The Worst Line of the Vienna Gambit?
A gambit declined, a fool revealed.Here's how the Vienna Gambit starts:
Now in a bullet game (which this was) I willy-nilly throw my pieces out in the opening, unaware that I (as black) had fallen right into white's trap.
Knight to c6 is not only a bad move, but it's also one of the worst I could have played. I thought that if pawn took e6, I'd take it back with my knight and figure it out as I went. This is not how chess works.
After the exchange white has d4, attacking my knight. Where should he go...
Point is, by this position, all was lost. I made an egregious mistake with my queen and she ended up bowing out by move nine. It turns out the move you're MEANT to play in the Vienna Gambit is this:
Which is a shape I'm unfamiliar with. If he takes...
You take back with the knight and end up in this configuration. We'll try to avoid the Vienna Gambit in the future.