Every Move is a TRAP in this Opening After 1.e4 | Danish Gambit

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@DavidSer-dk8yh]

One game,if you win me, I'll register.

[@SecretiveLods]

16:02 Nf6 can be met by Bxf7 and the Queen will fall

[@LinardsZ]

Isn't pawn d3 a move against danish gambit?

[@theNfl_Esq]

What if they play D5 on opening move?

[@user-zo2ie1ml2d]

"black can avoid the danish gambit by resigning immediately" I CRY LAUGHED

[@yt6275]

It is shit opening at high elo

[@slendrio]

Nope it's not if you know how to play aggressively it's the best gambit

[@yt6275]

​@@slendrionothing is aggressive or passive at high elo once you are down a pawn i will definitely play best or Excellent moves or maybe some good moves.

[@kylebecker9]

Puzzle is sacrificing the bishop on f7 like in all the lines, then after king takes, Ne5+. Pawn is pinned to the queen so after king moves, you grab that bishop on g4

[@jacklinm2336]

Thank u

[@ArmyRanger483]

Not too must grab B with the N. If QxB the PxN. Thanks

[@VanlaltlanaPachuau]

​@@ArmyRanger483e5 no queen capture, if pawn takes then qxq

[@dizzyblizzy2806]

I'd very dollar for donut in bullet you'll get plenty of times black goes dxe5. Obviously anything over around 1500 you can't expect that but if you're playing at 3 figures I can see it coming up.

[@swilliams140]

You share the "secrets" that nobody else seems willing to share. I love your lessons!

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Igors obvious pride in the wandering pawn makes me so happy 🤣👍

[@Groet]

9:36 sack bishop f7, black captures bishop, knight e5, king moves and knight takes bishop g4. If black captures knight on e5 then you take queen on d8.

[@cptazstudios7952]

Thank you

[@ConsciousExpression]

No I don't think so. Qd5 is the move. It threatens immediate checkmate, moves the Q out of the pin, and also threatens the pawn at b7. Black cannot defend both the checkmate and the b7 pawn, and the outcome after that is pretty decisive. You win a knight and black is in a lot of trouble, and you have tempo.

[@ThatGhostjerry]

Why not knight d2?

[@johnporcella2375]

​@@ThatGhostjerryHow does that make White have a significant advantage?

[@Seilieb-User]

@@ConsciousExpressionAfter Qd5 black goes Be6. You can’t take the pawn on b7 cause you‘ll lose your bishop on c4

[@thedude5599]

Igor has helped me go from 700 to 1300 in blitz in less then a year. hes an amazing coach on these videos.

[@arsh.Engineer]

Where do u get that rating?? How can I check my rating????

[@morinvisualdesign4358]

I laughed out loud when Igor said (6:42): "This little pawn on C7?... really made it in life!" - Almost as funny as the "Collect the harvest" line he says in a previous video (true Igor fans out there know the video where he says this lol) Dear GM Igor, you sir, are my favourite KZbin chess teacher BY FAR!! Thank you for amAZING content!

[@Brlitzkreig]

Haha, yes, he's the funniest chess youtuber out there

[@PaulSchober]

Well he really made it in life but was killed immediately after his promotion. :)

[@zendragondrew]

Great video on the Danish Gambit. Lots of these ideas have been explored in several old videos, it's nice to have them all here at once. Thank you.

[@nazirkazi2531]

Once again thanks GM Igor!!Really like this Danish Gambit and you covered all the variations which is really great!!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you like them!

[@drjacovanniekerk]

Fantastically covered!... although if black knows what he's doing, he can easily get out of the opening with a slight edge. However, that is more the exception than the rule (well, on my petty woodpusher-level anyway). 🙂

[@LynxyzHere]

4:45 if he takes the pawn with knight it's equal

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Powerful Chess Opening for White After 1.e4 00:23 Danish Gambit Chess Opening 01:03 Trap-1: If Black plays 5...Nf6 02:25 Trap-2: 5...Bb4+ mainline 03:55 God-level moves, every move 06:35 e2-pawn promotes on b8! 07:15 Computer suggests a CRAZY line 08:39 Trap-3: 5...d6 to stop e5 09:27 Puzzle of the day 10:40 Trap-4: If Black plays 5...Qg5 12:11 Trap-5: 5...Nc6 (for advanced players) 15:01 Trap-6: 5...d5 (for advanced players) 16:52 Can Black avoid the Danish Gambit?

