user34065: It starts with 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4, I checked in the 1984 edition of The Oxford Companion to Chess, but couldn't find anything about it.
[Title "Vienna Game - Zhuralev Countergambit [C25]"]
[FEN ""]
[StartPly "4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4


user34065: This what I have managed to come up with I am fairly certain that it is named after Valerij Zhuravliov https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%C4%93rijs_%C5%BDurav%C4%BCovs#cite_note-17
I had to translate the page to english,
according to chess tempo he was the first to play this variation which is why i believe it is named after him. He also died after 1984, which probably means that it was named after him posthumous, which would explain why it's not mentioned in my copy of The Oxford Companion to Chess,
https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/1796608

34065: <p>It starts with <strong>1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4</strong>, I checked in the 1984 edition of <em>The Oxford Companion to Chess</em>, but couldn't find anything about it.</p>
<pre><code>[Title &quot;Vienna Game - Zhuralev Countergambit [C25]&quot;]
[FEN &quot;&quot;]
[StartPly &quot;4&quot;]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4
</code></pre>
 34065: <p>This what I have managed to come up with I am fairly certain that it is named after Valerij Zhuravliov <a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%C4%93rijs_%C5%BDurav%C4%BCovs#cite_note-17" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%C4%93rijs_%C5%BDurav%C4%BCovs#cite_note-17</a>
I had to translate the page to english,</p>
<p>according to chess tempo he was the first to play this variation which is why i believe it is named after him. He also died after 1984, which probably means that it was named after him posthumous, which would explain why it's not mentioned in my copy of The Oxford Companion to Chess,</p>
<p><a href="https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/1796608" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/1796608</a></p>
