I played it 8 times before winning a game with it. 800-1000 rating. No one did any of these moves and it took five games before anyone took that stupid pawn.
@@SH-kz4fl this gambit is one of the easiest gambits to counter. black can have a solid defense while completely fucking up white’s pawn structure and even with basic skills black can stay safe.
dont mind me if they take triple gambit: 4:30 normal line: 7:50 nc6: 8:06 immediate bishop: 9:06 bb4: 9:44 d6: 10:07 best line: 10:23 if they dont take: 12:22
I still remember the first time I encountered this gambit, and let me tell you, I don't think I am going to forget how quickly it went from "oh, a pawn? That's odd" to "oh, he just pinned my rook. And knight. And captured the bishop. And got my queen. Checkmate ... ... Well, that's enough chess for today"
i will admit watching the video i was thinking the same thing. My thought. bishop take rook, queen take bishop. queen take bishop. My slip that the order didn't need to be follow in that direction. simple bishop take rook.. white bishop take queen. black resign case he an idiot 950 elo player
I played the king's gambit and my noob 1100 opponents doesn't know how to play with it it's a very aggressive opening if accept then we play nf3 the next move we take the center with d4 and also stoping qh4 check goofy ah that's just deadly
I've mained the danish gambit up to 1800 as a player so it's fun to see it being covered - i still learnt something in the declined variations that i didn't know! Anyway, i wanted to point out in game 1 i believe the theory is to take with the c-pawn. black can very easily blunder his bishop but whatever he plays it's pretty good for us
For videos like these when you're explaining theory or the game, keep the bar open so players like me could really understand just how much better or how much worse a position is
Hey Levy these videos are really helping me improve my game. I fell out of touch with the game for a long time after learning just the basics but since I have been back at it during the pandemic, I had really been struggling. Your videos really covers the basic principles very well and I finally hit 700 playing the Danish Gambit. Just wanted to say thank you.
My son turned me on to your channel and this video has my appreciation level skyrocketing! Your great breakdown and supplying the notation to use as a reference along with the move tree/alt lines all in one is so efficient and helpful! Thanks!
Im slowly crawling out of total-beginner mode thanks to him. I have a hard time keeping up watching his videos but i can feel my brain getting bigger every HA HA moment i get on this channel. I started winning games recently. I know nothing but im finally seeing moves before they happen. Levy is the man. Great teacher
Thanks for sharing this. I tried playing a few games against 1400s and they went very well. I was expecting a difficult learning curve with a opening that sacrifices so many pawns, but the positions it leads to feel really logical to play.
Hey Gotham I’ve been getting into chess again and love watching your opening and mid game theories and since watching I’ve gained 200 points! Your the best teacher I’ve seen for chess. Keep up the amazing work
Thank you so much for this video! I have been playing the Danish almost every day for 5 minute games and have seen a lot of different defenses. You have enlightened me to several new attacking moves
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Yes I agree that's obvious, but you missed most deadly C4 advanced accelerated offensive defense, reversed Carpov tactic variant tested by Warsaw GM and feard by international engines. On the other hand I don't blame you to keep this one in the sleeve.
Learning the danish gambit on this channel literally took me from 1200 to 1395. Gotham teaches incredible content. This is the best channel that teaches solid opening.
I'm ranked in 16-1700's with no studying or anything and have hit ceiling. I can't seem to break 1800. So finally I decided to have a look online and stumbled across this video. I gave it a whirl and instantly my oponent (ranked 1548) did this. I guess it's not the expected moves someone at say 1200 would make and not the most technically proficient a master would make. I thought I'd made a massive balls up on move 8, but it paved the way for one of the weirdest mates I've ever made. Using only a knight, how bizarre! 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. c3 f6 4. Bc4 h5 5. h4 Ne7 6. g3 f5 7. Nd2 fxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Bb5 c6 11.Nd6#
Never clicked a video so fast. The Danish was my favorite opening when I first started playing, but only ever got to play Bxb2 a few times. In my experience, below 1000 the vast majority of opponents were too scared to take the 3rd pawn, tho they don't know exactly why it's scary
A video suggestion, Levy: "Greek Gift Sacrifice". I'm quite fond of playing this in some games, but still don't have many interesting lines about it anywhere. Hope you can try this for an educational video, along with these awesome opening videos, of course!.
