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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #244 - 02/29/08 at 10:29:32
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1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f3 c5! is a bit like the Veresov. 3.Qd3 is in the spirit of the Veresov too. I don't know without what Black should play, maybe 3..c5 too or 3..e6 might be a sort of French defense maybe, where White has played Qd3. But 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Qd3 here is really interesting and has been played by GM Hector a few time with success.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #243 - 02/29/08 at 09:43:22
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What about 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f3 preparing e4? My database claims that White scores a dismal 39%.

Even better is 3.Qd3! preparing either a tricky queen manoeuvre or a timely e4. White's score of 53% is impressive considering that White's average rating was 2218 compared to Black's average rating of 2270.
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #242 - 02/24/08 at 10:35:39
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You get me wrong. I no more deny that BDG is possible than I deny  people the thrill of playing Sunday League pub football. After a full morning drinking.
  
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Reply #241 - 02/23/08 at 23:56:18
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If you don't believe that BDG is a part of chess, just leave this section and go elsewhere, we don't need you.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #240 - 02/23/08 at 14:08:32
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Bibs wrote on 02/23/08 at 11:21:48:
True. Mere idle whimsy.
Wasn't much chess here anyway. Minimal loss to chess theory. 
Gambit may find that others have also not been entirely serious. But perhaps not.

I am finding it difficult to grow tomatoes. David - tips?


Shop at a nursery near where you live. they should know what grows in your area. Buy grafted plants. They cost more but grow bigger and crop heavily. Tomatoes love compost, animal manure and blood and bone. They also like lots of sun. Do not grow them in the same spot two years in a row. Try and grow beans in spots where you intend to grow tomatoes.

Now to start a thread on another gambit.
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #239 - 02/23/08 at 11:47:52
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ArKheiN wrote on 02/23/08 at 11:18:27:
The last 15 messages have nothing to do with BDG or even chess. Please, don't forget that here is a chess forum, if you want to talk about everything there is another place for that.

Yipiyahyeh! BDG is not chess - maybe its a kind of "pre"chess thing?  Grin
  
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Reply #238 - 02/23/08 at 11:21:48
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True. Mere idle whimsy.
Wasn't much chess here anyway. Minimal loss to chess theory. 
Gambit may find that others have also not been entirely serious. But perhaps not.

I am finding it difficult to grow tomatoes. David - tips?
  
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Reply #237 - 02/23/08 at 11:18:27
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The last 15 messages have nothing to do with BDG or even chess. Please, don't forget that here is a chess forum, if you want to talk about everything there is another place for that.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #236 - 02/23/08 at 11:03:03
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Ha, ha, ha, ha!  Grin Can't you guys take a joke?  Grin
  
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Reply #235 - 02/23/08 at 09:14:29
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Did Gambit's thought process take him from discussion of fruit and veg to sex? By jove.
In the light of an obscene poem that wasn't deleted quickly enough, perhaps. But everyone to their own I guess.
Bring out the gimp and his artichokes.

Thanks David - I find that one can never know too much about parrots. Will come in considerably more useful than study of BDG.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #234 - 02/23/08 at 05:13:27
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Gambit wrote on 02/23/08 at 00:23:18:
David Flude,

You live in Australia, right? That continent has drought problems, as I heard and read. Uhmmm... But I think Aussie women are really hot chicks, right? Cool Grin And they are  absolutely hot and gr-reat at hot sex while playing chess, right?


Rosellas are parrots that are coloured a mixture of red blue and yellow or green.   

As for this story about the chicks I have heard a similar story about the sheilas from a different country. I will  not confirm or deny whether it is true.
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #233 - 02/23/08 at 04:36:40
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Ooh! These gorgeous women play the BDG and have sex at the same time!! Grin Cool Grin
  
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Reply #232 - 02/23/08 at 02:32:30
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Gambit wrote on 02/23/08 at 00:23:18:
David Flude,

You live in Australia, right? That continent has drought problems, as I heard and read. Uhmmm... But I think Aussie women are really hot chicks, right? Cool Grin And they are  absolutely hot and gr-reat at hot sex while playing chess, right?


I don't see what this has to do with the BDG, but at least the "i'm right", "no i'm right", "no you know nothing", "you're just biased" garbage is long gone.
  

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Reply #231 - 02/23/08 at 00:23:18
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David Flude,

You live in Australia, right? That continent has drought problems, as I heard and read. Uhmmm... But I think Aussie women are really hot chicks, right? Cool Grin And they are  absolutely hot and gr-reat at hot sex while playing chess, right?
  
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Reply #230 - 02/22/08 at 14:46:04
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David,

Hugely impressive. You must be nearly self-sufficient. Not sure I'd know a cumquat if it bit my rear, but a splendid array.

What is a rosella btw? 
And well done those owls. 
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #229 - 02/22/08 at 14:30:19
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Bibs wrote on 02/22/08 at 00:10:24:
Hmm, no, I think I spend sufficient time with my cabbages.


Despite the savage water restrictions here I have a bonzer vegetable patch largely because I collect all rainwater in a tank.

Lots of tomatoes, beans, lettuce, rhubarb, chinese cabbage, cucumber,
basil, mint, potatoes, mandarins, cumquats, strawberries and my apples are about two weeks from ripe, silver beet, and more.

Every year I would go to a weekender in march and come back to find that all my apples had vanished. Finally I discoverd that a flock of rosellas were eating the lot in about one hour. This year I have nets in place. Fortunately there are large owls in my suburb that keep the possums in check.   
  

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Reply #228 - 02/22/08 at 00:10:24
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Hmm, no, I think I spend sufficient time with my cabbages.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #227 - 02/21/08 at 19:53:45
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Bibs wrote on 02/21/08 at 14:17:29:
Someone has a lot of time on their hands, 'Doubled pawns'.
Retired? No allotment?


This could be said of everyone here.
  

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Someone has a lot of time on their hands, 'Doubled pawns'.
Retired? No allotment?
  
