Richard Torning wins a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Zeller Defence
3…Bf5 with his favorite variation 4.g4 Bg6 5.Qe2. Both sides have chances, but White comes out on top.
Here is a book with 42 annotated BDG games I played in 2021. Hope you like them.
Chess Strategy Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
Torning – NN, lichess.org,
06.01.2022 begins
1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.g4!? Bg6 5.Qe2 [My pet
line the Torning gambit against the Zeller Defence.]
5...Qxd4 6.Qb5+ Nd7 7.Qxb7
Rb8 8.Qxc7 e6 [8...Qb6 9.Nd5 I like the pawn majority on the queenside for
White.]
9.Nb5?! [9.Bb5! is the best move as it forces the exchange,
however, I like to vary.]
9...Qb4+ [9...Qc5=]
10.c3 [Magnus
Carlsen (quoting Kasparov) recently commented: "If you can make 10 threats
in a row your opponent will blunder!"] [10.Bd2? Qxb2 11.Bc3 Bb4]
10...Qa4??
[10...Qc5= Get rid of the pressure by attempting to trade queens - which I
would oblige with after... 11.Qa5 Qb6 12.Qxa7 Qxa7 13.Nxa7=]
11.b3 Bd6?? [11...Qa6
12.Qxb8+ Nxb8 13.Nc7+ Kd7 14.Nxa6 Nxa6 15.Bxa6+-]
12.Nxd6+ Ke7 13.bxa4 Ngf6 14.Ba3
e5 15.Nf5+ Ke6 [15...Ke8 16.Nxg7 mate] 16.Qd6# [Normal White wins
by checkmate.] 1–0 [Games notes by Torning]
