BDG 101

Submitted by KingLeopold on Mon, 03/31/2008 at 10:38pm.

The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is an aggressive opening for White where White sacrifices a centre pawn (e-pawn) to open lines for attack with rapid development of his pieces. For the pawn Black trades off tempi as he breaks one of the principles in the opening which is: not to go pawn hunting if all the dogs arn't let loose out of the pen. In other words, development of pieces is more important then pawns in the opening.

Let's take a look at the start of the BDG, (D1)

After the moves 1.d4 d5 2.e4!? dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 Black is faced with moving his d-pawn a third time by either capturing f3 (BDG Accepted) or by moving it to e3 (BDG Declined).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If he decides to leave it on e4 and play another move such as  4...e5 he can quickly land in trouble with, (D2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now let's take a look at the BDG Accepted Teichmann Variation (D3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is an example of one of my games against an 2100 rated player on ICC (D4)






















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read:

Part 2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/bdg-101-part-2 

Part 3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/bdg-101-part-3

Part 4 http://www.chess.com/article/view/bdg-101-part-4


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Comments:

by ICMike - 5 months ago
Portland United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 8

Great comments and overview.....very helpful!

 


by laxmynarain - 5 months ago
Gainesville, Florida United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 7

Thanks for the analysis KingLeopold...in your variation,

"2.c3 Kxh7 3.Bxf8 Rxf8 4.Qxg6+ Kh8 5.Qh7#"

blacks 3..Rxf8 would be suicide wouldn't it??? Instead Kg8 would lead to equality of pieces for black...although with a very poor position on board...correct me if I'm wrong...

anyways...BDG definitely looks good for white in this game... 


by KingLeopold - 5 months ago
Scottsdale, AZ. United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 310

instead of 6.kxf7 what happens if black plays Bf6

 

Then Rxh7 with the idea of Qxg6 if after 1.Rxh7 Black plays Nf8 we have this posible line 2.c3 Kxh7 3.Bxf8 Rxf8 4.Qxg6+ Kh8 5.Qh7#


by laxmynarain - 5 months ago
Gainesville, Florida United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 7
just wondering....instead of 6.kxf7 what happens if black plays Bf6, with the intention of capturing the Rook at f7 in the next move as well as supporting the e6 pawn
by pamaretti - 5 months ago
quezon city Philippines
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 12
cool very educatuonal but it is much better if we can read the comments and i like to see what will the white do if 4....e3
by TomUm14 - 5 months ago
Boston United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 2
Cool stuff...my only issue is if black plays 3...Nc6 instead of Nf6, the entire opening is shot to shit and white could potentially end up in a tricky position. What would you play to counter Nf6 after already giving up the e pawn??
by matzleeach - 6 months ago
Chicago IL United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 595
interesting indeed. I'm going to look into this opening. thanks
by HannibalHK - 6 months ago
Hong Kong
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 6
Thanks, mate~ it is brilliant! i will try it~
by silentmp - 6 months ago
Minnesota United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 28
Love it thankyou
by spiraldomain - 6 months ago
Singapore Singapore
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 9

I must try this out, grrreat! 


by Lurkypawn - 6 months ago
Cartagena Colombia
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 8
great!!
by farbror - 6 months ago
Uppsala Sweden
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 1216

 

Excellent!! Very Good!


by deadpoetic - 6 months ago
Elk Grove CA United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 440
wow thank you for this... could u maybe space out ur boards a little more? some of the comments are blocked by the boards below them, but i understand the moves for the most part... ima try this, thanks again
 

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