Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. d4/2...exd4/3. c3

=Danish Gambit= White chooses to play an aggressive game. By giving a two-pawn material advantage to his opponent, Black spends two moves to capture both of the pawns, and has to deal with a massive attack. Black has few choices here:


 * The most common move for Black to play here is to take the pawn, /3...dxc3/.
 * However, another common alternative is to safely decline the gambit and play /3...d5/ or /3...d6/.

Theory table
'''1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3'''