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Is Danish Gambit played by strong GMs these days ?

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Uchiha_HAMADA
Uchiha_HAMADA
May 18, 2019
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Is Danish Gambit played by strong GMs these days ?

my137thaccount
my137thaccount
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May 18, 2019
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No, it's not. @pfren has published a refutation: https://www.chess.com/article/view/danish-cracker

Nordlandia
Nordlandia
May 18, 2019
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Only casually on the internet. Blitz/bullet, everything is possible. But over the board not anymore. On amateur level the Danish is still played, and for the victims that don't know the theory, the gambit line works the same way it did 100 years ago.