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White: Jerry
Black: Gary
11/8/05
12:10-12:50
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3.c4 d5
White offers another pawn using what is known as the Danish Gambit. Black declines it, deciding instead to protect his d pawn with the one from e.

2.d4 cxd4
White wants to keep a classical center, but Black doesn’t want him to. He accepts White’s gambit and takes the pawn, leaving White with the problem of deciding how to capture Black’s d4 pawn.

1.e4 c5
White wants to control the center of the board with pawn to e4. But, Black isn’t interested in occupying the center, he wants to control the center from a distance.