[@packthebud7412]

I like your videos. They help me out a lot thank you

[@andg_rodg_4_real710]

Nah, he would've attacked you're queen with his knight when you tried to pin the bishop to his queen

[@marcellobosio9089]

This and the Scotch gambit are my favourite. Top video.

[@Roq-stone]

Abba would be proud of this “dancing queen”.

[@Roolin54]

😂😂😂😂

[@ludolphschmidt6176]

5. d7d5

[@Vagabond_Etranger]

Old school. Most ppl probably don't know the analogy. Love ABBA❤

[@Roq-stone]

@@Vagabond_Etranger 😁

[@dohnjoe9211]

Time to invent the Swedish gambit

[@vampire2226]

you are actually something bro love your videos trust me keep it up you'll be on top

[@shahidfaruque6139]

1. Bf7+ Kf7 2. Ne5+(taking advantage of pin on d1-d8)Ke8 3.Ng4

[@SoimulPatriei]

I’ve played for years this gambit with good results. However the most challenging variation is Sorensen Defense 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 d5 where white has no advantage whatsoever, and a harder to play position.

[@wjd2339]

For this reason and a few others, the whole gambit makes no sense.

[@ReflectionOcean]

By YouSum Live 00:00:00 Danish Gambit: A powerful opening strategy. 00:00:40 Sacrifice pawns for monster bishops. 00:01:01 Utilize queen's mobility for pressure. 00:01:43 Exploit opponent's undeveloped pieces strategically. 00:01:45 Execute common tactics for success. 00:02:01 Disrupt opponent's castling with tactical sacrifices. 00:02:04 Employ in-between moves for tactical advantage. 00:02:26 Utilize discovered checks to maintain pressure. 00:02:43 Create unexpected threats with pawn promotions. 00:03:12 Control key diagonals for positional dominance. 00:03:33 Counter opponent's defensive attempts with aggression. 00:04:01 Exploit opponent's positional weaknesses for victory. 00:04:18 Maintain pressure to prevent opponent's counterplay. 00:04:41 Neutralize opponent's counterattacks with precise moves. 00:05:23 Counter advanced opponents with strategic knight maneuvers. 00:05:49 Exploit opponent's blunders for material advantage. 00:06:01 Defend against opponent's attempts to equalize. 00:06:16 Utilize tactical sacrifices to gain material advantage. 00:17:01 Dealing with threats and strategic pawn exchanges. 00:17:17 Transitioning to a normal game of chess post-exchange. 00:17:31 Inviting opponent to capture on B2 with Bishop C4. 00:17:38 Potential transpositions and variations in the game. 00:17:50 Development of the Goring Gambit as an alternative. 00:18:01 Further resources available on the Goring Gambit. By YouSum Live

[@LEGI43ON]

Достаточно подробно раскрыта тема. Лучше чем "уроки готема" на ютубе. Отличное видео.

[@darrylkassle361]

I can tell Polish people are not your favourite people!!!

[@ldpickett28]

Love the Danish Gambit! SO many traps, hard to beat. Most losses happen bc I blunder....a lot. lol

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Hardest part is getting them to accept it. Or the second pawn on b2

