playing the danish gambit

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The danish gambit is a fun opening whereas initiative attacks are likely to occur.

[Event "Rated game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/7E42co3T"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[White "bitsignal"]
[Black "arbbus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish Gambit Accepted, Copenhagen Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

  1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Bb4+ { C21 Danish Gambit Accepted, Copenhagen Defense } 6. Kf1 Nh6? { (-0.07 → 2.87) Mistake. Best move was Nf6. } (6... Nf6 7. e5 d5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qa4 Be7 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qa3 Be7 13. Qg3) 7. Bxg7 Qg5? { (2.83 → 5.26) Mistake. Best move was Rg8. } (7... Rg8 8. Bxh6 Qf6 9. Qf3 Qg6 10. h4 d5 11. Bxd5 Bg4 12. Qb3 Qxh6 13. Qxb4 Qc1+ 14. Qe1) 8. Bxh8 f6 9. Nf3 Qg6? { (5.54 → 6.58) Mistake. Best move was Qc5. } (9... Qc5) 10. Nbd2?! { (6.58 → 5.92) Inaccuracy. Best move was e5. } (10. e5 d5) 10... Nf7? { (5.92 → 8.06) Mistake. Best move was Nc6. } (10... Nc6 11. e5) 11. Bxf7+? { (8.06 → 5.56) Mistake. Best move was Nh4. } (11. Nh4) 11... Qxf7 12. e5 Bc3? { (5.57 → 7.43) Mistake. Best move was f5. } (12... f5 13. Bf6 h6 14. a3 Bc5 15. Qc2 b6 16. Nh4 d6 17. Re1 Nc6 18. exd6+ Kf8 19. Bb2) 13. Rc1?! { (7.43 → 6.60) Inaccuracy. Best move was exf6. } (13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qg7 16. Nfg5 Ke7 17. Rc1 Nc6 18. Qh5 d6 19. Nxh7 Be6) 13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bxe5 d6 16. Bg3? { (6.40 → 4.81) Mistake. Best move was Bxd6. } (16. Bxd6 Nc6 17. Qe2+ Qe6 18. Bxc7 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Be6 20. Ne4 Kf8 21. Rhd1 Re8 22. f3 Kg7) 16... Be6?! { (4.81 → 5.72) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nc6. } (16... Nc6 17. Qe2+ Be6 18. Ne4 h6 19. Bh4 Kd7 20. Nf6+ Kc8 21. Kg1 a5 22. h3 Kb8 23. Kh2) 17. Qa4+?! { (5.72 → 4.97) Inaccuracy. Best move was Nf3. } (17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Ng5 Qf5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qh5+ Qg6 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. h4 Kg7) 17... Nc6 18. Rxc6? { (4.98 → 3.77) Mistake. Best move was Ne4. } (18. Ne4 O-O-O 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. f3 Qe3 22. Qc4 Qd2 23. h4 Qb2 24. h5 Kb8) 18... bxc6?? { (3.77 → 8.88) Blunder. Best move was Qd7. } (18... Qd7) 19. Qxc6+ Bd7? { (8.64 → 24.72) Mistake. Best move was Ke7. } (19... Ke7 20. Bh4+) 20. Qxa8+ Ke7 21. Bh4+ Ke6?! { (22.08 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qf6. } (21... Qf6 22. Qe4+) 22. Qe4# { Black is checkmated } 1-0