3...dxc3 is the strongest answer to Danish gambit but 3...Qe7 is okay as well.
4.Nf3 is stronger than 4.cxd4
6...Ne7 and 6...Nf6 are better than 6...d5
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Yigor wrote:
3...dxc3 is the strongest answer to Danish gambit but 3...Qe7 is okay as well.
4.Nf3 is stronger than 4.cxd4
6...Ne7 and 6...Nf6 are better than 6...d5
Thanks for your reply. I was wondering for 4. Nf3 after 4...Qxe4+, what would be the best follow-up? Should I immediately tradeoff queens with 5. Qe2 or do 5. Be2. With 5. Be2 d3 6. Qxd3 Qxd3 7. Bxd3 And white has a quite nice lead in development for the pawn but without the Queens. Would this be a good position?
Apr 20, 2011
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thejackbauer: Definitely 5.Be2 and after the line that U indicated, white's position is quite good. Though the pawn is not fully compensated imho. The main line is probably 7...Nf6 8. O-O.
I am not sure I agree with Yigor's comments on this opening--I play the Danish ( as White) and in my thematics have employed 3... Qe7 ( as Black) quite successfully--It is a little know line recommended by Jude Acers. Also the 4. cxd4 line is fine for White there is nothing wrong with it ( or 4 Nf3 either ) just a matter of taste
In your original diagram I have played 6....Nf6 ( I think the better pawn structure involves ...d6)--how about 8 Bd3 which kicks the Queen ( Be2 looks a little passive) --just my thoughts
I usually don't play the Danish gambit in longer games (in this case it was 15 minutes with 10 seconds increments) because it's not an opening that I'm fully nor even sufficiently knowledgeble at. In this case my opponent played a variation that I have never seen. 3...Qe7. I do see this Qe7 a lot, but it usually on the next few moves. The opening played out until I would say the 9th move in our case. What I would like to know is if I had sufficient compensation for that one sacrificed pawn, or was there a better variation. The game followed in my favor because I don't necessarily think that my opponents 9th and 10th move were the greatest (especially the 10th). I believe instead if black played solidly, White may have piece development but they weren't really placed in aggressive places but instead were actually really defending. So anyways back to the question, does up to move 9 look good for white or would you have played something different/better?