[@justanotheryoutubechannel3102]

sounds like me and the MOSTLY easy englund hartlaub/charlick! I was playing a game yesterday and blundered a mate in one being too anxious to end it and dismissing the rook lift that grabbed my queen instead of advancing it for a corner mate supported by a rook. I love king's gambit DESPITE a 5% or so losing record, but really want to give the danish a try. I refused to even look at it years ago and absolutely didn't click with the scotch, but now that my fundamentals are 300+ points better and I've spent a lot of time tactics training, I'm thinking I want to try it out and see if I can get a winning record with it, if not the same 2:1 win stats I have in the charlick and mieses carokann. that my results are sooo spectacular following Igor's charlick plans, I'm very optimistic that this might click with me too. a big problem with my king's gambit games is I don't like some of the strongest lines like quade gambit or pushing h4 against g5, but I still clobber higher rated opponents in under 20 moves almost daily. perhaps the danish is even better! Lev at gotham chess and Nakumura rate the Danish as "unbeatable" and king's gambit as garbage, so that's 2 more gambiteer votes.

[@walterbates1654]

Won many a game in high school tournaments in the 70's after studying Paul Morphy's Danish gambit games. Love the aggression.

[@leo_pi]

Might be possible to get M2, M5, or M6 once you make the Bishop Battery. M2: If the horse doesn't move, then: Qf3, Qf7#. M5 or M7: If the opponent does move the knight, then e5, exf6, exg7, or opponent's knight moves out, then Qf3, Qf7#. Opponent could move the knight out after Qf3, meaning exf6, exg7, Qf7#. Danish is pretty noice.

[@JustzChess]

Great video! Really enjoyed studing these tactic's and Gambits.

[@yitz6025]

What If they don't take the pawn in the beginning and instead develop f6 knight?

[@Wolfghost18]

Fun Fact: if your opponent plays 5.. Nc6 6. Nf3 this transitions into the Scotch game: Goring Gambit, double pawn sacrifice variation, 5.. cxb2 6.Bxb2, it is like the danish gambit but different as you play 2.Nf3 Nc6 then continue with the danish gambit, a video of yours taught me a line of this opening which goes like this: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4 cxb2 6.Bxb2 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O?! 9.Nd5 Nxe4? 10.Bd3 Ng5? 11.Nf6+!! gxf6 12.Nxg5 fxg5? 13.Bxh7+!! Kxf7 14.Qh5+! Kg8 15.Qf8# 1-0. thank you for teaching me this line and the danish gambit variations, traps and lines, this is really helpful

[@iankemp1131]

That could be called the "Greedy variation" and Black certainly gets punished for grabbing the third pawn and opening up lots of lines for White. Very pretty. I'm assuming it's 13..Kxh7 and 15 Qh8#.

[@lellamas2778]

IN highschool chess team - i played Danish Gambit and won. Was so proud of myself. All i had was Alexander Alekhine best games book from my father and my DOS computer chess program to practice with.

[@KevinHuttner-l2f]

Hi Igor. I enjoy your vidieos (thanks). I have a question: in the Danish Gambit, if Black Bishop to e4 (5th move), White Knight to d4, Black Knight to f6 and White Pawn to e5, if Black Pawn to d5, White appears to be in a very bad situation. Thoughts?

[@TruthSurge]

1:04 ? he can easily check the king using dark bishop developing AND checking and then move a knight after white defends with knight. You Igored uh, I mean IGNORED that in the very part where that should be the first thing to cover. The HARDEST challenges should be shown first. What do you do once you get checked and defend and black develops the knight getting ready to castle???

[@OsamaNoMaidens]

Discusses this at 2:50 ish

[@Naborbukv2]

Since we are all adepts of Igor Nation, it means that we are all e4-e5 players (say hi to Rousseau Gambit), therefore we deal with Danish Gambit a lot as Black. For this reason we simply know how to counter it thanks to Stockfish. All these Danish Gambit-players instantly fall apart after you make 3 or so Stockfish moves in a row because they dont know right continuation and only know those wrong-move lines.

[@januszsroka5653]

Take a look at my analysis at your leisure.

[@ozrenbalic6051]

Perfect timing. I was exploring this opening very recently, being disappointed that you did not cover it, and then several days later, you do. 😊

[@januszsroka5653]

Take a look at my analysis at your leisure.

