After 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Qe7 4. cxd4 Qxe4+ 5. Be3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne7 different sources give 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. e4 d6 13. O-O when white has enough for the pawn. Are there any improvements?
Good question, I think 8...Nd5 is not the most precise. For example, after 8...b6 I think with best play it's hard for White to prove full compensation, as we're able to play with the fact that White cannot play 9.Bd3 there since the g2 pawn is hanging. While after something like 9.Nf3 then we're in time to play 9...Ba6 and we achieve something very important in that we exchange the light-squared bishops. It's true that our knight is left somewhat awkwardly placed on a6 so we have to be precise rerouting that knight (likely back via the starting square of b8). You could also investigate 8...d6 instead when again 9.Nf3 allows 9...Bf5 from us, depriving White's bishop of the ideal d3 square. So White has instead to play something like 9.Ne2 probably, but that's a bit awkward. There's lots of analysis one could do after either of these 8th moves from Black, and I'm away right now without access to my files or a strong engine, but these moves are definitely more principled from Black in my opinion. Hope this has helped.
as a big Danish fan, i find this interesting. would like to play this Qe7 line more as white. as black i still prefer accepting all the pawns and then going d5 for that wild exchange and then the endgame. but what you showed does look cool for black too.
Alex, Nice line.. But do u think white will actually initiate the exchange n help black wd easy development.. Like the 1st line u showed! 😊 Nope!! But i like the castling quuenside idea for black! ❤
Thanks, it's very helpful for me as a Danish Gambit rookie
Excellent content, as always. Love these series!
It's beautiful to see great players and chess understanders like you!
After
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Qe7 4. cxd4 Qxe4+ 5. Be3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne7
different sources give
7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Bd3 Qe7
12. e4 d6 13. O-O
when white has enough for the pawn. Are there any improvements?
Good question, I think 8...Nd5 is not the most precise. For example, after 8...b6 I think with best play it's hard for White to prove full compensation, as we're able to play with the fact that White cannot play 9.Bd3 there since the g2 pawn is hanging. While after something like 9.Nf3 then we're in time to play 9...Ba6 and we achieve something very important in that we exchange the light-squared bishops. It's true that our knight is left somewhat awkwardly placed on a6 so we have to be precise rerouting that knight (likely back via the starting square of b8). You could also investigate 8...d6 instead when again 9.Nf3 allows 9...Bf5 from us, depriving White's bishop of the ideal d3 square. So White has instead to play something like 9.Ne2 probably, but that's a bit awkward. There's lots of analysis one could do after either of these 8th moves from Black, and I'm away right now without access to my files or a strong engine, but these moves are definitely more principled from Black in my opinion. Hope this has helped.
this is awesome stuff seriously. You picked rare move but one of best according to engine. From my experience, these kind of moves win easily in OTB.
Thanks for the teaching content Alex
as a big Danish fan, i find this interesting. would like to play this Qe7 line more as white. as black i still prefer accepting all the pawns and then going d5 for that wild exchange and then the endgame. but what you showed does look cool for black too.
Thanks for the informative video.
Alex, Nice line.. But do u think white will actually initiate the exchange n help black wd easy development.. Like the 1st line u showed! 😊 Nope!! But i like the castling quuenside idea for black! ❤
Thank you for your beautiful content
great video !
Videos on gambits nice
Wow niceee
Thst is not correct danish gambit