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Reply #225 - 02/21/08 at 04:51:46
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Carl wrote on 02/20/08 at 23:43:37:
MNb wrote on 02/20/08 at 00:05:11:

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Le Théâtre de l'Absurde 

ACT 1:
     
Carl: - I think 4… exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 beats the BDG. 6.Bc4 Bf5 -/+
MNb: - 
Carl: - So, what about 6.Ne5!?
MNb: -
Carl: - 
MNb: - I have refuted the BDG with 4… c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6
Carl: - Hmm… what about 8.Qd2 Be7 9.0-0-0 exd5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5 0-0 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Nxf6 Qxf6 14.Ng5 +/-
MNb: -
Carl: -
MNb: - 4… c6 is the refutation of the BDG, because White has nothing but 5.Bc4 exf3 6.Nxf3 Bf5
Carl: - Eh… Milner Barry played 5.fxe4. Richter and Veresov would probably go 5.Bg5. Diemer played 5.Nxe4.
MNb: -
David: - 4… exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 looks worrying due to these recent corr games.
Carl: - I trust one of those players, and he picks 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bg5. So maybe that’s White’s best try.
MNb: - YOU ARE A TYPICAL BIASED BDG-FANATIC!
Carl: - Que?
MNb: - YOU HAVE NO PROOF! SHOW ME MOVES AND ANALYSIS!
Carl: - Proof of what? I have no thesis to prove
MNb: - YOU ARE A BDG-PSYCHO! YOU LIKE THE BDG, SO YOU ARE A PSYCHO! PURE LOGIC!
Carl: - But, I just said I like Black after 5… c6 6.Bc4 Bf5
MNb: - YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE! IGNORANT LIKE SAWYER!
Carl: - I don’t like Sawyer either…
MNb: - THAT’S YOUR PROBLEM! I DON’T CARE!
Carl: - Well, you mentioned… 
MNb: - TYPICAL BIASED BDG-FANATISM! JUST STOPS ANALYZING! SHOW ME MOVES!
Carl: - Are you serious? You haven’t reacted to a single move or analysis yet, but OK; how is your “refutation” doing then? 4… c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.0-0-0 exd5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5 0-0 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Nxf6 Qxf6 14.Ng5 +/- where you kind of “stopped analyzing”
MNb: - YAAAAAWN! YOU ARE BORING. FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO QUARREL.
Carl: - What a waste. You addressed me. Your remarks are on me, not on analysis. I reply to quarrel.

Rideau.



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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #224 - 02/21/08 at 04:48:46
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I wonder if Lev voted for himself... Wink

  

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Reply #223 - 02/21/08 at 01:18:31
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Carl wrote on 02/20/08 at 23:49:08:
Markovich wrote on 02/20/08 at 21:34:12:
Always so much weird identity politics with the BDG advocates.  Their part of this discussion reminds me of a rock-group identity debate among spiteful teenagers.  Only cowards like the Kinks, and so on, and ever more tiresomely so forth.


…and how only the cheapest rhetoric gets through to the masses, and the wise guys only joins the meta-debate.




The meta-debate at least has some room for argument, as theory has not yet coalesced on the exact path to the rhetorical equivalent of environmental friendly BGD DDT.

  

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Reply #222 - 02/20/08 at 23:49:08
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Markovich wrote on 02/20/08 at 21:34:12:
Always so much weird identity politics with the BDG advocates.  Their part of this discussion reminds me of a rock-group identity debate among spiteful teenagers.  Only cowards like the Kinks, and so on, and ever more tiresomely so forth.


…and how only the cheapest rhetoric gets through to the masses, and the wise guys only joins the meta-debate.
  
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Reply #221 - 02/20/08 at 23:46:11
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MNb wrote on 02/20/08 at 21:04:38:
Grin


I see you found a soul mate there. Congratulations!
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MNb wrote on 02/20/08 at 00:05:11:

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Le Théâtre de l'Absurde 

ACT 1:
     
Carl: - I think 4… exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 beats the BDG. 6.Bc4 Bf5 -/+
MNb: - 
Carl: - So, what about 6.Ne5!?
MNb: -
Carl: - 
MNb: - I have refuted the BDG with 4… c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6
Carl: - Hmm… what about 8.Qd2 Be7 9.0-0-0 exd5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5 0-0 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Nxf6 Qxf6 14.Ng5 +/-
MNb: -
Carl: -
MNb: - 4… c6 is the refutation of the BDG, because White has nothing but 5.Bc4 exf3 6.Nxf3 Bf5
Carl: - Eh… Milner Barry played 5.fxe4. Richter and Veresov would probably go 5.Bg5. Diemer played 5.Nxe4.
MNb: -
David: - 4… exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 looks worrying due to these recent corr games.
Carl: - I trust one of those players, and he picks 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bg5. So maybe that’s White’s best try.
MNb: - YOU ARE A TYPICAL BIASED BDG-FANATIC!
Carl: - Que?
MNb: - YOU HAVE NO PROOF! SHOW ME MOVES AND ANALYSIS!
Carl: - Proof of what? I have no thesis to prove
MNb: - YOU ARE A BDG-PSYCHO! YOU LIKE THE BDG, SO YOU ARE A PSYCHO! PURE LOGIC!
Carl: - But, I just said I like Black after 5… c6 6.Bc4 Bf5
MNb: - YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE! IGNORANT LIKE SAWYER!
Carl: - I don’t like Sawyer either…
MNb: - THAT’S YOUR PROBLEM! I DON’T CARE!
Carl: - Well, you mentioned… 
MNb: - TYPICAL BIASED BDG-FANATISM! JUST STOPS ANALYZING! SHOW ME MOVES!
Carl: - Are you serious? You haven’t reacted to a single move or analysis yet, but OK; how is your “refutation” doing then? 4… c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.0-0-0 exd5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5 0-0 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Nxf6 Qxf6 14.Ng5 +/- where you kind of “stopped analyzing”
MNb: - YAAAAAWN! YOU ARE BORING. FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO QUARREL.
Carl: - What a waste. You addressed me. Your remarks are on me, not on analysis. I reply to quarrel.

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Reply #219 - 02/20/08 at 22:28:01
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Always so much weird identity politics with the BDG advocates.  Their part of this discussion reminds me of a rock-group identity debate among spiteful teenagers.  Only cowards like the Kinks, and so on, and ever more tiresomely so forth.
  

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Reply #217 - 02/20/08 at 21:04:38
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Grin
  

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Reply #216 - 02/20/08 at 07:53:45
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Where is the Moderator CraigEvans when you need him...

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Reply #215 - 02/19/08 at 23:28:44
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DoubledPawns wrote on 02/19/08 at 06:25:21:
Congratulations MNb! A very convincing rebuttal of Carl's arguments!  Smiley



Really!?
And what argument was that again, Rocinante?
You just proved yourself unable to identify an argument.

Aren’t you the one who claims that the Qd8-Scandinavian is good for Black?

And didn’t you claim 4... exf3 5.Nxf3 a6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Ne5  +/- to be a refutation? 
(“I think Black is clearly better”)

I think MNb sounds more convincing without your "support".
  
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Reply #214 - 02/19/08 at 23:22:21
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MNb wrote on 02/19/08 at 02:33:11:

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OK Don Quixote, it would save you a lot of trouble, if you at least tried to absorb the context, before battling.

Background: 

1)      I have defended the Black side of this after 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 in previous post, and therefore I’m not even one of your windmills, in the first place. We’re on the same side in the judgment of this position, however I might be a little more open minded about other variations after 4.f3, if that’s what disturbs your black and white view.

