{"id":37,"date":"2021-01-04T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/?p=37"},"modified":"2021-01-12T00:08:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T00:08:45","slug":"how-to-play-the-danish-gambit-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":"How to Play The Danish Gambit Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Danish Gambit is one of the most aggressive openings chess opening where White sacrifices a few pawns in order to gain time and launch an early attack on Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-opening.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" width=\"229\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-opening.png 305w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-opening-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-opening-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-opening-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Danish Gambit happens after the moves:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>e4 e5<\/li><li>d4 exd4<\/li><li>c3<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>White will sacrifice one or two pawns for the sake of rapid development and the attack. However, with care, Black can accept one or both pawns safely, or simply decline the gambit altogether with good chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If accepted, white will have <strong>a strong bishop pair developed staring down at the black\u2019s king side<\/strong> while black will have none of his pieces developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-accepted.png\" alt=\"Image - Danish Gambit Accepted\" class=\"wp-image-40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-accepted.png 330w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-accepted-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-accepted-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/danish-gambit-accepted-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important if accepted that white hold on to his bishop pair as the open board allows white to keep the pressure on black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the video below to find out 5 opening traps &amp; tactical ideas for the white pieces in the Danish Gambit Accepted line<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Danish Gambit: Chess Opening Tricks to WIN FAST: Center Game Traps, Tactics, Best Moves &amp; Ideas\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jpeAObiYLFk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Danish Gambit is one of the most aggressive openings chess opening where White sacrifices a few pawns in order to gain time and launch an early attack on Black. The Danish Gambit happens after the moves: e4 e5 d4 exd4 c3 White will sacrifice one or two pawns for the sake of rapid development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opening-moves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}