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Playing against 1.d4e5: playing into the englund or transposing to the danish gambit?
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Playing against 1.d4e5: playing into the englund or transposing to the danish gambit?

kensanity671
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I despise the englund. I get some of the refutation for a couple of variations but I just don't like the pressure that it is putting on me. And I'm not keeping up with the theory or trick lines outside of the rosen trap and the mainline. 

That said, I'm wondering if it makes sense to just transpose into the opening part of the danish. If they take with 2.e4 exd4 then i go the danish and if they do something like 2 d6 or Nf6, I feel like i can transpose into the scotch which I'm very familiar with. 

IDK. I just think the englund is really annoying to face.