Crazy opening positions

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Crazy opening positions

Post by MJMcCready » Mon Dec 28, 2020 7:42 pm

I recently encountered that attached below whilst looking into a sideline of the Vienna Gambit, Faulkbeer variation. Does opening "theory" become more hair-raising than this?
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Re: Crazy opening positions

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:00 am

It's probably a good idea to give us the moves leading up to the position and your source. (Dobosz-Ganev.)
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Re: Crazy opening positions

Post by MJMcCready » Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:48 am

Thanks, I saw it in The Complete Vienna by Tseitlin & Glazkov.

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