[@NetheriteMinerMicrowavegang]

@@januszsroka5653 Nuh uh

[@TritoXD]

I noted everything down and studied all the line but no one actually accepts the gambit for some reason they are all afrait that i take back with my queen and i dont understand why literally in over 50 games only on accepted and then decided to park his pawn on d4 without taking my other pawn its frustrating that it just doesnt work

[@Amanamanda.]

9:36 I think the right move is Qd5, as it threatens checkmate on f7, they can try to defend either with 1) the queen or 2)the light square bishop,in both cases you can go Qb2 threatening the rook, and in case 1 you take it, or the second case you can grab their defending bishop or continue in some other way, but damage to their structure has been done

[@iankemp1131]

Nice idea. I think Be6 Qxb7 Nd7 limits Black's loss to a pawn (and you're already 2 pawns down). So Bxf7+ as suggested by others may be more damaging.

[@hilaireoloughlin]

Just love your videos, I have improved since I started watching your lessons

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Keep it up

[@rogerstone3068]

I've been playing the start of the Danish Gambit for years, but being content to win after the first pawn sacrifice with Nxc3 and have the initiative. Developing the two bishops in exchange for another pawn is a revelation. Whee! SO: does it work the same with the Smith-Morra against the Sicilian? Same underlying idea.

[@bernhardhagen1013]

thnks, Ive played this as my only white opening, but I still got som good tips!

[@frankandersen2614]

Very entertaining videos, but you forget that in the variation : 5. - d5 6.Bxd5 Nf6 white can still win with Bxf7+ followed by Ba3+. To a + 2200 player your videos are supeficial - by you are very passionate and you inspire a lot of appetite for chess

[@titusvanerp5919]

Black takes on f7. If White takes the Queen, Bb4+ wins the Queen back

[@iankemp1131]

A lot of the suggested moves by Black come from being too greedy and trying to find ways to hang on to both extra pawns, which gets him into trouble. There are lots of ways where he can give back a pawn at some stage and get a reasonable position. The Danish Gambit was very popular 150 years ago and was put out of business by masters finding ways to return one or both pawns with an early d5 when Black gets an equal or superior position. Of course you need to know those lines ... The other point is that many of these traps work in games played at blitz speed, but generally fail against opponents who think for a minute or two in classical chess - which were the vast majority of games until a few years ago.

[@tobias4411]

Exactly! After 7.e5 black doesn't have to move away the knight, just counterattack with d5 and black is already better. Even if 7...Ne4 and 8.Bxf7 black skuld not take the bishop with King (mistake), just move to Kf8 and black is just fine.

[@drjacovanniekerk]

Very true... but key word in your argument: "masters" 🙂

[@iankemp1131]

@@drjacovanniekerk Quite right - any of these gambits and sharp lines after 1 e4 e5 can be very awkward to defend if you don't know the theory, especially in quickplay. You may remember that giving back material with d5 is the right thing to do, but be unsure when to do it. I avoided the problem (as have many others) by switching to semi-open defences, eventually settling on the French where the strategy is usually clear-cut and the main tactics aren't hairy enough to stop you surviving the opening.

[@drjacovanniekerk]

@@iankemp1131 I am more of a Caro Kahn myself. d4 still stumps me though. Tend to go for Alapin.

[@iankemp1131]

@@drjacovanniekerk I tried the Caro-Kann for a time but found it rather stodgy if I wanted to go for the win, but have done pretty well with the French. What's the Alapin defence to 1 d4? The only Alapin openings I know are for White - 1 e4 e5 2 Ne2 and 1 e4 c5 2 c3. I've been happy with Nf6 / e6 setups against 1 d4.

[@faisalamanat]

Thanks for sharing and teaching Igor. I loved the other ones with black player gambit. My Rating is going up in bullet tournaments.

[@ConsciousExpression]

Puzzle at 9:36 is Qd5. You threaten checkmate and also the pawn on b7, and end up winning a knight and destroying black's position.

