I faced the French Defence and chose the Alapin-Diemer Gambit. 20 years ago I played it all the time. I still wheel it out once in a while since my performance rating with 3.Be3!? is higher than any other variation after the position reached by 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5. Usually, I refer to anything after 3.Be3 as the Alapin French.
Diemer won with 3.Be3 vs the French Defence many times. The gambit can be declined with 3...Nf6, but critical is 3...dxe4. The main line is 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.f3. Alapin's original idea was 5.c3 and 6.Qc2. Diemer's continuation 5.f3 double-attacked e4. More often than not, Black plays 5...exf3 6.Ngxf3. My French 3.Be3 Playbook is a step-by-step guide to the Alapin Diemer Gambit.
Sawyer-superdave99, ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 07.07.2012 begins
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Be3 dxe4 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.f3 exf3 6.Ngxf3 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Bg5 c5 10.Qe1 cxd4 11.Qh4 h6 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Qxh6 Qa514.Ng5 [14.Nc4 Qh5 15.Qxh5 Nxh5 16.Nxd6+-]
14...Qe5 15.Ndf3 [15.g3+-]
15...Qe3+ 16.Kh1 Bf4 17.Rae1 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qxg5 19.Qxg5+ Kh8 20.Qh6+ Kg8 At this point the clocks read 2:00 - 0:55. Here I slowed way down to consider which checkmate is the fastest. Seeing that I was now thinking, Black resigned.
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