Sunday, February 26, 2023

Blackmar-Diemer Pawn Returned

Sometimes the best way to win is to let your opponent sacrifice pieces while you calmly defend all the threats. In this game between William Graif and Fernandez Siles, White offered to transpose into the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Black declined the pawn, probably with the hope of a counterattack. Black sacrificed material for a strong attack, but William Graif found good moves and kept the extra material.

Graif (2305) – Fernandez Siles (2220), Titled Tuesday, 31.01.2023, begins 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.f3 e3 [5...exf3 6.Nxf3 would transpose to a BDG.] 6.Bxe3 g6 7.Qd2 c6 8.0–0–0 Qa5 9.Kb1 Bg7 10.h4 h5 11.Bd3 b5 12.Nge2 b4 13.Ne4 Nd5 14.Bg5 Rb8 15.Ka1 [To avoid the nastiness of 15...Nc3+.] 15...Ba6 16.g4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rb6 18.gxh5 Rxh5 19.N4g3 Rxg5 [19...Rh8 leads to equal chances.] 20.hxg5
20...Nc3 [Desperation leaves Black down a rook. Better is 20...b3 21.cxb3 Nb4 22.Qb1 Ra6 23.Nc3] 21.bxc3 Ra6 22.Qc4 [I'm not sure that Black accounted for this defense of a2 when sacrificing the Exchange on g5.] 22...Nb6 23.Qb3 c5 24.Rh7 c4 25.Qb1 Kf8 26.cxb4 Qb5 27.c3 Nd5 28.Qb2 e5 29.Rxg7 Kxg7 30.dxe5 Ne3 31.Rh1 Qa4 32.Kb1 Nd1 33.Qc2 Qa3 34.Rxd1 [White is up two knights. Black resigns] 1–0
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2 comments:

  1. Lev D. ZilbermintsFebruary 28, 2023 at 9:41 AM

    This is the von Popiel Gambit, which later transposes to the Langeheinecke Defense in the BDG.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2024 at 5:07 AM

    Yes, but it's a move behind for White in 4.Bg5 and 6.Bxe3 vs the standard 4.f3 e3 5.Bxe3. Tim

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