[@creat1vexlpro39]

Thank you for the great video. I've seen a lot of tutorials about the Danish Gambit, except this one explained it the best and offered amazing lines! After this I feel so confident, that I could take on a GM with this opening. Except I have one doubt, because when I checked the opening with the computer, it offered a brilliant line, and I was confused about what to do if someone plays it against me(The people who only look at opening and literally know every line). So I wondering if there were any challenging lines against this computer made line. So what do I play after 1. e4 e5 2. c3 exc3 3. Bc4 cxb2 4. Bxb2 Nf6 5. e5 d5? Because after d5 the bishop on c5 is being attacked and if we take the knight the computer suggests 6. exf6 Bb4+! 7. Bc3 Bxc3 and black is doing well, and if 7. Nc3 then Qxf6!!.

[@wjd2339]

Don't listen to foolish advice to play an incorrect gambit. There are many smart gambits and play them.

[@creat1vexlpro39]

@@wjd2339 You may think this gambit is foolish, except you forgot that every player is not Stockfish. There may be some downsides here and there, except it can trick many people who don't know the lines. Many people, including myself have seen success with this gambit. All smart gambits are much more accurate, but much more known, that's I believe this gambit has potential. I am simply asking for a line after this crazy I found.

[@KidNoah2012]

@@wjd2339 I don't think GM Smirnov is claiming you will win every game with the Danish gambit. Have you been drinking?

[@Rearmostbean]

1:26 "where can the knight go?" G4 is a fine place. The queen controls the square but it's a trap. If queen takes on g4 then black can push d5 forking the queen and the bishop. You have to move your queen and he takes bishop

[@ericst-laurent1194]

That's a new and very good gambit for me but somes players more advanced know how to deal with this,but at least this give to us a quick and good developments for our pieces.Thank you again Igor your video are really appreciated!

[@michaelb4060]

You make great videos, thank you. Will you consider making one on using Lichess to study? I try to use your video teachings with Chess Lv. 100 to practice. The game doesn't always follow your options, especially at the >1400 rating, so it is tough to practice what you cover. I am interested in taking an opening and really studying all the opponent moves to avoid blunders. Is there a way to use this database to make opponent moves and see what the best moves/lines are? When the game deviates from your video lines it beats me pretty easily due to my limited knowledge of the other lines. I am interested in seeing what higher skilled players do as well as what the recommended move is and why. If Lichess doesn't have those features is there something that does you recommend?

[@slshree1103]

9:35 I would play Bxf7 and Kxf7, Ne5+ king goes somewhere and we win the bishop

[@exuviumisopods]

The last line in fact is the best line for Danish Gambit players, with a much less complicated movement of pieces and it wins faster. It is covered by a different YT channel.

[@venkymenapaty7497]

At 16.05 black played Nf6. Isn't this blunder ? If white play as usual B×f7+ how the black Night save ? Pls explain sir

[@tomlewis645]

he doesn' cover one of the better avoidance strategies,the early push of pawn to d6, which tangles white pieces

[@MWilsonME]

7:10 The e-pawn made every move a pawn could: moved two squares; moved one square; captured en passant; captured; promoted

[@TommysDaddy]

"Can your opponent avoid this . . . ?" "Of course, he can just resign up front !" . . great line !

[@the_pandey_academy]

Please make some principle, tactics, traps based video for endgame

[@UndercoverSiblings]

I was thinking Qd5, because it attacks b7 which would trap the rook, and threatens mate on f7

[@gratuitoustv4815]

You never disappoint Igor

[@smita3255]

6:25 black can move the Bishop and our queen cannot move because of check it can be a trade off but is there any better move??

[@iskate248]

if you trade queens then you promote the pawn to queen next move

[@Fishy_17]

“Refutation”: e4 e5 d4 exd4 c3 dxc3 Bc4 cxb2 Bxb2 Nf3 e5 Bb4+ Nd2 d5. Bc3 is better than Nd2, but black can still just trade on c3 and play d5.

[@markhenrychristensen]

I love all the options... Striving for everything from a foolproof to a failproof solution. 🤷‍♂️👍👌👏

[@pg-mtl8815]

How would.you deal with an early decline, with black playing knight f6 on the 2nd move?

