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BCO2 doesn't mention the possibility of 2... f5. I suspect it's unsound because White's extra tempo makes it much easier for him to attack, and unlike the similar
Latvian Gambit, the diagonal for White's queen to reach h5 is still open.
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22:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
Vienna Gambit "risky"?
I don't have access to the source and I don't have much regard for Raymond Keene's column anyway, but it seems to me a strange statement to characterise the Vienna Gambit as "risky". I think the reason it's not often seen at GM level (except in blitz and rapid) is because Black's 3...d5 is well known to equalize without too much trouble, not because it is "risky". There haven't been any significant theoretical developments in this line since the Handbuch.
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02:47, 1 February 2016 (UTC)reply