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Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

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Overview

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D00, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.

The line arises from 3 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. e4.

The line is a first-level refinement of Queen's Pawn Game.

The line has 8 documented children — Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Blackmar Gambit, Diemer-Rosenberg Attack, and others being widely played.

Counted recursively, this branch covers 46 sub-variations at all depths.

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ECO code
D00
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
3
Parent
Queen's Pawn Game
Direct variations
8
Total in subtree
46

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Variations (8)

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