[@hyazintraaber6557]

I Love danish gambit. Thank you Igor!

[@AustinRoss1420]

Huge fan of this channel and this is the coolest opening idea I’ve seen yet

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks!

[@tomaselninjapro2160]

puzzle: i know its not the best move but it work kc3 and if black play a move that is not (any queen move knightf6 ) then kf5 if black takes queen bxf7+ kinge7 its forced and knight d5 its mate

[@michaelmorris4515]

Don't take the second pawn unless you're stockfish. As mentioned play d5. (1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd 3 c3 d5 ). Danish is an unsound tricks opening though, black always wins when the opening is used in TCEC. Course, we aren't engines so we can still have our fun.

[@pritam1778]

Statrted playing chess 1 week ago.. Thanks for these videos, really helpful

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Welcome! Good luck with your chess journey.

[@mykhailokutuzov2762]

Need more about DANISH GAMBIT!!!

[@elilutz6471]

What about if he goes pawn d6 queen d7. What traps are there? Just seems like black is way ahead?

[@Versutus]

"of course! he can resign upfront!" i love you so much

[@morinvisualdesign4358]

At 16:08 why can't you just do the same thing? Sac the bishop @f7; if King takes you win the Queen... if K goes e7 instead, check with the dark bishop @a3 forcing him to take... then you still win the Q... did I forget something guys? Or am I right?

[@Raykon333]

Probably too late, but I tried this vs a computer and after you take the queen black go bishop to b4, while queen gets discovered attacked by a rook.

[@stevechoatie249]

Very good video! Both informative and entertaining. Love your videos!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@girum5681]

1:26 black Queen goes to E7. The white pawn can not capture knight as it is pinned to the king.

[@BrettMoore66]

can I ask a favour. When you reset, can you reset the entire board back to start so repetition sinks in ? You do most of the moves after the first few moves and takes are done and I cant remember.

[@dallaswilson7452]

15:56 Nf6 still falls to Bxf7 tactic. I think you meant to say 'Nc6' is the correct response

[@titusvanerp5919]

Black takes on f7. If White takes the Queen, Bb4+ wins the Queen back

[@timspeer5669]

why would black take the knight on d2 (4:40 mark in the vid) instead of taking the pawn on d6? Seems like the better choice.

[@divyanshgarg5434]

Great opening to practice my tactics in actual games!

[@authorjamieljones]

This fails to QE7 if pawn ever pushes to attack knight. The only advantage of an exchange were to take place is black position would be a bit sloppy but then he’s up pawns and down a few tempos potentially

[@wdude9997]

My favorite trap is if the opponent declines the gambit on turn 2 by playing f6 instead of capturing your d pawn, not only are they already losing, but if you capture their e5 pawn and they recapture, they immediately lose to qh5+.

[@dannygoldsmithmagic]

How is that an immediate loss? They can respond with g6

[@wdude9997]

@@dannygoldsmithmagic Ok your right, I meant to say that they will lose a rook after qh5+ g6 qe5. Its not checkmate but I would consider black lost at that point.

[@dannygoldsmithmagic]

@@wdude9997 I see

[@SuperJcclark]

Just started playing and even new players NEVER do the opening moves you showed. Like 1-10. They never take the bait…because that leaves your queen open to take their pawn.

[@evan3678]

9:35 Sac the bishop the check with the knight and take the bishop. The traxler from white

[@errata]

Yeah pretty sure id quit chess if I got rekt like this 😂😂

[@rusticolegaspi]

Wonderful igor thanks again

[@jackmatthew1880]

I'm glad people like this gambit so much! It looks a lot better for white than it actually is so I love playing as black. : )

[@alanrouse1]

After 2:46, what about knight to h6? Not seeing it in the database... Probably 7. bxg7 Rg8 8. Bxh6, with black losing a pawn and a knight but opening up the G rank for black.