2)      David posts a file of games, and says 5... c6 looks worrying.

3)      I reply to that message, saying that as I trust one of the players in that file, who happens to pick 7.Bg5, and the fact that he does makes me interested in the value of that move. 
(Note that I do not claim a thesis that this move saves White’s position or something, so I do not have anything to prove, I just say that this may be the best alternative in a bad position, as it was chosen by a strong BDG-expert in a recent and important game, still skeptical about 6.Bc4.) 
I also post some trivia about that position, with the idea of mentioning other masters who have chosen the same alternative, 7.Bg5.

4)      You swing your sword at me in person, trying to imply that I’m representing an evil sect who tries to destroy innocent minds with biased messages, and therefore can’t be taken seriously.

Jee..! Wake up!

What you’re battling isn’t even there.
Your sword isn’t even drawn, as you haven’t mentioned one single argument about what is wrong with what you thought I said, only whining about me being “typical” and “one of those”, and that is a direct personal insult.

Ciocaltea was a master strength player, regardless of his age, and so was his opponent, and this was before the FIDE GM title was introduced. No one was a FIDE-GM until then you see. The meaning of master existed before FIDE though, if it has anything to do with however I find the move 7.Bg5 interesting or not at all, and you just can’t be serious about that age crap either.
He also did repeat BDG-ideas at least until 1954, so you’re not only of topic, you’re wrong in fact.

You are trying to claim that I put words in your mouth you never used?
Now, who’s talking? You’re trying to bias the whole subject, making me sound that I claim 7.Bg5 to be a rescue for White, and that GM´s supports that statement. Why?
And if you think I did, why don’t you argue with facts then if it upsets you that much if someone would think 7.Bg5 is good enough to save White after 6.Bc4 Bf5? (Which I don´t if you missed that again)

Your remarks are emotional and pathetic per se, as they lack logical or referential substance. A reference to anything has a higher arguing value than just a belief. You believe someone is manipulating, and you feel that is wrong. Not a single fact, thus pathetic.
Do you really need to go that low to find anything to say that sound like the opinion you’ve decided to have is indisputable? With such confidence in that opinion it shouldn’t be that difficult to find a valid argument.

You are wrong in making me one of those BDG-enthusiasts you’ve come to dislike, just because.
You are wrong in thinking that I tried to prove something at all with my post.
You are wrong in saying that I stated that the game presented proves 7.Bg5 to be good.
Lack of objectivity seems to be a problem to the both sides of this game. I know Sawyer is a useless reference, but as I said, I haven’t referred to anything to claim an evaluation, so objectivity is not even on the agenda.

"Next time I expect concrete analysis again, I already have spend too much time on this junk subject" you say.

Well, next time I find an alternative interesting based on who played it,  I’ll put an MNb-remark at the bottom saying; "MNb: Interest based on who played it". If I need to analyze and prove something I’ll remark; "MNb: Analysis".
On your second statement I can only agree, even if I haven’t found any suggestions of yours to why the subject is junk. Why exactly is the subject junk to you? And if so, why do you feel an urge to tell those who like it what you have decided to think about it, no matter what? I think the closed defences sucks, but I wouldn’t dream of going to their thread and say that they are boring persons who doesn’t understand the art and beauty of attack, due to basic manners. And that goes for others as well – we’ve heard the clichés, now; be specific and show it.

So, why don’t you present concrete analysis, as you tell me to do?
I haven’t seen a single move in this fury on what you thought I claimed.

You also claimed to have a refutation of the whole BDG last week, with;
4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6
to which I replied with concrete analysis;
8.Qd2 Be7 9.0-0-0 exd5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5 0-0 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Nxf6 Qxf6 14.Ng5 and Rhf1 +/-, without response.
Who stopped the research there, as you say is “typical for BDG:ers to do”?
Or to anyone else of those three (!?) who have voted that Black is better, show it to us!

I’ve come across people with less reading ability in this forum, but this time surprises me the most yet, and by the way, rhetorical questions are not meant to be answered. Only children do that. But on the other hand; it takes a certain level of cognitive capacity to understand sarcasm as well, so never mind.

Good Luck on your crusade!
  
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Rereading this quote makes me realise that it easily can be misinterpreted. When writing "BDG-enthusiasts" I was thinking of the authors of aforementioned books and articles, like Sawyer. I did not have any specific contributor of this forum in mind, not even Carl, who until the "GM-approval" has shown a few nice lines. I am sorry that I was unclear and sincerely hope that ArKheiN, David Flude and evt. others don't feel offended.
  

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Reply #212 - 02/19/08 at 13:26:32
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MNB said:

[quote]Perhaps. I have read a few books and articles on the BDG and always got annoyed by the complete lack of objectivity. No single BDG-enthusiast ever tried to find good defences but all of them ignored simple, obvious improvements for Black. It is typical that they stop their research at some point, conclude that White has good chances and give some lame game that poses more questions than answers.


No way Hose, I played the BDG for many years in both correspondence and over the board chess. For many years it was met badly and was a great opening to play. Now however antidotes are available and quoted in repertoire books. I have played fixed openings tournaments where my objective was to bust the gambit. I am concerned about the c6 defences. I would play the gambit against all the other lines.  But unless someone produces convncing lines for white against the c6 defences then I shall not play the BDG. Fortunately there are plenty of other good gambits. Last week for example I ripped apart an exceptional junior with a line of the Sicilian wing gambit given in Kaissiber
  

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Perhaps. I have read a few books and articles on the BDG and always got annoyed by the complete lack of objectivity. No single BDG-enthusiast ever tried to find good defences but all of them ignored simple, obvious improvements for Black. It is typical that they stop their research at some point, conclude that White has good chances and give some lame game that poses more questions than answers.


When you say that, it is about BDG books or even about BDG's defenders of that forum too? Because from my part I always try to be the most objective possible despite the fact that I try mostly to defend the white side. The reason is that everyone here try to improve the black side to refute the BDG, so it is my role of defending the white side in the best way I can. When Black is fine I always admit, for example you can see that I admited that 4..c5 what a good try to play for an advantage, that 4..a6 was interesting, that 4..c6 and 5..c6 is maybe the most difficult lines for White where it is not clear which setup is best for White, etc. And when I give games, it's always corr. games, I even showed 2 games of me on the Black side. And about my "concrete analysis" I rarely stop too early and I try to explain what I understand on the position. For example when I said previously that White get equality in a precise line where the c5 or e6 pawn will fall, you said that Black has winning chance here, where objectively, it's not the case.
  
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Congratulations MNb! A very convincing rebuttal of Carl's arguments!  Smiley
  

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DoubledPawns wrote on 02/16/08 at 03:52:28:
Would I be at all biased to say that in the main line (with 4...ef3 5.Nf3) Black is playing the ...Qd8 Scandinavian, but with the f2-pawn taken off the board?


