The danish is a poor opening, just accept all the pawns then strike back with ...d5! at the appropriate time (usually immediately)
The scotch is more sound and it si recommented by many players as a shortcut to go into the italian game and other mainline variations that could normally be avoided (3. d4 cuts across the options for black so he 'cannot' avoid the lines white wishes to transpose into)
Have you prepared against 1. d4 andother first moves?
yes i have indeed so what do you recommend i play against both of them (the exact lines...?)
Skotch - you should be okay. Quite tricky. I think take just the 1st pawn. It's really up to you. I'm not sure about taking another. I do know, if played accurately, White cannot completely capitalise.
Scotch players do not offer more tahn 1 pawn. That is the Idiot Scotch
The scotch gambit is not really a gambit, as with the Queens gambit, holding onto the pawn=fail.
Sorry I cant do diagrams for some reason the diagram button isnt there (I know where it usually is)
Hey guys,
I have two big up and coming tournaments and want to be well prepaed in the opening. I am covered for everything except two things which White can do against me when I play e5.
The first one is d4 exd4 c3 (danish gambit) and I am so eager to take the pawns which is fair enough but then I normally get aniliated on the kings side with those bishops on c4 and b2 and normally the queen which comes to b3.
The second one is the scotch game....I am sure you will know what this is e4 e5 nf3 nc6 d4 - again what do I do!?
I know there are a lot of strong players on the site so could everyone pleas try and help me get two solid lines against these two...to let you know so you can make an informed decision I am an attacking player, I like to have a materialistic advantadge and I dont like big sacks of pawns etc... unless I can regain the material in the next 10 moves or say (basically I dont like being down on material - the tipical junior!!!)
Thank you very much and I will look foward to hearing from you about these two openings.