The Vienna Game [Paperback]

Gary Lane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2000

Everything you need to know about playing the Vienna as White or Black. Through the use of model games, the author provides grounding in the key ideas.

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From the Back Cover

The Vienna Game (1 e4 e5 2 Nc3) has a long history and a bright future. From the second move White starts to dictate the game, taking play away from the heavily analyzed Ruy Lopez and Two Knights Defense and into a totally different arena. White has great flexibility and can choose between either tactical or positional lines depending on his or her style of play. In view of this, it is perhaps hardly surprising that such enterprising players as Nigel Short, Michael Adams and Boris Spassky have enjoyed great success with the Vienna in recent years. This book provides everything you need to know to start playing the Vienna as White or Black. Through the use of model games for both sides, the author provides a thorough grounding in the key ideas, so that readers can quickly and confidently start to use the Vienna in their own games. This guide contains up-to-date coverage of an always popular opening and covers every important variation in the Vienna. (6 1/4 x 9 1/4, 144 pages, diagrams)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Everyman Chess; 1st edition (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857442717
• ISBN-13: 978-1857442717
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,222,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gary Lane is the author of over twenty chess books including the best selling Prepare to Attack and The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps.
The winner of the best analysis by Chess Journalists of America and a well known chess player on the international tournament circuit. He is an international chess master and his victories include becoming the Australian champion (2004) and the Commonwealth Champion (1988).
He is a well known coach having attended the World Junior Championships on numerous occasions guiding Australian and English players.
Gary Lane is a regular contributor to publications including the British magazines, Chess, Kingpin and British Chess Magazine. He also wrties for the Australian national magazine known as Australasian Chess. His online monthly column at chesscafe.com has been going for over ten years.
He lives in Sydney.

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Author and chess coach loves 'Vienna Game', January 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Vienna Game (Paperback)

To this 7-book author, a high school chess coach and tournament chess player this book provides the best format for a chess-opening book I've ever seen. The games are clear examples of the opening lines and the book's layout makes the material easy to digest. This book will help you win more games as you turn games away from the heavily studied Lopez lines. You will learn about the positional lines of the Vienna as well as the fun-to-play Vienna Gambit 3. f4, which this book makes appear much safer than the King's Gambit. I am so impressed with this book that I'm looking for Lane's other books.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Chess is easy with The Vienna, September 3, 2000

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Joe Black (Dallas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Vienna Game (Paperback)

I like the Vienna because it helps me to win! There are fantastic attacking lines such as the wonderful sounding 'Frankenstein-Dracula Attack' and I am in a quieter mood I can play 1 e4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 to play safe, positional chess. There are eight chapters and seventy-seven annotated games that help to understand the opening. The English master Gary Lane knows what he is talking about and I love the ways he shows 'tricks and traps' for people playing colors Black or White. There are lots of strong US players who have successfully used the opening such as Benjamin and Shabalov that is good news. The introduction offers a repertoire for players of different standards and styles. Thankfully, there is an excellent historical background, which makes a change from other publishers that I won't mention. It says on the back of the book that Lane has already written twelve books and judging by this effort I want more of the same thing.