Biased for White or Black?

If you think the Qd8-Scandinavian is even, the example justifies the gambited pawn in the BDG, according to the 3 tempo for a pawn-rule, materially alone, then you have to understand that the open f-file has a value to the gambiteer.

Is the Qd8-Scandinavian =?

It´s like 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Nf3 Nf6?, and having the d5-pawn removed.

That must be +/- and so the BDG has compensation.
  
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DoubledPawns wrote on 02/16/08 at 03:52:28:
Would I be at all biased to say that in the main line (with 4...ef3 5.Nf3) Black is playing the ...Qd8 Scandinavian, but with the f2-pawn taken off the board?


Well, I don't see that as bias. It may be a valid observation, but with the f2-pawn off the board, White has more open lines. Though it makes me wonder about something...

The Center Counter (Scandinavian) Defense has been known for a long time. It was known to Ignacy Popiel, the inventor of the von Popiel Gambit, 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 and one of the first theoreticians of 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 move order.

Occuring after 1 e4 d5 2 d4! is something that Popiel might or might not have known, thought it was Diemer who popularized the gambit.
Possibly the first Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (by transposition) was played in the game P.P. Bobrov - Wilhelm Steinitz, simultaneous,
Moscow, February 1896.

White won in crushing style.

You can find the game in the 2004 issue of Atlantic Chess News, the chess magazine of the New Jersey State Chess Federation.
  
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Would I be at all biased to say that in the main line (with 4...ef3 5.Nf3) Black is playing the ...Qd8 Scandinavian, but with the f2-pawn taken off the board?
  

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Markovich wrote on 02/14/08 at 02:38:16:
MNb wrote on 02/14/08 at 02:16:49:

If I am wrong on this, then the solution is just 4...c6 as White has nothing but 5.Bc4 exf3 6.Nxf3 transposing.

 
But in the latter case, doesn't Black junk most of his winning chances, since White can go in for 5.fxe4 e5 6.dxe5=?



Would it be biased mobing to mention that the inventor of this gambit played 5.fxe4 e5 6.Nf3, and that Diemer favoured 5.Nxe4, even if our objective BDG-expert nails that "White has nothing but 5.Bc4"?! and thus 4... c6 is the refutation of the BDG this week.
  
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MNb wrote on 02/14/08 at 02:16:49:

Typical for the biased way BDGeers present their pet gambit. No, this is no GM approval, but a youth sin. Moreover 14...Nd7 -+ (idea 15.Neg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Nf6).


Que?
I found you one of the more sensible person, until this pathetic post.
Is it not GM´s playing that position, beacuse of age??
Is it bias because white won, or because I posted it?
Is it really biased in comparison to other messages in this forum, or do you have another set of standards?
Blitz games won´t do, non-master games won´t do, and master games are bias? 
Is it at all possible to discuss this gambit without beeing personally insulted by emotional arguments without substance?
And I´m not typical for that brain ghost BDG-society you´re all haunted by either. I´m quite alone here, and I like open lines, thats it. I apologize for that, and I´m so sorry I posted a game to illustrate a position I find interesting.

What´s wrong with the game though, what I just saw; is that even though he played the position (4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bg5) invented by another master, which was the subject, he didn´t make the 7.Bg5-decision, due to the move order, if I may suggest a valid argument. 

And speaking of bias; don´t you think White has any alternatives, before move 14?
(First one beeing 5.fxe4.)

I think your post, and pre-set mind, just showed to be more biased in itself than a simple PGN-game without comments can ever be.

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Reply #204 - 02/15/08 at 23:32:13
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Refuting is always a big word. My first idea is to continue with 7.Bg5 and to play like if it was 6..e6. 7.Bc4, 7.Bd3 and 7.Ne5 are others candidates moves.
  
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I like to come up with a defence move I would call the "nonsense"-defence:

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 de4 4.f3 ef3 5.Nf3 Bd7 (the nonsense move):

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I admit I have nearly no knowledge about BDG-theory and if this move already exists. The move itself is played without any idea - I would say it is a bad move! But if black can survive after this bad "nonsense" move I would say all better defences are clearly in blacks favour!

Your welcome to refute 5...Bd7  Wink
  
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I would say =+ because of that weakling on e5.
  

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MNb wrote on 02/14/08 at 02:16:49:
Gambit wrote on 02/10/08 at 15:20:53:
I am pretty sure improvements can be found for White. Will post some ideas later. Though, what about (after 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3
ef3 5 Nxf3 c6)

A 6 a3!?

B 6 Bd3


6.a3 looks like a straightforward loss of tempo to me - just 6...Bf5.
6.Bd3 is probably best met with 6...g6, though 6...Bg4 might be good as well. Black gets good versions of the Bogoljubow (5...g6) and the Teichmann (5...Bg4). If I am wrong on this, then the solution is just 4...c6 as White has nothing but 5.Bc4 exf3 6.Nxf3 transposing.

 
But in the latter case, doesn't Black junk most of his winning chances, since White can go in for 5.fxe4 e5 6.dxe5=?
  

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Gambit wrote on 02/10/08 at 15:20:53:
I am pretty sure improvements can be found for White. Will post some ideas later. Though, what about (after 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3
ef3 5 Nxf3 c6)

A 6 a3!?

B 6 Bd3


6.a3 looks like a straightforward loss of tempo to me - just 6...Bf5.
6.Bd3 is probably best met with 6...g6, though 6...Bg4 might be good as well. Black gets good versions of the Bogoljubow (5...g6) and the Teichmann (5...Bg4). If I am wrong on this, then the solution is just 4...c6 as White has nothing but 5.Bc4 exf3 6.Nxf3 transposing.

Carl wrote on 02/10/08 at 20:49:19:

GM aproval here:

[Event "?"]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ciocâltea, Victor"]
[Black "Seimeanu, Petre Vlad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Bc4 exf3 7. Nxf3 e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 b5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Neg5 g6 16. Qe4 Kg7 17. Kb1 h6 18. h4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Na6 20. Rh7+ Kg8 21. Rdh1 Bxg5 22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Qe5+ 1-0


Typical for the biased way BDGeers present their pet gambit. No, this is no GM approval, but a youth sin. Moreover 14...Nd7 -+ (idea 15.Neg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Nf6).
  

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Reply #199 - 02/13/08 at 08:06:31
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I have a question: If you add a pawn on f2 in the position after 5.Nf3 in the BDG, can White count on any advantage? If the answer is yes, then one may ask, why on earth would White give up his f2-pawn just for a half-open file?
  

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DoubledPawns wrote on 02/11/08 at 04:47:22:
Is 4...Bf5 against the BDG a good move? I noticed that quite a few people have played it against me in bullet games; e.g. 5.g4 Bg6 6.g5 Nd5 7.Ne4 with a complicated position where White's extra space should give him an advantage (he can always castle queenside).

