Chess Openings: Learn to Play the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit!

[@stoutlager6325]

Awesome. And timely. I've been tinkering with this just recently.

[@TheChessGiant]

Glad to hear it! Super fun option for white! What other openings could I post on the channel that would be useful for you?

[@dennisharrell2236]

It took me a few days to get this watched, but it is already my favorite video on the BDG. You cover a couple of lines I've not seen in any other videos on the opening.

[@TheChessGiant]

Hey Dennis, glad you enjoyed it brotha and found it helpful! Ya the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is a super fun option for white, and with experience you will continue to improve in it. Sort of like the Smith-Morra Gambit in that way. Again, thanks for the kind words Dennis and more on the way!

[@theimperfectguitarist974]

Waiting for this to crush the Scandinavian and caro kann tartakower players!😂 (Scandinavian : E4 D5 D4) (Caro kann : E4 C6 D4 D5 nc3 dxe4 f3)

[@TheChessGiant]

Love it! Ya man, I especially like the idea of playing 2. d4 against the Scandi 😂

[@Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol]

@@TheChessGiant I've been playing this against scandi since like forever, because I don't like my piece formation in any of the scandi lines. It always feels like my pieces are discoordinated, doing their own thing. With this gambit I get structure similar to von henning gambit and sorta similar to scotch gambit, both of which are in my repertoire.

[@prakasavigraha6104]

I already saw a video on the Blackmar Deimer gambit because I wanted something to counter the Scandi. I have to say though, this video covered more lines than that one, in about the same time. Big thumbs up Solomon.

[@TheChessGiant]

Glad you liked this one brotha and thanks for the kind words. And ya the Blackmar-Diemar is a very strong option, with it taking quite a bit of work for the Scandinavian player to know how to respond.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel3102]

as BOTH a scandinavian AND gedult (3.f3 4.Nxf3) player, I can attest that BDG is WAY better. I used to play tennison myself, but if you don't fall for it, it's not a threat. I eat tennisons up. I just take on e4 and defend with Nf6. (...Bg5 is "better", but the knight on f6 is much better for attacks if white plays f3. i immediately take happy that I've wrecked white's 0-0 options. I do well against BDGs too, but not as much as tennison. it's the cramping 2.e5 push and early d4s that drive me nuts in the scandinavian. i eat OTHER attackers up generally, because I'm a PURE positionally stupid attacker who despises pawns. I'm a better attacker than most. last time I checked, 1 in 5 of my wins were under 20.

[@stonemwala9820]

After finishing dis vid I feel a like Gm to beat magus n get the world title.kudos you Sir

[@TheChessGiant]

Yessir! Glad to help, glad you liked it! Unless your opponents really know the theory (which most don't), the Blackmar-Diemer is an extremely dangerous gambit that can get you quick and easy wins.

[@Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol]

Damn bro, you going for it with the crazy gambits, I love it but make sure you keep some for later content. There ain't infinite number of openings and you are known to be that "opening teaching guy".

[@TheChessGiant]

Hey Michal! Happy to hear you are enjoying the videos and appreciate you helping me play the "long game." My goal is to eventually cover every single chess opening on earth (it is going to take a LONG time) and then expanding to other parts of the game as well.

[@jinzjuunanagou]

Awesome video. I think I will start playing this. My favorite opening I put a lot of study in is the Colle-Zuckertort. Try it out.

[@TheChessGiant]

Super glad to hear you enjoyed it! Ya it's a fun opening and so is the Colle-Zukertort. I should make a video on this soon!

[@jeremaj7513]

Good to see a video about blackmar, was wondering when you make one. im a e4 player but i play d4 in blitz. Blackmar against d5 and trompowsky against nf6. Great blitz repertoire, but not really for a longer game. Love your videos keep it up. 😇👌🏻

[@TheChessGiant]

Hey Jeremaj! Glad you enjoyed it! The Trompowsky is also a great opening - definetely need to make a video on this soon. And ya, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is more stressful for white than anything else in longer time controls. But, blitz? Give me the Blackmar-Diemer all day - puts a ton of pressure on black as they are usually not that comfortable and we have a big edge in attacking chances.

[@jeremaj7513]

@@TheChessGiant Yes! Video about Trompowsky would be good idea. 👌🏻

[@TheChessGiant]

Hey Jeremaj, here is the link to the premiere! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4bJfoeXgt-Dl7M

[@iainbozfelt]

Cannot find anything on the ' Winged dragon ' which is a Chessable course with a Sicilian using the wing pawn. There are no videos and maybe its not great but - just saying...

[@towkirshuvo97]

Please make a video covering everything about the Ryder Gambit variation. Although it involves sacrificing 2 pawns but still I think this opening is GREAT because you go FAR AHEAD in development for the cost of 2 pawns. I like playing it a lot. But I don't know how to continue the best way if the opponent plays the best moves and don't fall in the trap. So please guide about that. I want to know everything about the Ryder Gambit.

