Good or Bad Gambit? by Gary Pylant
BDG: Blackmar-Diemer gambit

The Blackmar-Diemer is a good way to play an aggressive game for White.  Most chess players think it is not top notch enough for GM play.  Other players will claim that they have won countless games as White.

As a player I have always declined the BDG as Black by playing either the French or Caro-Kann.  The general idea for best play for Black is just to accept the gambit and play and early e5 or c6 at sometime to nullify White's attempts of playing pawn pushes to d5.  See some victories by Black: BDG defeats.

Here are some recent games with the BDG.   
Ron Minor(1909) - banzaifish(1860) ICC Game, March 22, 2012  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 c6 6. Be3 Nd5 7. Bd2 Be6
8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nge2 N7f6 10. Ne4 Bg4 11. Qf2 Qd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ng3 O-O-O
14. O-O Qxd4 15. Be3 Qa4 16. b3 Qb4 17. a3 Qd6 18. Bxa7 Be6 19. Bc5 Qb8 20.
h3 Nd7 21. Be3 f6 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nd4 Bf7 24. a4 e5 25. Nb5 cxb5 26. axb5 Bd5
27. c4 e4 28. cxd5 exd3 29. Rfc1+ Nc5 30. Bxc5 Kd7 31. Qxf6 Re8 32. Bb6 Bd6
33. Qf3 d2 34. Qg4+ Ke7 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Rf1+ Kg7 37. Bd4+ Be5 38. Qd7+ Kh6
39. Be3+ g5 40. Ra4 Bf4 41. Bxf4 gxf4 42. Raxf4 Qxf4 43. Rxf4 d1=Q+ 44. Kh2
Qa1 45. Rh4+ Kg6 46. Rg4+ Kh6 47. Qd6+ Kh5 48. Qb4 Qe5+ 49. Rg3 Rhg8 50. Qc3
Qxg3+ 51. Qxg3 Rxg3 52. Kxg3 Rd8 53. Kf4 Rxd5 54. g4+ Kg6 55. h4 Rxb5 56.
h5+ Kf7 57. g5 Rxb3  0-1


Ron Minor(1851) - realchess(1761) ICC Game, March 13, 2012  
Blackmar-Diemer gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd4 6. Be3 Qb4 7. O-O-O
Bg4 8. Nb5 Nbd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qxb8+ Nxb8 11. Nxc7#  1-0


Edgar Davison(1904) - Roy Nilsson(1837)   City Championship,  March 09, 2012, round 7
Blackmar-Diemer: Euwe defense

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. h4 Nxc5 12. Bxf6 Nxd3+ 13. Rxd3 Bxf6
14. Ne4 b6 15. Nxf6+  0-1


Ron Minor(1882) - Chesslion50(1738) ICC Game, February 16, 2012  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. O-O-O Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 Nb4 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. a3 Na6
14. Be4 Rb8 15. Ne5 c5 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. dxc5+ Ke8 18. b4 f5 19. Bf3 Kf7 20.
Bf4 Rbd8 21. Bxb7 Nb8 22. c6 1-0


Gary Pylant - chijeros  ICC Game, February 14, 2012  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Bg5 Qxd4 7. Rd1 Qg4
8. Qxg4 Nxg4 9. Rd8# 1-0


Ron Minor(1889) - The13thTribe(1658) ICC Game, February 08, 2012  
Blackmar-Diemer gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. Qh5 exd4 5. Bc4 Qf6 6. Nd5 Qc6 7. Bb5
1-0


