C21: Danish gambit

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3

Danish gambit

C21 Sub-variants:

Centre game
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4

Centre game, Kieseritsky variation
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4 b5

Halasz gambit
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. f4

Danish gambit
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3

Danish gambit, Collijn defence
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Qe7

Danish gambit, Schlechter defence
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d5

Danish gambit, Soerensen defence
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5

Centre game
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4

Overview

Games on Database:

1542

Last Played:

Feb 2024

Overall score:

45.3%

19.1%

35.5%

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Played frequently by:

White
Jacques Mieses	34 games
Frank James Marshall	18 games
Alexander Alekhine	18 games

Black
Mikhail Chigorin	5 games
Gyula Breyer	4 games
Rudolf Spielmann	4 games

Possible continuations:

3... dxc3

820

49.8 %

16.8 %

33.4 %

3... d5

388

33.5 %

24.7 %

41.8 %

3... d3

108

41.7 %

22.2 %

36.1 %

3... Nc6

54.9 %

21.1 %

23.9 %

3... Qe7

24.4 %

26.7 %

48.9 %

3... Nf6

59 %

38.5 %

3... d6

65.6 %

21.9 %

3... c5

61.1 %

27.8 %

3... Be7

66.7 %

33.3 %

3... Bc5

75 %

25 %

3... Ne7

33.3 %

66.7 %

3... g6

33.3 %

66.7 %

3... c6

100 %

3... Qh4

100 %