[@TheChessGiant]

I will add this to the list Towkir! Ya the Ryder is a lot of fun I'd love to make a video on it. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@brandvi45]

I’d like to see a video on the Ryder gambit in the blackmar diemer, it has some powerful traps and attacks which deviate from the main line

[@jeremaj7513]

The ryder gambit is losing if black knows what he is doing and it only really has one trap.

[@brandvi45]

@@jeremaj7513 would the average player be prepared to face a Ryder gambit unless they knew their opponent plays it?

[@jeremaj7513]

@@brandvi45Good player is prepared. If someone plays d5 against d4 they will have something they do against blackmar. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I myself play nf6 and im ready for london and trompowsky and everything else white can do, and not only for c4 what is the main move. Thats how studying openings work. Also black doesnt need to accept the ryder gambit or go for any nonsense. Just saying, ofc it works if black has never faced blackmar or does not study openings.👍🏻

[@brandvi45]

@@jeremaj7513 but not accepting the gambit leads to a near drawn position especially if c6 or g6 is played. The whole point of playing unorthodox openings is that you know more about it than your opponent

[@stoutlager6325]

@@brandvi45 The problem is black doesn't need to know any theory to avoid the Halosar trap. After 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd4 6. Be3 you want black to move the queen to b4 (attacking the b2 pawn) to get the trap going. In my experience this move is rarely played. More often you get Qg4 (offering queen trade) and Qh4+, or even queen all the way back to d8. All of those avoid the Halosar. It's too bad as the Halosar is a very satisfying trap to land with all the threats it involves for the next several moves. I don't mind dubious traps but if they can be defended without even knowing you're avoiding a trap to begin with, they're not so good.

[@alancoe1002]

The games of Emil Diemer are full of many branches of this opening, (as well as playing against it). Tim Sawyer has written more than one instructive book and many articles about it. Thanks, Solomon, for distilling this 'nice surprise' for opponents expecting a more fashionable London. Cheers, buddy.

[@TheChessGiant]

Didn't know that! You never fail to teach me something about chess history I hadn't heard before Alan. Have a Merry Christmas!

[@mikethomas6566]

Nice coverage of the BDG! May have missed it but would you recommend against 1…Nf6 for the BDG player? Trompowsky, Jobava London or the ‘Paleface Attack’? Thanks!

[@TheChessGiant]

Hey Mike! All great openings for white, excited to make these. I would give point you towards one of these but they are all fun. Hopefully I can crank these out for you sooner than later.

[@BlueTS777]

1. d4 nf6 2. nc3 d5 3. e4 and youre in the BDG again :D

[@TheChessGiant]

Hey Mike! Here is one of the three openings you suggested! Jobava London and Paleface Attack on the way! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4bJfoeXgt-Dl7M

[@justanotheryoutubechannel3102]

1.e4 d5 2.d4 is WHY I'm looking to learn the BDG! The only other "anti-scandinavian gambit" is the tennison gambit, which WILL surprise a scandinavian player the first time they see it IF you play the less sound 1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 dxe5 3.Ng5 (3.Ne5 is better), but the BDG is more sound. As a scandinavian player, I NEVER see the BDG and have only played 2 tennison players. it's a nice way to surprise scandinavians, but honestly, 1.e4 d5 2.e5 is what drives ME nuts. I can't wait to learn the BDG (via 1.d4 to start) as a 2200 player I knew actually BEAT deep blue with it in a blitz game! I forget what the opening is called, but if all 4 pawns are in the center 1.d4 d5 2.e4 e5, then 3.dxe5 dxe4? 4.Qxd1+! takes black's castling rights away. i actually BEAT chessmaster (tal personality) as a lowly 1450 when I questioned allowing the trade as black and switched sides telling tal to "prove it" and he didn't.

[@TheChessGiant]

Ya I played the Scandinavian in my tournament days for about 3-4 years or so. I also barely so the Tennison or BDG in OTB play or online. I as well had a really hard time with 2. e5 those as I often felt I was always reaching some version of the Caro-Kann Defense/French Defense with that. I should make some more content more Scandinavian players honestly. What is your go to in the main line? Do you play 2. ...Nf6 or capture with the queen and throw it right over to a5? Gubinsky Melts? And nice work on that big win! That's great. Also wow your friend played Deep Blue that's super dope.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel3102]

@@TheChessGiant I'm a 2...Nf6 player. MOST of my 90% plus accurate games are in the scandinavian, probably modern variation, but I just hate facing 2...d4, 3...e5 and 3...d4. I'd be playing rousseu/luccini, calabrese, jaenish schliemann if I could, but calabrese theory is sooooo daunting with little advantage available, and it's as common as rousseau to face. I like open attacking games so hypermoderns, and central pushes, especially on d drive me nuts. that's why I love the hartlaub charlick against 1.d4... it gives me a chance at rapid development with open e & d files. I remember begging for that EXACT gambit a decade back.