Ron Minor(2003) - bshribharath(1848) ICC Game, February 02, 2012  
Blackmar-Diemer gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 Bf5 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3
Bxc2 8. Qxb7 Nd7 9. Bb5 Bf5 10. Qd5 Be6 11. Qe4 g6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Ng5 Bf5
14. Qd5 O-O 15. O-O Nb6 16. Qc5 Bd7 17. Bc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 e6 19. Nf3 Rb8 20.
a4 Bf6 21. Bh6 Re8 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rb6 24. Rf6 Bc6 25. Qe2 Qb8 26.
Raf1 Rb2 27. Qg4 Rxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qb2+ 30. R1f2 Qxc3 31. Rxf7
Qc6+ 32. Kg3 Qc3+ 33. Kg4 Qd4+ 34. R2f4 Qc5 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rff7 Qd4+ 37.
Bf4 h5+ 38. Kg5 Qd8+ 39. Kh6 c5 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rfg7+ Kf8 42. Rh8# 1-0


Gary Pylant - sc2000  ICC Game, January 23, 2012  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Nc6 6. Qxf5 e6 7. Qb5 Rb8
8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Qd6
14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Kb1 a6 16. Qg5 Qe6 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. b3 h6 19. Qf5 Nxd3 20.
Qxd3 b5 21. Rhe1 Qf6 22. Qd4 Qg6 23. Ne5 Qb6 24. Qxb6 cxb6 25. Nd7 1-0


Gary Pylant - slowhand  ICC Game, January 19, 2012  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Bg4 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. Nb5
Rc8 8. Bf4 e5 9. dxe5 Rb8 1-0


Ron Minor(1982) - nightly(1725) ICC Game, January 16, 2012  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 c6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Qf2 e6 8.
Bd3 Bb4 9. Nf3 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Qc7 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Qh7#  1-0


Ron Minor(1982) - Engevik(1694) ICC Game, January 05, 2012  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bb3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c3
Be4 15. Qf2 f5 16. Qe2 fxg4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 gxh3 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20.
Kh2 Qh4 21. Rf1 Qe7 22. Bd4 c5 23. Qxe4 cxd4 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qg8# 1-0


Ron Minor(1937) - zharla(1708) ICC Game, December 30, 2011  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nge2 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxf7#  1-0


Ron Minor(1886) - gd5(1606) ICC Game, December 25, 2011  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d5 Nb4 5. a3 Na6 6. f3 exf3 7. Nxf3 Bg4 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Ne5 Nc5 11. b4 Na4 12. Nxa4 Bxa4 13. O-O b5 14. Ba2
Qd6 15. Bf4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne4 17. Qg4 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Qd7# 1-0


Gary Pylant - mrg318 ICC Game, December 23, 2011  
Blackmar-Diemer gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Bg4 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. Nb5
Rc8 8. Bf4 e5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. Qxc8+ 1-0


Ron Minor(1882) - Datwinnik(1688) ICC Game, December 23, 2011  
Blackmar-Diemer gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 c6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Qf2 e6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Nb6 10. O-O Nbd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. c3 O-O 15. Ng3 Bh4 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Nf5 Bg5 18. Qg3 g6 19. Ne3 Bh4 20.
Qf3 Qd6 21. g3 Bg5 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. h4 Bd8 24. Ng4 Bc7 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26.
Nxe8 Qxg3+ 27. Qxg3 Bxg3 28. Rxe6 Bxh4 29. Nd6 f5 30. Re8 1-0


Ron Minor(1944) - wasp(1763) ICC Game, December 05, 2011  
Blackmar-Diemer gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 e3 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bxe3 Bb4 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. c3 Bd6 13. f4 Na5 14. Bd3 b6
15. b4 Nc6 16. N2g3 Bb7 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Qxh6 f5 20. Nh5 f6 21.
Rf3 Qh7 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qxf6 Qf7 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. d5 exd5
27. Re1+ Ne7 28. Rg7 Qf8 29. Qg6+ Kd8 30. Qh7 d4 31. cxd4 Qf6 32. Rgxe7 Bxe7
33. Bxf5 Qxd4+ 34. Kh1 Qd6 35. Qg8+ Bf8 36. Qf7 Bc6 37. Bg4 Bd7 38. Rd1 Qe7
39. Rxd7+ 1-0