I used to play this defence as black for a long time and had great pratical results with it, because most white players weren't really prepered. Eventually I learnt that 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 Bf5 5.fe4 Ne4 6.Qf3 Nd6 7.Bf4 e6 8.g4 Bg6 9.0-0-0 c6 10.Qe3 Be7 11.Nf3 Nd7 is the one variation that might actually favour white, while every thing else is just great for black. Here white has several moves, but the best is supposed to be 12.Ne5 Nb6 13.h4 Nd5, when white has a fairly nice initiative. Basically that's the reason why I don't play this variation as black.
  
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To Carl: Quote:
I trust Wilfried Weingarz, one of the strongest BDG advocates around, and I see he chooses 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bg5 with 0-0-0.


And what is his score with this line? I used that line myself and Leisebein too, it's one of the best line for White too but I had some difficulties in a sub-variation but I think I could improve my play as White on that line. 

To Doubledpawns : 4..Bf5 is the Vienna defense of the BDG, a good defense. White has 3 main way to play: with 5.fxe4 Nxe4 6.Qf3 (my favourite), and 5.g4 Bg6 6.g5 Nd5 and now 7.Nxe4 or more risky is 7.fxe4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bxe4 9.Nf3. But I think Gambit has already answered to that a few pages ago.

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ArKheiN wrote on 02/08/08 at 10:50:52:
To MNb: after 4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6, I don't know if 8.Qe2 is the best move but that move is logical: pressure on e6 and allowing to castle long or Rd1 with pressure on the center. A sample line might be 8.Qe2 Be7 9.0.0.0 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxe7+ Kxd7 13.Rxd5 
I think Black can stick to the pawn, at least for a while, after 13...b6. True, White may not be lost yet, but the only player with winning chances is Black. A line leading to such a position I call refuted indeed. Just my 2 SRD, nobody should trust an 1800-Patzer on his judgment.
 

It might be true OTB but objectively, you have 0 advantage as Black here. If you manage to hold the c5 pawn with b6, I will put pressure on the e-file where you will put your bishop on e6, and then I will exchange on e6 at the right moment and win the e6-pawn in an equal position. So after 13..b6 I play 14.Bc4 followed by 15.The1+. But as Carl pointed out, 8.Qd2 is even better where 8.Qe2 is objectively at least equal.
  
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Reply #196 - 02/11/08 at 04:47:22
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Is 4...Bf5 against the BDG a good move? I noticed that quite a few people have played it against me in bullet games; e.g. 5.g4 Bg6 6.g5 Nd5 7.Ne4 with a complicated position where White's extra space should give him an advantage (he can always castle queenside).
  

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flaviddude wrote on 02/10/08 at 11:42:53:
Hi all. there is a fixed oprnings BDG tournament being played on ICCF.

The game scores of one semi-final group have been posted. The c6 lines score very highly for black.

Some games attached.  



I trust Wilfried Weingarz, one of the strongest BDG advocates around, and I see he chooses 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bg5 with 0-0-0.

This is actually Ignaz von Popiel´s line 4.Bg5 Bf5 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 c6 7.Bc4 from 1893!?

GM aproval here:

[Event "?"]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ciocâltea, Victor"]
[Black "Seimeanu, Petre Vlad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Bc4 exf3 7. Nxf3 e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 b5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Neg5 g6 16. Qe4 Kg7 17. Kb1 h6 18. h4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Na6 20. Rh7+ Kg8 21. Rdh1 Bxg5 22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Qe5+ 1-0
  
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Carl wrote on 02/08/08 at 20:44:59:

4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2!! Be7 9.0-0-0!! Nxd5 10.Bc4!! Nf6 11.Qe3!! Nbd7 12.Bxe6!!


This looks convincing indeed. I haven't found a way to survive the pin along the e-file after 12...fxe6 13.Qxe6. Best is 12...0-0 but then White must be better due to his more active pieces.
Black has 9...exd5 though. After 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5 0-0 Black still has his pawn and I am not sure if White's lead in development gives him more than equality:
a)12.Qf4 Nc6 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.Bd3
b)12.Qe3 b6 13.Bd3 Nc6 and now what?



I wouldn´t make the Queen a target, so if you leave 12.Qe3 b6 out, I think the thematic may to go would be;

12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Nxf6 Qxf6 14.Ng5 with Rhf1

  
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I am pretty sure improvements can be found for White. Will post some ideas later. Though, what about (after 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3
ef3 5 Nxf3 c6)

A 6 a3!?

B 6 Bd3
  
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Hi all. there is a fixed oprnings BDG tournament being played on ICCF.

The game scores of one semi-final group have been posted. The c6 lines score very highly for black.

Some games attached.
  

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Carl wrote on 02/08/08 at 20:44:59:

4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2!! Be7 9.0-0-0!! Nxd5 10.Bc4!! Nf6 11.Qe3!! Nbd7 12.Bxe6!!


This looks convincing indeed. I haven't found a way to survive the pin along the e-file after 12...fxe6 13.Qxe6. Best is 12...0-0 but then White must be better due to his more active pieces.
Black has 9...exd5 though. After 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5 0-0 Black still has his pawn and I am not sure if White's lead in development gives him more than equality:
a)12.Qf4 Nc6 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.Bd3
b)12.Qe3 b6 13.Bd3 Nc6 and now what?
  

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After 5...a6 6.Bg5, I think 6...Bg4 is a good answer, putting pressure on the d4-pawn. The idea is not to take on f3 but to develop Black's queenside, with ...Nc6 or ...Nbd7. 7.Bf6 ef6 is better for Black, but 7.h3 looks like an improvement. After 7...Bh5 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bb3 e6 Black will play ...Be7 and ...0-0, and following an eventual ...c5 I don't see enough compensation for White. 
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Do you see it from the Teichmann move order;
4... exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 =, when 8... a6? 9.Bg5 +/=

thus 5... a6 6.Bg5 Bg4? +/=
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #189 - 02/09/08 at 13:49:11
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MNb wrote on 02/08/08 at 02:38:56:
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Back to the Albin's for the last time. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 (5.e3 is not a blunder yet) f6 6.exf6 Nxf6 is clearly better for White. The BDG-player still has to prove that his extra tempo matters.


Personally I think that White must be O.K. after 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3.  ...a6 is a move that Black would very much like to have in.
  