Wow. Watched the first five minutes. Paused to go try it out. Crushed my first opponent with a super satisfying checkmate from clear across the board. Danish gambit is here to stay in my arsenal... Thanks for the video!
Yeah, lazy from Levy not to cover this. Last time I played it my opponent sacked the bishop afterwards on f7 winning my queen, but then I could check him with my bishop winning his queen. He didn't see this and I was a bishop up.
In the 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 line covered at 4:29: As Levy says, ...Bb4 is critical and gives Black a good game with accurate play, but the line is tricky. A simpler way for Black to stay out of trouble is to give back one of the pawns with 5...d5!? 6. Bd5 Nf6. Black threatens ...Nxd5 to trade off the active bishop while remaining a pawn ahead, and White's attack disappears after any bishop retreat. There is one flashy continuation to remember: 7. Bxf7+! Kxf7! 8. Qxd8 ("Oh no, my queen!") Bb4+! regaining the queen. Here White avoids going a piece down with 9. Qd2! Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2. So after all the fireworks the position is even materially, but the pawn structure is very unbalanced, giving both sides winning chances. From the Black perspective, what I like about the position is: (a) Your typical Danish Gambit player wants to win the game in 20 moves and probably won't be happy with this position, where the queens have been traded and prospects are strong for a long endgame. (b) You have already seen this position and studied it a bit at home (right...?) and your opponent probably hasn't, so you should be better prepared.
All these theory videos after being out of chess for probably 14 years. I didnt realize there were names for all these opening I’m watching from your channel. So informative
Gotham, you are a genius. Most vids are from highly well-versed chess players with no personality. You, my man, are a very amiable chap and fun to listen to. You keep being amazing and thanks for all the knowledge. 🙏🙏
Hey Levy, good video! You told at the beginning there is a video of you teaching the Scotch, but I couldn't find it. Well, thanks for this one, you and John Bartholomew are making a great job here on RU-vid.
12:23 If you are a beginner you could also play D5 . Most beginners will play Knight to D4 and after C3 they lose the Knight. This happens more often then you might think.
I know this video was months ago but it has helped me move from 680-830 in Blitz. Having open boards/positions where you are more familiar with the lines just puts players at my level in very difficult positions. Most games, when accepted, end in wins for me.
Pretty new to chess, I've been beating the Emir bot (1000) maybe 25% of the time Finished this video and went straight on. Absolutely demolished him with the Danish gambit, it's incredible! Great video as ways Levy I'm learning so much
i watch few of levy's opening video, decide i like danish gambit, start studying it, and gone from 1150 to 1350 in 6 weeks. previously i always play e4, so when opponent refuse to cooperate in my gambit, i just play normal e4. but when they do cooperate, i usually do the triple gambit.
In the variation at 13:41 the only time I personally Queen trade is when I'm working on chasing a king down in the center since they can no longer castle, and at a 700 elo, the enemies won't be too accurate when dealing with being chased down in the center
a lot of these situations are quite similar to my beloved Morra gambit - just that it is the e pawn missing for black not the c pawn which seem to make it much more dangerous for black. I usually play the kings gambit after e5 - but this gambit looks worth to give it a try !
In the Danish declined danya proposed taking e5 and then after nxe5 you play nc3 and give black an opportunity to positional blunder with nf3 followed by f4 e5 kicking both knights and undeveloped blacks king knight like in the Vienna gambit
Please cover the muzio gambit (especially the double muzio gambit, 8. Bxf7), It is such an amazing gambit with so much that could go wrong for black. I never played someone who knew what to do against it, I'm rated 2000.