Ron Minor(1933) - bshribharath(1708) ICC Game, November 24, 2011  
Blackmar-Diemer gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 c6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Qf2 e6 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qh4 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Bh5 13. Nge4 Bg6 14.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 e5 17. Ne2 Qb4 18. a3 Qd6 19. Bg5 Bxd3 20.
cxd3 Qxd3 21. Nc3 h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rad1 Qc2 24. Rc1 Qxb2 25. Qh3+ Kb8
26. Rb1 Qxa3 27. Ra1 Qb4 28. Ra4 Qe7 29. Qe3 a6 30. Rb1 Ka8 31. Qb6 Nd5 32.
Rxa6+ bxa6 33. Qxa6+ 1-0


Pylant - Brainy ICC Game, November 15, 2011  
French: Burn variation

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Ng3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rad1 Nd5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfe1 Nf4 16. Qe4 Nd5 17. c4 Ndb4 18. a3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rad8 20.
axb4 c5 21. Nc6 Rxd1 22. Nxe7+ 1-0


Ron Minor(1836) - ah1234ez(1697) ICC Game, November 14, 2011  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd4 6. Be3 Qg4 7. Qf2 Ne4
8. Nxe4 Qxe4 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Bb5 Bf5 11. Nf3 a6 12. Ng5 Qxc2+ 13. Qxc2 Bxc2
14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Kxc2 g6 16. Rhf1 f6 17. Ne6 Rc8 18. Bf4 Kf7 19. Rfe1 Bg7
20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxe7+ Kf8 22. Rdd7 g5 23. Be3 Re8 24. Rf7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+
Kf8 26. Rdf7# 1-0


Ron Minor(1903) - DilanDog(1632) ICC Game, November 10, 2011  round 1
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Bg4 6. Qxb7 Nbd7 7. Nb5
Qc8 8. Qxa8 1-0


Gary Pylant(1718) - Jim Culhane(1229)   Game in 29, October 28, 2011  round 3
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 f5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Bc4 e5 7. fxe4 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Bb3 Be6 14.
Bxe6 Qxe6 15. exf5 Qb6 16. Kh1 O-O-O 17. c3 Ng4 18. Qd3 Rhe8 19. Rf4 h5 20.
h3 Re3 21. Qd2 Bd6 22. hxg4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Rg3 24. Nfe6 Rh8 25. g5 h4 26. Qf4
Qc6 27. Nxc6 1-0




Ron Minor(1916) - smsxman(1420) ICC Game, November 03, 2011  round 4
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Qf3 e6 7. Nxe4 Bxe4
8. Qxe4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bxc6+  1-0




Jonathan Beatty(1722) - Roy Nilsson(1724)    Memphis Summer Open, July 23, 2011  round 3
Blackmar gambit

1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bg5 e3 6. Bxe3 e6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Nd5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O c6 12. g4 Bg6 13. h4 f6 14. a3
Bd6 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. Rdg1 Nd7 17. h5 Nb6 18. Nh3 Nc4 19. Qf2 Re8 20. Bf4
Bxf4+ 21. Nxf4 Qd6 22. Nd3 Re3 23. Nd1 Re7 24. f4 Rae8 25. Nc3 Be6 26. f5
Bc8 27. h6 b5 28. Qh4 Ne3 29. Qh5 Bd7 30. Re1 Qg3 31. Reg1 Ng2 32. Kb1 Qf3
33. Nc5 Nf4 34. Qh2 Ne2 35. hxg7 Nxc3+ 36. bxc3 Rxg7 37. Rg3 1-0




