Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. d4/2...exd4/3. c3/3...dxc3/4. Bc4/4...cxb2/5. Bxb2/5...d5

Danish Gambit Accepted: Schlechter Defence
a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/8/3p4/2B1P3/8/PB3PPP/RN1QK1NR w
Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d5
Responses: 6. Bxd5 - Schlechter Defence 6. exd5 - Schlechter Defence

Danish Gambit Accepted: Schlechter Defence

By playing 5...d5, Black aggressively strikes back at the center, releasing the bishop to catch up in development, returning a pawn in the process. White main move is 6. Bxd5, and the main continuation is 6...Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxd8 Bb4+ 9. Qd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 with an equal position.

Alternatively after 6. Bxd5 Nf6, 7. Nc3?! is tried, but after 7...Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Nd7! (8...c6?? 9. Nf6+ gxf6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxf6+ and White wins an exchange) Black has an advantage as he is still up a pawn and has the bishop pair, but accurate play is needed.

Note that 6. exd5?! is inaccurate because the bishop on c4 is now blocked by its own pawn. After ...Nf6 and ...Bd6, Black's king is safe and White does not have compensation for Black's extra pawn.

	6	7	8	9	10	11
Schlechter Defence	Bxd5 Nf6	Bxf7+ Kxf7	Qxd8 Bb4+	Qd2 Bxd2+	Nxd2 Re8	Ngf3 Kg8	=
	...	Nc3?! Nxd5	Nxd5 Nd7	Nf3 c6	Ne3 Qa5+	Nd2 Qb5	-/+
	exd5?! Nf6	Nc3 Bd6	Nf3 O-O				-/+