3
World Champion Emanuel Lasker wrote in Manual of Chess,"Get the N's into action before both B's are developed."
In opening theory, this is known as the VIENNA GAME. It was named after the city of Vienna in Austria probably because of Wilhelm Steinitz who became the first World Champion and whose game with Lang in Vienna 1860 using these move order was highlighted by a Q sacrifice.
De Firmian wrote in Modern Chess Openings, "The idea behind 2 Nc3 is to develop while leaving open the options of f4 & Qh5 or Qf3."
2 ... Nc6 3 d3
The favorite Vienna set-up of Super-GM Wesley So is 2 Bc4, 3 d3 & 4 Nc3; vs El Taher in Dubai Open 2006, Yang Shen in Asian Individual Championship 2007, Shrestha in MAIG 2007, Mamikonian in World Jr 2007, and Djuraev in World Junior 2008 .
3 ... Nf6 4 Ne2 g6 5 g3 Bg7 6 h3 O-O 7 g4
Reinfeld wrote in The Complete Chess Player, "An attack should be undertaken, as a rule, only when one's development has been completed or well advanced."
7 ... d6 8 g5 Nh5 9 h4 a5 10 Bh3 b5 11 b3 Qe8 12 Bb2
World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca wrote in Chess Fundamentals, "Placed on the long diagonal, the B is posted for its maximum potential control of the central squares as well as eyeing the opposite wing of the enemy's camp."
12 ... Ne7 13 Qd2 Be6 14 f3 Rd8 15 Bg4 f5 16 BxN
Nimzovich wrote in My System, "We exchange in order to seize or open a file or diagonal without loss of time."
16 ... PxB 17 O-O-O
Watson wrote in Mastering The Chess Openings, "One of the most important guidelines in chess is to protect your K from harm."
17 ... Ng6 18 PxP BxP 19 Rdg1 Be6 20 Rf1 Qf7 21 Qe3 Qd7 22 Ng3 Bh3 23 Rf2 NxP 24 NxP Bg2???
25 RxN BxP 26 Nd5??? Rf5??? 27 Ndf6+ Kf8??? 28 NxQ +- [1-0]
Evans wrote in The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes, "Skill, in fact, might be defined as the ability to exploit the other guy's mistake."
MERALCO, Pasig City
W: Junior SOL CRUZ
B: Julian SABULARSE
1 e4 e5 2 Nc3
World Champion Emanuel Lasker wrote in Manual of Chess,"Get the N's into action before both B's are developed."
In opening theory, this is known as the VIENNA GAME. It was named after the city of Vienna in Austria probably because of Wilhelm Steinitz who became the first World Champion and whose game with Lang in Vienna 1860 using these move order was highlighted by a Q sacrifice.
De Firmian wrote in Modern Chess Openings, "The idea behind 2 Nc3 is to develop while leaving open the options of f4 & Qh5 or Qf3."
2 ... Nc6 3 d3
The favorite Vienna set-up of Super-GM Wesley So is 2 Bc4, 3 d3 & 4 Nc3; vs El Taher in Dubai Open 2006, Yang Shen in Asian Individual Championship 2007, Shrestha in MAIG 2007, Mamikonian in World Jr 2007, and Djuraev in World Junior 2008 .
3 ... Nf6 4 Ne2 g6 5 g3 Bg7 6 h3 O-O 7 g4
Reinfeld wrote in The Complete Chess Player, "An attack should be undertaken, as a rule, only when one's development has been completed or well advanced."
7 ... d6 8 g5 Nh5 9 h4 a5 10 Bh3 b5 11 b3 Qe8 12 Bb2
World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca wrote in Chess Fundamentals, "Placed on the long diagonal, the B is posted for its maximum potential control of the central squares as well as eyeing the opposite wing of the enemy's camp."
12 ... Ne7 13 Qd2 Be6 14 f3 Rd8 15 Bg4 f5 16 BxN
Nimzovich wrote in My System, "We exchange in order to seize or open a file or diagonal without loss of time."
16 ... PxB 17 O-O-O
Watson wrote in Mastering The Chess Openings, "One of the most important guidelines in chess is to protect your K from harm."
17 ... Ng6 18 PxP BxP 19 Rdg1 Be6 20 Rf1 Qf7 21 Qe3 Qd7 22 Ng3 Bh3 23 Rf2 NxP 24 NxP Bg2???
25 RxN BxP 26 Nd5??? Rf5??? 27 Ndf6+ Kf8??? 28 NxQ +- [1-0]
Evans wrote in The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes, "Skill, in fact, might be defined as the ability to exploit the other guy's mistake."
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