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Reply #188 - 02/09/08 at 04:22:18
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Do you mind if I remove the poll on 4...c5, now that attention has switched to the 5...a6! variation?
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #187 - 02/09/08 at 04:20:12
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After 5...a6 6.Bg5, I think 6...Bg4 is a good answer, putting pressure on the d4-pawn. The idea is not to take on f3 but to develop Black's queenside, with ...Nc6 or ...Nbd7. 7.Bf6 ef6 is better for Black, but 7.h3 looks like an improvement. After 7...Bh5 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bb3 e6 Black will play ...Be7 and ...0-0, and following an eventual ...c5 I don't see enough compensation for White. 

Also, 6.a4?! is bad because of 6...Nc6!, exploiting the fact that White cannot play Bb5 at some point, and White will have difficulties castling queenside because of the move a4. The other point is that after 7.d5 Nb4 8.Bc4 c6 Black is much better.

White could improve with moves such as 7.Bc4 or 7.Bd3, but after 7...Bg4 there is no doubting Black's advantage.
  

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Reply #186 - 02/09/08 at 03:51:14
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"Patience" is "Geduld" in German too, at least in the modern standard language.
  
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Reply #185 - 02/09/08 at 02:46:07
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And enough with the "I'm only 1800" nonsense already...
  
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Thanks, MNb. I'm not fluent in either , as witness the fact that the spelling my handle is incorrect in any language...
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #183 - 02/09/08 at 02:10:35
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ArKheiN wrote on 02/08/08 at 10:50:52:
To MNb: after 4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6, I don't know if 8.Qe2 is the best move but that move is logical: pressure on e6 and allowing to castle long or Rd1 with pressure on the center. A sample line might be 8.Qe2 Be7 9.0.0.0 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxe7+ Kxd7 13.Rxd5

I think Black can stick to the pawn, at least for a while, after 13...b6. True, White may not be lost yet, but the only player with winning chances is Black. A line leading to such a position I call refuted indeed. Just my 2 SRD, nobody should trust an 1800-Patzer on his judgment.

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No, Gedult is not the Dutch word for patience. Gedult is the German word for patience, which should be explained by the fact that David Gedult was from the Alsace. The Dutch word is Geduld. I would have expected that someone named Decker (and not Dekker) should know the difference!  Wink
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Reply #182 - 02/08/08 at 23:04:37
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"Gedult" means patience in Dutch. How ironic for a practitioner of the BDG...
  
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Reply #181 - 02/08/08 at 20:54:56
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DoubledPawns wrote on 02/08/08 at 06:42:31:
After 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.f3 de4 4.d4 ef3 5.Nf3, what about 5...a6(!), with two ideas: To meet Bc4 with ...b5 and ...Bb7, and to prepare ...Nc6 and ...Bg4, pressurising the d4-pawn. The ideas are fairly similar to the Scandinavian with ...Qd6, with two major differences: a) Black has not wasted time with his queen. b) White is down a pawn. White cannot claim much compensation, since we essentially have a position from the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian (4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6) where White has "donated" his f-pawn. Unless some miraculous and incredible refutation is found, I think Black is clearly better.

Another main idea is that 6.Ne5 is answered with 6...Be6!! when White has nothing for the pawn.



Now we´re beeing creative. Gedults idea with 5... a6 was to "misplace" the White Bishop after 6.Bd3 g6. However if Whites plan is to rip it up with an h4-attack, as in the previous post, I´m not sure it matters.

[Event "?"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boyd, EW."]
[Black "Gedult, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 a6 6. Bd3 (6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 c5 8. a4 c4 9. Ba2 b4 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Nf4 Bd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qe2 b3 14. cxb3 cxb3 15. Bb1 e6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Nbd7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. h3 O-O 21. Kg1 Nh5 22. Kh2 Nf4 23. Qd1 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rc2 25. Rac1 Ne5 26. Qf1 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. Rxc2 Bd6+ 29. Kg1 bxc2 {0-1 Wjeschnjekowski,G-Gedult,D/Paris 1975 (29)}) 6... g6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe1 Bg7 (8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Bg5 Bg7 13. Qh4 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 (15. Bxe7 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Qf6 Bd4 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qd5 Qxe7 21. Bxg6 Bc6 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxd4 Qf1+ 24. Qg1 Bxg2# {0-1 Coeytaux,P-Gedult,D/Paris 1975 (24)}) 15... Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rxd7 Qxb2 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bf6 Qb6+ 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Rad8 23. Rc4 Re7 24. h3 Rd2 25. Rf2 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Ree2 27. Rg4 h5 28. Rg3 Rxc2 {0-1 Willmart,A-Gedult,D/Paris 1975 (28)}) 9. Qh4 h6 10. Qg3 Nb4 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6+ Kf8 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Ne4 Nxc2 15. Nxf6 exf6 16. Rxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxf6+ Kg8 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 Nxa1 20. Qg5+ Kf8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qh4+ Kg7 24. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2


Worth noticing is that Gedult himself when facing it played 6.Bc4 b5 
7.Bb3 anyway, and things may transpose, just as 6.a4 probably would, to more common lines where these pawn moves are inserted doesn´t make much differens.

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[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gedult, David"]
[Black "Malerte, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 
Bb7 8.Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rae1 c5 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Qf2 Qc6 18. d5 Qb6 19. Be5 Rhe8 20. Qf5+ Kd8 21. Bxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 b4 25. Rxh6 Ke7 26. Na4 1-0


A downside with 5... a6 might be that after 6.Bg5 e6 it is a normal 
Euwe defence, known for being passive already, and with a tempo
committed to a6, in which case 5... e6 must be more accurate. 

Interesting, but is it independent?
Doesn´t it also in a way give up the initiative to choose which main defence, with an a6, to transpose to?

  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #180 - 02/08/08 at 20:44:59
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MNb wrote on 02/08/08 at 02:38:56:
Carl wrote on 02/07/08 at 03:16:36:

4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qe2 ...and refutation seems a strong word.

I am sorry, call me conservative, but if a developing gambit like the BDG must be saved by a move like 8.Qe2 (blocking Bf1 that is) I get suspicious. Maybe refutation is a strong word, but if an opening after 8 moves leads to a Black advantage, albeit a small one, I call that opening refuted.
And I do claim a definite edge for Black after 8.Qe2 Be7 - what should White play? Certainly not 9.0-0-0 Nxd5 and White has the choice between another pawn and simplification.
So I advise the BDG-eer to chose Gedult's line indeed.

Concerning 4...c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Qxf3 - nobody has mentioned yet that this is the socalled Rojahn-Variation of the Albin's. This Norwegian correspondence player used to practice x...f6 and y...Qxf6 in this opening.
Concerning 4...c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 g6/Bg7/Nbd7 etcetera I would like to remark that this setup is also known in the Albin's. Just an example is 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Be6 6.Nbd2 Qd7 7.Bg2 0-0-0 8.0-0 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.a3 Bh3 (so 5...Be6, 5...Bg4 or 5...Bf5 does not make any difference anymore) 11.Bxh3 Qxh3 12.b4 Ng4 13.Bb2 h5 14.b5 Nce5 15.Qc2 h4 16.Qf5+ Kb8 17.Qg5 Bc5 0-1, De Bruijn-MNb, corr 1995.
With colours reversed, an extra tempo for White and the bishop on f4 there are some nuances. But I have a feeling that White must be very OK in the BDG-version.

