As White

Danish Gambit · Basic

Two pawns are sacrificed for lightning-fast development and both bishops aiming at the king.

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Lines

1. Deadly mate · 8...Kg8

   1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qf3+ Kg8 9.Qb3+ d5 10.exd6+ Be6 11.Qxe6#

2. Deadly mate · 7...Bc5

   1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O Bc5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Qd5 Bxf2+ 10.Rxf2 Nxf2 11.Qxf7#

3. Opponent's mistake · 6...Bc5

   1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Bxg7 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 Bc3 9.Bxc3

4. Opponent's mistake · 6...h6

   1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 d6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Ne5 dxe5 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Ba3+ Kxf7 10.Qxd8

5. Opponent's mistake · 7...d6

   1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Bxc3+ 7.Bxc3 d6 8.Bxg7 Nf6 9.Bxh8

6. Opponent's mistake · 5...Bc5

   1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bc5 6.Bxg7 Qh4 7.Qf3

7. Classical Defense · 8.Qf3+ Nf6

   1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qf3+ Nf6 9.exf6 gxf6 10.Nc3

8. Copenhagen Defense

   1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Bxc3+ 7.Bxc3

9. 5.Bxb2 Nc6

   1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3

10. Classical Defense · 6.e5 Ng8

    1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nf6 6.e5 Ng8 7.Nf3

11. 4.cxd4 d5

    1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Nc6 4.cxd4 d5 5.e5 f6 6.Nf3 fxe5 7.Nxe5

12. 4.cxd4 Nf6

    1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Nc6 4.cxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qc2