[@marlenemangornong3073]

I'm starting to learn chess hehehehe thanks a lot!! i saw your videos on fb reels❤❤

[@yvesengel8921]

1:33 If they go on g4 you take and then d5 you have Problems, No?

[@ArmyRanger483]

On move 5.Bxb2, d5 6.Bxd5, Nf6 isnt whites best move still 7.Bxf7+? Followed by KxB, 8.QxQ, Bb4+! 9.Qd2, BxQ 10.NxB, Rd8. 11.Rc1, Na6 and white can develope its last N to e2 or f3. And now the engine says its dead equal to slight edge for white. Although white has a passed pawn in the center and black has a Q side pawn Majority I think it should draw now if the pieces come off? My question is this too pasive? And should whitevplay for more? I mean white sac pawns to just draw with white.

[@princebabu6500]

Puzzle solution: Bc4 takes f7, King takes bishop, and Knight e5 forking king and bishop. If pawns takes knight, then you take the queen or take the bishop😅

[@ohyeahohyeah1071]

This is VERY close to the opening that I usually play myself (except that after e4 e5, I play Nf3, to which the opponent mostly responds with Nc6 or d6, and follow that with d4 and the rest; so technically, it is the Scotch game). As for the puzzle (this is one that I often face), I play Qb3, forking their b and f pawns, and it also gives me the option to defend my knight without ruining my pawn structure. Here, taking their b pawn is usually the most fun, because I sometimes end up getting the knight and the rook for free.

[@iankemp1131]

The alternative is Bxf7+ followed by Ne5+ which also wins a pawn. With Qb3, what happens if Black plays Be6? Bxe6 and Qxb7 both seem to win back a pawn but that's all, and Black isn't prevented from castling. After Qxb7, Nd7 defends the Rook.

[@mrkumaran]

@6:22 black could play Knight to C4, thereby threatening the queen and bishop

[@hellmouthisnogod1843]

in the variation at 07:50 min ... why not 0-0-0 instead of Nf3, offering exchange of knights?

[@cryptoskywalker6000]

I need to watch this a hundred times. It’s ruthless. I just tried it, and I obliterated the poor, unsuspecting victim. I could tell he was having a mild panic attack. He didn’t know what the heck was going on. I took me too many moves, because I think he actually defended quite well, and I made one mistake. I missed a Mate in 1 on move 16.

[@andrewburrows7458]

Soooo...This scenario falls apart for me when Black plays D6 instead of taking on D4. Then when the Knight comes out I can't push the pawn to push it away. Our hero (the little upwardly mobile pawn) has a sad frustrating life where his ambitions go nowhere and he dies young. 🤕The tempo ends up screwy and I am left with lost material and a hole to try to play out of. Any suggestions?

[@ManpreetSingh-dg8sg]

This has worked well for me, only part where I face discomfort if the opponent declines at any of the 3 points, It gets confusing and I start playing without a plan or advantage.

[@CharlesSparrowhawk]

What if they switch from to Nimzowithc defence after white kicks the knight away with d5?

[@alejandrorh4916]

What's the 4:24 move? I mean, is it real? Never had that one

[@tanianamdar7222]

this is INCREDIBLE

[@sunilchristian3430]

Thank you!

[@b4ph0m3tdk9]

The wandering pawn should have a Danish viking helmet on from the start :)

[@christianglashoff15]

GOD IS EVERYTHING AND NOTHING OR NOBODY CAN BE ON HIS LEVEL

[@Stuartski]

I believe that too but he's using it as a metaphor

[@FoldingTutorialsForKids]

Qd4.If bxg4,qxf7 is checkmate.If they defend,Qxb7.

[@gayindutimodh]

The real God level Moves bro 💯🎉🎉

[@gayindutimodh]

I IOVE DANISH GAMBIT A LOT!!!❤ & Your video is super nice 👌

[@kadithya4030]

At 9:05 you may push e4 Pawan, then Pawan takes Pawan then Bxf7 🎉 you can win the quean

[@anthonygross1963]

In the early nf6 line after e5 black has bb4check ideas and d5 and keeps advantage.