Back to the Albin's for the last time. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 (5.e3 is not a blunder yet) f6 6.exf6 Nxf6 is clearly better for White. The BDG-player still has to prove that his extra tempo matters.



Well, to me conservative is a good thing, and I think you´re right about 8.Qe2?! I didn´t even look but figured it must be good as it is the only move that has been played in my base (winning 79%). It has a purpose of course if Black wastes more time with the b5-advance, as previously suggested, but your exchange strategy must sure be better from there. Maybe White can refer to the "chicken move-rule"

If White needs to find the extra tempo compared to the Albin, it must be 8.Bxf6, yes I know it hurts, but Black who has already made 6 pawn moves at move 7, now also will have to move the Queen a couple of times, and White is far ahead in development. But actually I think it is the Albin that needs to be proved.

So, what would Diemer do? 
8.Qd2!! Be7 9.0-0-0!! Nxd5 10.Bc4!! Nf6 11.Qe3!! Nbd7 12.Bxe6!!

(Very nice Albin-game you had there, by the way. It shows exactly the 
plan I mentioned against the g6-set ups.)
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #179 - 02/08/08 at 10:50:52
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To MNb: after 4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6, I don't know if 8.Qe2 is the best move but that move is logical: pressure on e6 and allowing to castle long or Rd1 with pressure on the center. A sample line might be 8.Qe2 Be7 9.0.0.0 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxe7+ Kxd7 13.Rxd5 where White should regain the pawn soon in an equal position (maybe not the position White wanted with the BDG but that is not the question, it was just to show that here, White have at least the equality, so 6..a6 7.Bg5 e6 is not a refutation or a research for an advantage until you have an improvement for Black in that sample line.).

Yes, 5..a6 is really rare but interesting, useful against Bc4 by gaining tempii with b5 and Bb7 and even b4, and a sort of waiting move to let White showing his plan where Black can adapt his setup while Black's knight can now go to c6 without allowing the pin Bb5. I don't know exactly what should be the best setup for White now, but at first I see 4 ideas: 6.Bc4, 6.Bd3 (doesn't seem very convincing), 6.Bg5 with the idea to play in the same manner as after 5..e6 if Black play 7..e6 or 7..Nbd7, and 6.Ne5 where Doubledpawns give 6..Be6 but after 7.Qf3, if you play 7..c6, after 8.Be3 followed by castle long should be respectable for White (full development where Black's setup is quite strange here).
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #178 - 02/08/08 at 06:42:31
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After 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.f3 de4 4.d4 ef3 5.Nf3, what about 5...a6(!), with two ideas: To meet Bc4 with ...b5 and ...Bb7, and to prepare ...Nc6 and ...Bg4, pressurising the d4-pawn. The ideas are fairly similar to the Scandinavian with ...Qd6, with two major differences: a) Black has not wasted time with his queen. b) White is down a pawn. White cannot claim much compensation, since we essentially have a position from the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian (4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6) where White has "donated" his f-pawn. Unless some miraculous and incredible refutation is found, I think Black is clearly better.

Another main idea is that 6.Ne5 is answered with 6...Be6!! when White has nothing for the pawn.
  

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Reply #177 - 02/08/08 at 02:38:56
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Carl wrote on 02/07/08 at 03:16:36:

4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qe2 ...and refutation seems a strong word.

I am sorry, call me conservative, but if a developing gambit like the BDG must be saved by a move like 8.Qe2 (blocking Bf1 that is) I get suspicious. Maybe refutation is a strong word, but if an opening after 8 moves leads to a Black advantage, albeit a small one, I call that opening refuted.
And I do claim a definite edge for Black after 8.Qe2 Be7 - what should White play? Certainly not 9.0-0-0 Nxd5 and White has the choice between another pawn and simplification.
So I advise the BDG-eer to chose Gedult's line indeed.

Concerning 4...c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Qxf3 - nobody has mentioned yet that this is the socalled Rojahn-Variation of the Albin's. This Norwegian correspondence player used to practice x...f6 and y...Qxf6 in this opening.
Concerning 4...c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 g6/Bg7/Nbd7 etcetera I would like to remark that this setup is also known in the Albin's. Just an example is 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Be6 6.Nbd2 Qd7 7.Bg2 0-0-0 8.0-0 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.a3 Bh3 (so 5...Be6, 5...Bg4 or 5...Bf5 does not make any difference anymore) 11.Bxh3 Qxh3 12.b4 Ng4 13.Bb2 h5 14.b5 Nce5 15.Qc2 h4 16.Qf5+ Kb8 17.Qg5 Bc5 0-1, De Bruijn-MNb, corr 1995.
With colours reversed, an extra tempo for White and the bishop on f4 there are some nuances. But I have a feeling that White must be very OK in the BDG-version.

Back to the Albin's for the last time. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 (5.e3 is not a blunder yet) f6 6.exf6 Nxf6 is clearly better for White. The BDG-player still has to prove that his extra tempo matters.
  

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Reply #176 - 02/07/08 at 22:42:02
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Tony, at which moment do you believe I was still winning and where I got no chances?

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If Leisebein face that line more often, I believe he will switch into 9.Qf3 again, the main move which he used himself with good results. 

Isn't the d-pawn en prise? Or are you talking about another position? 


I was speaking about the "normal" way to get theses lines: 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.g4 Bg6 and now 8.Qf3 instead of 8.Bg2, the same after 5..Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 e6 9.Qf3 instead of 9.Bg2. (As you probably saw, both lines transposes after 8.Bg2 or 9.Bg2 c6 and now h4).

But it's true that in my move order, I used 8..c6!? instead of the main 8..e6, where now 9.Qf3 would be premature, but now I think that 9.g5 (to get the type of position with Qf3) instead of 9.Bg2 is really nice. 

For example: 9.g5 Nd5 10.Qf3! where now 10..e6 transpose into a well-know line of 8..e6 9.Qf3. Black can play 10..Nb4 or 10..Nxc3 but Black have a draw at best, and can really get worse here. But the tricky move is in that variation: after 5..Bf5 6.Ne5 c6!? 7.g4 Bg6 (7..Be6!?) where the same idea of playing with a g5/Qf3 instead of Bg2 is less good here because after 8.g5 Nd5 9.Qf3, 9..Nb4! should be strong here because White can't play Rh2!, an important tactical ressource with the same position where the pawn is on h3. 

