Play Chess Openings: Olympic Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

Saturday, August 6, 2022

Olympic Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

Forty years ago I played Board 4 for the Team USA in the 10th Correspondence Chess Olympiade. The Olympiad in India sees a variety of chess openings. This Blackmar-Diemer Gambit shows White winning two pieces with a tactical chess combination.

Elvis Havyarimana (1724) – Ye Htut Zaw (1255), 44th Olympiad Chennai IND, 30.07.2022 begins 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bg2 c6 11.0–0 e6 12.Qf3 Qb6 [Better is 12...Qe7 13.Bg5=] 13.g5 Nd5 14.Qxf7+ Kd8 15.Qxe6 Qxd4+ 16.Kh1 Bc5 [Material is equal, but Black's king faces danger.] 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bf4 Re8 19.Qxg6 Re2 20.c3 Qa4 21.Qxg7 Bf8 22.Qg8 Qc2 23.Qxd5 Rc8 [Or 23...Rxg2 24.Rad1 Rd2 25.Rxd2 and Black is busted.] 24.Rad1 Qa4 25.g6 Qc6 [White finds the best way to win.] 26.Qg5+ Be7

[Both queens are hanging. White strikes first to win two pieces.] 27.Bxc6 Bxg5 28.Bxg5+ Kc7 29.Bxd7 Rg8 30.Bg4 Rxb2 31.Rd7+ Kc6 32.Rf6+ Kc5 33.Be3+ 1–0