The Swedish player Hans Lindehn played 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 on a regular basis from 1857 and even defeated future World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz with it in London im 1864.
The gambit was popularized by the Danish player Martin S. From when he played it in the 1867 Paris tournament. I have experimented with the Danish Gambit Reversed (1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 e5 4. cxb7 Bxb7) in online Blitz games, but I don’t recommend it!
At one time the Danish was popular with attacking players like Marshall, Blackburne, Mieses and even Alekhine, but as good defensive lines were discovered, by the 1920s it had disappeared. Nobody plays it today.
The idea of the gambit traces back to the correspondence game between London and Edinburgh in 1824 which opened 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Qe7 6.0-0 dxc3 7.Nxc3.
Here is an early example of the Danish by Martin Severin Janus From (1828-1895) who is best known for creating the sharp From's Gambit against the Bird (1.f4 e5).
From was born in Nakskov, a small market town on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. He his schooling he entered the army as a volunteer during the Prussian–Danish War (February to October in 1864) and took part in the Battle of Fredericia on July 6,1849 which was win by the Dames.
After the war From settled in Copenhagen and was employed by the Statistical Bureau where he met Magnus Mollerstrom, then the strongest player in Copenhagen.
After that he worked in the central office for prison management, and in 1890 he became an inspector of the penitentiary of Christianshavn, an area if small islands. In 1891 he received the order Ridder af Dannebrog, the second highest of Danish orders.
From won a chess tournament in Copenhagen 1862. In 1865 he was elected President of the Copenhagen Chess Association and held that position for many years.
[Event "Copenhagen"] [Site "Copenhagen"] [Date "1867.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Martin From"] [Black "Emil Schallopp"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C21"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1867.??.??"] {C21: Danish Gambit} 1. e4 e5 (1... d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 e5 4. cxb7 Bxb7 5. Nc3 {Probably best, but white often plays 5.Bb5+ which is not especially dangerous to black.} Bc5 {I have played this sort of reversed Danish many times in online Blitz games with mixed results, but it;s not to be recommended in serious games!}) 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 {Black can decline the gambit with 3...d5 or the seldom played 3...Qe7 which is not only the engine's first choice, but ot also gives the best results statistically.} dxc3 {White's main choices are now 4.Nxc3 and 4.Bc4.} 4. Bc4 {Alekhine preferred 4.Nxc3 which often transposes into the Goring Gambit of the Scotch Game. The text move offers another P which black can decline transposing into the Goring Gambit.} cxb2 { Thus capture allows white's two Bs to aim at vlack's K. White often follow up with Qb3 if possible, applying pressure on b7- and f7 and, also, on the long diagonal which can make it difficult for black to develop his Bs.} 5. Bxb2 Nc6 (5... d5 6. Bxd5 (6. exd5 Nf6 7. Ne2 Bb4+ 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Qb3 Ba5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qf5 Bxf5 {0-1 Ledesma,J-Subramanian,A ICC INT 2009}) 6... Nc6) (5... Nh6 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Kf1 Bf8 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Qb3 Nd7 {is equal. Lucchetti,P (2221)-Collas,D (2354) Besancon FRA 1999}) 6. Nd2 { This is a but too passive. 6.N3 keeps the position about even.} Nf6 7. e5 { This results in a sharp tactical position that is somewhat in black's favor. Safer was 7.Ngf3.} Ng4 {A surprising move...the N cannot be taken.} 8. Bxf7+ ( 8. Qxg4 d5 9. Qg3 dxc4 {Black has a two P advantage and white is facing threats like ...Qd3 and ...Nb4 and so black is winning.}) 8... Kxf7 9. Qxg4 d5 {Black has an extra P, but his K is dangerously exposed, so the chances can be considered about equal, but as is often the case, the defender's task (in this case black's) is the more difficult.} 10. Qf4+ Ke8 {It's quite naural that he does not want to hem his R in with 10...Kg8, but it would be safer there than it is in the center.} 11. Ngf3 Bc5 {How can this developing move be wrong? But it is! He need to jeep pressure on white's e-Pawn.} (11... Qe7 12. a3 (12. O-O Qb4 {puts white in a difficult position.}) 12... Nd8 13. O-O Ne6 14. Qe3 c5 { Black is better because white has run out of attacking moves.}) 12. O-O { [%mdl 1024] White has compensation. fir his slight material deficit because of the precarious position of black's K.} Rf8 13. Qg3 g6 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Ne4 { [%mdl 8192] A horrible tactical mistake that should have lost!} ({There is no firced win, but this move keeos the initiative.} 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Ba3 Qxa3 18. Nxe6 {wuth the slightly better chances.}) 15... dxe4 {No doubt From was not expecting this.} 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {White has a Q vs R+B+P which in this case is more than enough compensation owing to his active position. Although it tool some time (50 moves or so) black scored 5 -0 in Shootouts.} 17. Ng5 {Black now misplays the attack on f2 captururing with the wrong piece.} Rxf2 {[%mdl 8192] The threat of a discivered check looks devastatingm but white can now launch a seriers of checks that culminate in a win! 17...Bxf2+ leaves white without a decent reply.} (17... Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Rd1+ 19. Rf1 Rdxf1# ) (17... Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Bxg3) (17... Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Bc4 20. Rc1 Rd2+ 21. Ke3 Re2+ 22. Kf4 h6 23. Nh7 g5+ 24. Kg3 Be6 {Black is winning.}) 18. Nxe6 Bb6 {He would still lost, but 18...Rf3+ is a stouter defense.} 19. Ng7+ Kf7 20. Rxf2+ Kxg7 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2+ Kxg7 22. e6+ {mates in 6} Rd4 23. Qf7+ Kh6 24. Bc1+ Rd2 25. Bxd2+ e3 26. Bxe3+ g5 27. Qf6+ Kh5 28. Qxg5#) 21. e6+ Kg8 {The threat is ...Rd1# but white has an easy way to meet it.} 22. Qb3 { Thus also threatens e7+} Ne7 23. Kf1 {The game is over.} e3 24. Rf7 Rd2 25. Rxe7 Rf2+ 26. Ke1 Ba5+ 27. Bc3 {Black resigned...white has a forced mate.} (27. Bc3 Kf8 28. Rxh7 Ke8 29. Qb5+ c6 30. Rh8+ Rf8 31. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 32. Ke2 Rxh8 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Qd7#) 1-0
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