Sunday, October 8, 2023

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Arslanov

Shamil Arslanov outplays Olexandr Shevchuk with the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Black chose the flexible 5…Nbd7 variation that Shocron (a famous Bobby Fischer opponent) played against me in the final round of a tournament I won. He accused me of playing coffee house chess. It’s always fun to checkmate a master in tournament play. Below, Arslanov demonstrated a strong attack against an uncastled king.

Arslanov (2410) – Shevchuk, Olexandr (2093), Titled Tuesday, chess.com, 26.09.2023 begins 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 [6.Bg5 h6 7.Bf4 c6 8.Bc4 e6 9.0–0 Be7 10.Qe2 0–0 11.Qd2 Nb6 12.Bd3 Ne8 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Qxh6 f5 15.Ne4 fxe4 16.Qg6+ Ng7 17.Bxe4 Bf6 18.c3 Qc7 19.Ne5 Rf7 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Ng6+ Ke8 22.Qg8+ Kd7 23.Qxf7+ Kd6 24.Qxf6 Nd7 25.Qe7# 1–0 Sawyer - Shocron, Hershey PA 1991] 6...e6 [6...b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.0–0 c5 9.Qe2 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 cxd4 11.Nb5 Rc8 12.Nd6# 1–0 Sawyer - Black, Horsham PA 1988] 7.0–0 Bb4 [7...c5 8.Bg5 cxd4 9.Ne4 Be7 10.Qe1 Qb6 11.Qh4 h6 12.Rae1 Rf8 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Ne5 Nd5 15.Qg3 Ne3 16.Qxg7 Nxf1 17.Rxf1 and 1–0 in 30. AndrewMartinIM - Sponz, Internet Chess Club 2011] 8.Qe1 [8.Bg5 c6 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.Qe1 h6 11.Qh4 and 1–0 in 37. Werl - Meyts, Bad Liebenzell 1996] 8...Nd5 [8...c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5+ 10.Kh1 0–0 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Qh4 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qxh7# 1–0 penullar - maykaruniawan, Chess.com 2012] 9.Qg3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Rb1 Nf6 12.Kh1 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Qxg7 Bxg2+
15.Qxg2 Bxd4 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.Bh6+ [White soon wins the queen or king.] 1–0

Below are my Blackmar-Diemer Gambit ebook collections.