Dr. Arthur William Ryder was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1877. A century later, the US Championship was held in Oberlin (1975). According to Kenneth Rogoff who competed there, William Tevis attended the event. The “modest hall” at the college gave Tevis an idea for a scene used in his famous “Queen’s Gambit” novel.
Ryder studied at Harvard and then Leipzig. While in Germany he won a short “BDG” with 5.Qxf3. Later Dr. Ryder taught at Berkeley where he became one of the strongest chess players in California. The Ryder Gambit offers two pawns in exchange for a tricky and trappy opening. White often wins quickly or gets crushed in an ugly game. In theory, Black’s most aggressive approach is 5…Qxd4 6.Be3 Qg4. This game saw a secondary choice (6...Qb4) work well for Normand. I analyze some critical lines.
My Blackmar-Diemer Tactics with 500 combinations and mates.
Normand (1921) - joffre1418 (1922), Rated Correspondence game lichess, 23.12.2020 begins 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 Qxd4 6.Be3 Qb4 7.0–0–0 e6 [7...e5 8.Nb5 Na6 9.Qg3 Ng4 10.a3 Qe4 11.Bd2 Bc5 12.Nc3 Qg6 13.h3=] 8.Nb5 Bd6 [8...Qa5 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Be3 Bc5 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.Qa3 Qxa3 13.Nxc7+ Ke7 14.bxa3+=] 9.a3 Qa5 [9...Qh4 10.Nh3 0–0 11.Bg5 Qe4 12.Bxf6 Qxf3 13.gxf3 gxf6 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.Rxd6=] 10.b4 Qa4 [10...Qa6? 11.Nxd6+ cxd6 12.Bxa6+- wins the queen.]
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