Blackmar-Diemer Gambit · D00
Lemberger Countergambit, Endgame Variation
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5
The d-file is fully open.
The first 4 moves, explained
- 1. d4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e5, and frees the bishop and queen.
- 1... d5 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e4, and frees the bishop and queen.
- 2. e4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling d5, and frees the bishop and queen. The pawn is genuinely on offer - this is the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: development and initiative over material.
- 2... dxe4 Takes the pawn on e4, toward the centre and opens the d-file for the queen.
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Where this fits
This line is one of 18 in the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. If you want to know where your own games leave it, the guide on leaving theory explains how that is found.