Play Chess Openings: BDG Lemberger 3...e5 Chandler

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

BDG Lemberger 3...e5 Chandler

Will Chandler sacrificed his queen for a forced win in this Blackmar-Diemer Lemberger Countergambit 3...e5. The game continued 4.Nxe4 Qxd4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 - a great line for chess engines but mind-boggling for humans. I usually avoid it with 4.Nge2 as White or 3...Nf6 as Black. Anyway, Will Chandler more than held his own. He opened an attack against White's king. Then comes a surprise queen sacrifice that cannot be refused.

Here is a book with 42 annotated BDG games I played in 2021. Hope you like them.
Chess Strategy Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

sergiosinicin – Chandler, Live Chess Chess.com, 31.12.2021 begins 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nxe4 Qxd4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qd7 7.0–0 [A critical line is 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 Qb4+ 11.Bd2 Qxb2 12.0–0 and White has compensation for the pawn.] 7...Nf6 [Maybe 7...f5] 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Bb5 [Or 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.Qe3 Qg4 with chances for both sides.] 10...Rg8 11.Bxc6 [If 11.Nd2 a6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Rd1 Qe6 14.Ba4 f5 15.Nc3 Bd7 favors Black.] 11...Qxc6 12.c3 Bg4 [Also strong is 12...Bh3 winning.] 13.Nd4 Qxg2+ [A beautiful queen sacrifice!]