Gary Pylant(1707) - Chase Knowles(1579)  Friday Night Tornado! March 06, 2009
Blackmar-Diemer gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 e6 5. fxe4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Nf3 Qf4 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. g3 Qd6 11. Bg2 b6 12. e5 Qd7 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 Bb7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Qd5 17. Nh4 Qb5 18. a3 Na5 19. Bf1 Qd5 20.
Bg2 Qb5 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qf3+ Kb8 23. Qc3 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Nf3 b5 26.
Ka2 a5 27. c3 a4 28. Rd3 Na5 29. Red1 Rd5 30. Nd2 c5 31. Nf3 c4 32. Re3 Rhd8
33. Rf1 R5d7 34. Nd2 Re8 35. Ne4 Nb7 36. Ref3 Ree7 37. R3f2 Kc7 38. Rd2 Rd5
39. Rdf2 Rdd7 40. Rf4 g5 41. Rf6 1:0




Ron Minor(2046) - TerryMalloy(2036) ICC 45 5, July 08, 2007  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 Bf5 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nd6 7. Bf4 e6 8.
Bxd6 Bxd6 9. O-O-O Qg5+ 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h3 Nc6 12. g4 Bxc2+ 13. Kxc2 Nb4+ 14.
Kb1 c5 15. a3 a5 16. h4 Qe7 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bd3 f5 20. gxf5 exf5
21. Nh3 Qe6 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bc2 Qa2+ 24. Kc1 Rfc8 25. Kd2 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2  1-0




Ron Minor(2050) - TCompher(1690) ICC tourney 303348 (20 5), July 09, 2007  
Blackmar gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd4 6. Be3 Qb4 7. O-O-O Bg4
8. Nb5 Na6 9. Qxb7 Bxd1 10. Nxc7+ Kd7 11. Bb5+ Kd6 12. Nxa6 Qe4 13. Qc7+ Ke6
14. Nc5+ 1-0




Ron Minor(2059) - NoSynapse(2137) ICC 45 5, October 21, 2007  
BDG

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. h3 Nbd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14.
Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 e6 17. Rhf1 Nd7 18. Kb1 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3
Rfd8 21. h4 Rac8 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nb5 f5 24. Bc7 Rf8 25. Bd6 Rf7 26. Ba3 Rc6
27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nxb7 Rb8 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Bf8 31. Bxa7 Ra8 32. Bc5 Bxc5
33. dxc5 Rxc5 34. Rde1 Kf7 35. Rh1 Ra6 36. Rh7+ Kg6 37. Reh1 f4 38. g4 fxg3 39.
R7h3 Ra4 40. Rxg3 Rf4 41. b3 d4 42. b4 Rc3 43. Rhg1 Rxg3 44. Rxg3 Kf5 45. b5
Rh4 46. Kc1 g4 47. b6 Rh8 48. Kd2 Rb8 49. Rb3 Ke4 50. Ke2 Kd5 51. a4 Kc6 52. a5
Kb7 53. Kf2 Ka6 54. Kg3 Kxa5 55. b7 Ka6 56. Kxg4 Rxb7 57. Rd3 e5 58. Kf5 Re7
59. Ke4 Kb5 60. Rh3 Kc4 61. Ra3 Re8 62. Ra5 Rh8 63. Rxe5 Rh2 64. Kf3 Rxc2 65.
Re8 Kd3 66. Ra8 Rc3 67. Ra2 Rc1 68. Ra3+ Rc3 69. Ra2 Kc4+ 70. Ke2 Rh3 71. Ra8
Rh2+ 72. Kd1 Kd3 73. Ra3+ Ke4 74. Rg3 Rf2 75. Rh3 Kd5 76. Rg3 Kc4 77. Rh3 d3
78. Rh8  1/2-1/2






Ron Minor(1880) - nursey(1707) ICC 45 5, October 21, 2007  
BDG

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. Qh5 Qxd4 5. Be3 Qb4 6. Qxe5+ Be6 7. Qxc7 Qxb2
8. Rb1 Qxc2 9. Qxb7 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qc8 11. Qxa8 Nc6 12. Qxc8+ Bxc8 13. Bb5 Bb7
14. Bxc6+ Bxc6 15. Rb8+ 1-0
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