Editing Latvian Gambit (section)

===3.d4===
White's 3.d4 followed by 3...fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5.Bg5 d6 leads, as usual, to sharp play. White often offers a piece {{chessgloss|sacrifice}} with either 6.Nc3!? or 6.Nd2!?, but Black seems to have adequate resources against both.<ref>Kosten 2001, pp. 199-209.</ref>

Black's best response is considered to be 3...fxe4.

Sample Continuation #1 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5.Be2 d6 6.Nc4 Be6 7.Ne3 d5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0

Common mistake  8.'''O-O?''' c5!

Sample Continuation #2 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5.Be2 d6 6.Ng4 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Bg5 c6 10.O-O Bf5

<em>Assessment</em>: Black has a better pawn structure, and better bishops. Few openings give you such a good position after just 10 moves.