Opening · played as White
Danish Gambit
Two pawns for two raking bishops on the long diagonals. Black can take both, decline with 3...Qe7, or hand one back with 3...d5, all three are here.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- White
- Variations covered
- 50
The main line
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Qe7 4.cxd4 Qxe4+ 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nf3 Ng4 8.Qd2 Nxe3
Some of the variations
- 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Qe7 4.cxd4 Qxe4+ 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nf3 Ng4
- 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Qe7 4.cxd4 Qxe4+ 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Bc4 d5
- 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Qe7 4.cxd4 Qxe4+ 5.Be3 Bb4+ 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.a3 Bxd2+
- 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Qe7 4.cxd4 Qxe4+ 5.Be3 Bb4+ 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.Ne2 Nf6
- 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Qe7 4.cxd4 Qxe4+ 5.Be3 d5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Bb4+
- 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Qe7 4.cxd4 Qxe4+ 5.Be3 d5 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Bd3 Qd8
…and 44 more in the trainer.
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