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Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted
Overview
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D00 in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the position.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
It begins with 8 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
11 distinct sub-variations branch from this opening; prominent examples include Bogoljubow Defense, Euwe Defense, Gunderam Defense, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 20 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- D00
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 8
- Parent
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
- Direct variations
- 11
- Total in subtree
- 20
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Variations (11)
Show all 20 sub-variations (full subtree)
- D00 Bogoljubow Defense 10-ply
- D00 Euwe Defense 10-ply
- D00 Gunderam Defense 10-ply
- D00 Holwell Defense 10-ply
- D00 Kaulich Defense 10-ply
- D00 Pietrowsky Defense 10-ply
- D00 Ritter Defense 10-ply
- D00 Ryder Gambit 9-ply
- D00 Schlutter Defense 10-ply
- D00 Teichmann Defense 10-ply
- D00 Ziegler Defense 10-ply
- D00 Kloss Attack 15-ply
- D00 Mad Dog Attack 13-ply
- D00 Nimzowitsch Attack 13-ply
- D00 Studier Attack 15-ply
- D00 Zilbermints Gambit 17-ply
- D00 Stader Variation 14-ply
- D00 Ciesielski Variation 15-ply
- D00 Classical Variation 15-ply
- D00 Seidel-Hall Attack 15-ply