Play Chess Openings: January 2022

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Blackmar Poehlmann 3...f5 Stead

Kerry Stead wins a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 3…f5 Poehlmann Variation. The same line may be reached via a Dutch Defence after 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4. During the past year, I scored 34-1 as White vs 3...f5 in blitz games. Kerry Stead of Australia developed a promising attack. White won when he found a winning tactical combination.

Here is a book with 42 annotated BDG games I played in 2021. Hope you like them.
Chess Strategy Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

Stead (1978) – Zaichenko (2104), Titled Tuesday chess.com 11.01.2022 begins 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 f5 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bg5 [Another good approach is 7.Qe2.] 7...Be7 8.0–0 h6 9.Be3 0–0 10.Ne5 Kh7 11.Qe1 c6 12.Qg3 Qe8 13.Rae1 a5 14.Qh3 b5 15.Bd3 b4 16.Ne2 Nd5 17.Bd2 Bf6 18.Nf4 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 Ba6 [Better is 20...Qd8 21.c3 Na6 22.g4 although White has compensation for the pawn.]

21.Bxf5+ g6 [The logical alternative is 21...Rxf5 22.Qxf5+ exf5 23.Rxe8 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 g5 25.Rxb8] 22.Qxh6+ Kg8 23.Bxg6 Qd7 24.Rf2 Bc4 25.Rg5 1–0 [Black resigns]

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

BDG Lemberger 3...e5 Chandler

Will Chandler sacrificed his queen for a forced win in this Blackmar-Diemer Lemberger Countergambit 3...e5. The game continued 4.Nxe4 Qxd4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 - a great line for chess engines but mind-boggling for humans. I usually avoid it with 4.Nge2 as White or 3...Nf6 as Black. Anyway, Will Chandler more than held his own. He opened an attack against White's king. Then comes a surprise queen sacrifice that cannot be refused.

Here is a book with 42 annotated BDG games I played in 2021. Hope you like them.
Chess Strategy Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

sergiosinicin – Chandler, Live Chess Chess.com, 31.12.2021 begins 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nxe4 Qxd4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qd7 7.0–0 [A critical line is 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 Qb4+ 11.Bd2 Qxb2 12.0–0 and White has compensation for the pawn.] 7...Nf6 [Maybe 7...f5] 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Bb5 [Or 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.Qe3 Qg4 with chances for both sides.] 10...Rg8 11.Bxc6 [If 11.Nd2 a6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Rd1 Qe6 14.Ba4 f5 15.Nc3 Bd7 favors Black.] 11...Qxc6 12.c3 Bg4 [Also strong is 12...Bh3 winning.] 13.Nd4 Qxg2+ [A beautiful queen sacrifice!]

14.Kxg2 Bxe2+ 15.Kh3 [Or 15.Kh1 exd4 16.Re1 d3 17.h4 Kd7 and Black wins.] 15...Bxf1+ 0–1

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Saturday, January 1, 2022

10 Favorite Chess Posts of 2021

Happy New Year 2022! Here are my Top 10 Favorite Chess Blog posts for 2021. They tend to be the most popular. I wrote 83 chess posts in 2021. Thank you for reading my blog and buying my books. Enjoy!

1. Blackmar-Diemer Limontas c5

Published February 18, 2021

2. Duras Gambit 1.e4 f5 Torning

Published February 4, 2021

3. Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 4...e3

Published September 17, 2021

4. Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Theory

Published March 29, 2021

5. Ryder Gambit 5.Qxf3 Normand
Published January 7, 2021

6. Elephant Gambit by Skatchkov

Published August 2, 2021

7. Herrstrom Gambit Zilbermints