The Greatest Danish Gambit Player

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🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications for more chess content and openings! :) Buy a chess.com membership: https://go.chess.com/SammyChess Follow me… SECOND CHANNEL: https://youtube.com/@SammyChess TWITCH: https://twitch.tv/sammychess X: https://twitter.com/SammyChess1 Jacques Mieses was a German-born British chess player. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. The Danish Gambit is a variation of the Center Game that is important enough to be treated on its own. White will sacrifice one or two pawns for the sake of rapid development and the attack. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:14 Marshall 05:35 Marshall 10:35 Pillsbury 15:20 Napier 19:32 Berger 24:39 Wolf 29:12 Albin Game 1: Jacques Mieses vs Frank James Marshall, Monte Carlo 1903 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d6 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O Be6 8. Bd5 Nf6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Nf4 Nd8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh5 c6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Qf3 Rg8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxf6 cxd5 17. exd5 Rg6 18. Qh8+ Kd7 19. Nc3 Bxd5 20. Qe8+ Kc7 21. Nxd5+ Kb8 22. Rac1 Nc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Rb1# 1-0 Game 2: Jacques Mieses vs Frank James Marshall, Hannover 1902 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d6 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nd5 Na5 9. Qg3 f6 10. Be2 c6 11. Nf4 Nh6 12. Qc3 b6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Nde6 Re8 16. Bh5 Bf8 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Nxf8 Qxe4+ 19. Ne2 Ba6 20. O-O-O Bxe2 21. Rd4 Qxg2 22. Re1 Rxf8 23. Rxe2 d5 24. Qe3 Nc4 25. Qe6+ Nf7 26. Rg4 Qf1+ 27. Re1 Qxf2 28. Re2 Qf1+ 29. Re1 Qf2 30. Re2 Qc5 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rg8+ 1-0 Game 3: Jacques Mieses vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Monte Carlo 1903 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nxc3 d6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Re1 c6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Qf3 f6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Rad1 Kd8 17. Rd6 Kc7 18. Qa3 Re8 19. Red1 Nb6 20. Qa5 Bf5 21. Nc5 Rad8 22. Qxa7 1-0 Game 4: Jacques Mieses vs William Ewart Napier, Hastings 1905 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Qc2 Be6 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Nf4 e5 13. Ne6 Qd7 14. Nxg7+ Kd8 15. Ne6+ Kc8 16. O-O Nb4 17. Qb3 Nxe4 18. Rfd1 Bh4 19. Qxb4 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Bb6 21. Rf1 Qe7 22. Bxe5 Qh4 23. Nf8 d5 24. Ng6 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 1-0 Game 5: Jacques Mieses vs Johann Nepomuk Berger, Vienna 1908 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d6 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nd5 Na5 9. Qg3 f6 10. Bb5 c6 11. Bc3 Ne7 12. Bxa5 Nxd5 13. exd5 cxb5 14. Ne2 Qf7 15. Qd3 b6 16. Bb4 a5 17. Ba3 b4 18. Qc4 Bb7 19. Nf4 Rc8 20. Qd4 Qd7 21. Bb2 Kf7 22. O-O Be7 23. Ne6 Qb5 24. Qg4 g6 25. Ng5+ Ke8 26. Bxf6 Qxd5 27. Rfe1 Rc7 28. Bxh8 h5 29. Qg3 h4 30. Qg4 Rc4 31. f4 1-0 Game 6: Jacques Mieses vs Heinrich Wolf, Vienna 1907 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Ne2 dxc3 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qxc3 Rc8 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qg3 Bb4+ 13. Nbc3 O-O 14. O-O Rc6 15. Rd1 Nc4 16. Qh3 Ncb6 17. Be3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qe7 19. Nd4 Rg6 20. Nf5 Qa3 21. Bd4 Nd5 22. Bxg7 Nf4 23. Qf3 Nxg2 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Kh1 Ne5 26. Qe4 Ng4 27. Qxg2 b5 28. Rg1 Ne3 29. Qe4 Nxf5 30. Qxf5 1-0 Game 7: Jacques Mieses vs Adolf Albin, Monte Carlo 1903 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Bf8 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Nd5 d6 10. h3 Na5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Nf4 f6 13. Nd4 Nf7 14. Bc3 b6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Nxc6 Qb6 17. Rc1 Ba6 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Nxa5 Bxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Qb2 21. Rb1 Ne5 22. Qd1 Qa3 23. Nc7+ Kd7 24. Qd5 Rc8 25. Qe6+ Kxc7 26. Rb7+ Kd8 27. Nc6+ Rxc6 28. Rb8+ 1-0 #chess