So, in that line, it is possible that the best for White is to play with h4/Bg2, which is quite annoying for the Qf3 player. But it is strange to see that Black doesn't not play like that more often.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #175 - 02/07/08 at 22:05:49
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ArKheiN wrote on 02/07/08 at 13:06:19:

are you sure that your plan lead to victory after the best play by White?

Not 100%, but Black has a lot of factors in his favour and I played it a couple of times against my computer and won easily both times. Wink

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after 17.exf6 instead of Leisebein's move, if I really want to win I can maybe continue like this: 17..Bd6+ 18.Kg1 Qxh3 19.Qxe6+ Ne7 20.Qxd6 Qxg4+ 21.Kh2 gxf6! (the winning attempt) 22.Qxf6 Qxh5+ 23.Kg3 0-0-0. So, 17.exf6 is interesting but may be weaker than 17.Nxd5.


Yes, sure, the opposite-colour bishop ending after 24 Qg5 is very difficult for White.

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Isn't the d-pawn en prise? Or are you talking about another position? Undecided

  
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Arkhein, English is not your mother-tongue so the confusion is understandable. Carl used that game as an example to illustrate the fact that even a BDG expert as yourself can have problems facing the thing from the Black side. The Rybka-using brats he refers to are those here who pompously seek to refute the resilient piece of garbage without life-long experience of analysing and playing it.
Funny that BDG-advocates always end up biting each others' heads off, as if they weren't up against the rest of the (chess) world as it is.
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Maybe, Matemax, but I believe that Gallagher's recommation is busted now. And when I say that, it's all about concrete analysis, not about words. 

Carl: I read again and again your sentence and really, I don't see that as a friendly message, just one sentence but with somes rudes ideas inside. You seems to like the BDG too, so I don't understand your personnal attack, I even don't know who you are, only 17 messages,  and only into the BDG threads, but it appears that you, you did somes researchs and know my first name and surname. So, how should I interpret your message if it is not an attack? 

Thank you GM Tony for your efforts. Yes it is possible that I really missed the winning plan, are you sure that your plan lead to victory after the best play by White? In fact when I played that whole line with 13..Nd5, White's position seemed very suspect to me and I knew that I should have at least a draw by repetition or something like this in somes lines, or try to win in others lines. The following line is quite complex and there is probably still something to discover in this line, but after 17.exf6 instead of Leisebein's move, if I really want to win I can maybe continue like this: 17..Bd6+ 18.Kg1 Qxh3 19.Qxe6+ Ne7 20.Qxd6 Qxg4+ 21.Kh2 gxf6! (the winning attempt) 22.Qxf6 Qxh5+ 23.Kg3 0-0-0. So, 17.exf6 is interesting but may be weaker than 17.Nxd5.

If Leisebein face that line more often, I believe he will switch into 9.Qf3 again, the main move which he used himself with good results.

To DoubledPawns and MNb, yes 4..c5 is really a good move, and after 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6!, I agree with Carl that the word "refutation" is a little big, but it's true that Black have more chance to fight for an advantage coimpared to a line like 5..Bf5 or 5..g6 of the BDG accepted. Where I don't agree with MNb, is when he says that Black can follow with ..e6, I don't see how it can be dangerous. 
7.Bg5 is maybe the better move here, but I myself used 7.a4 for the moment, and after 7..Nbd7!, it is quite hard to play with White, where 8.Qe2 has been played, or 8.Bf4!? and 8.Bg5.


  
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Hmm - let me mention some words out of "Beating the Anti-Kings Indians" by Joe Gallagher:
"I have noticed a common trend among Blackmar-Diemer analysts; once there is no attack and the position looks rather balanced they tend to assess the game as =, conveniently forgetting the fact that they are a pawn down." (p. 189)

Nothing more to add...
  
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Reply #171 - 02/07/08 at 11:43:27
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DoubledPawns wrote on 02/07/08 at 05:57:33:
I decided to add a poll on the 4...c5 variation just out of curiosity. To me at least, it seems like a good antidote to the BDG.

I don't know if a poll is appropriate here, to decide whether it is good or not requires analysis rather than opinions. Undecided
Come to think of it, this thread require more analysis and less opinions! Smiley
  
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Reply #170 - 02/07/08 at 05:57:33
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I decided to add a poll on the 4...c5 variation just out of curiosity. To me at least, it seems like a good antidote to the BDG.
  

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It looks like 4...c5 5.d5 leads to a reversed Albin Counter-Gambit with the extra move f3 for White. The Albin Counter-Gambit, while a decent practical try, is not completely sound for Black, so I find it hard to see how the extra move f3 would favour White in the long-term (he is sacrificing a pawn for faster development, which is not so relevant once Black gets his pieces out).

Returning to concrete variations: 5...ef3 6.Nf3 a6 (a3 is a common move for White in the Albin; I have suggested 6...g6 in a previous post, while 6...Nbd7 also seems at least equal for Black by analogy to the Albin) 7.Bg5 and instead of 7...e6, which is playable but probably not best (8.Qe2 h6 9.Bh4 and with 0-0-0 coming White has some compensation, but 9...Be7 is critical), 7...b5 is stronger.

For example, 7...b5 8.Bf6 (otherwise the d5-pawn is in danger) 8...ef6 (even 8...gf6 is possible, intending ...f5 and ...Bg7, but taking with the e-pawn is stronger) 9.Bd3 Bd6 and ...0-0, when I don't see White's compensation.

7.a4 is an alternative, but then 7...Nbd7! seems better for Black (7...e6 8.Bc4 is not so clear, but possibly still favourable for Black). 8.Bg5 h6! is obviously better for Black, which leaves 8.Bc4 Nb6 9.Ba2 e6 when Black is up a pawn for nebulous compensation.

Conclusion: 4...c5 seems like a good antidote to the BDG. 5.d5 ef3 6.Qf3 is possible, but I doubt that it would hold up to close scrutiny.
  

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Reply #168 - 02/07/08 at 03:16:36
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MNb wrote on 02/07/08 at 01:52:58:
Gambit wrote on 02/06/08 at 13:27:41:
After 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 c5, David Gedult of France used to play 5 Bf4!? here, with good results.


Yep, as I already wrote a few pages ago. There I also wrote that 5.d5 is refuted by exf3 6.Nxf3 a6! and 7...e6.



5.Bf4 cxd4 6.Nb5 may be met with e5, so Bf4 is even better when 4... exf3 5.Nxf3 c5 6.Bf4 and the Knight on f3 covers e5.

4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qe2 ...and refutation seems a strong word.

Speaking of Gedult; this could arise from his own defence 4... exf3 5.Nxf3 a6!?
  
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Matemax wrote on 02/06/08 at 11:35:00:
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Grin Finally the truth is appearing Smiley



You claim a truth appears using a fake quote?
Convincing.
  
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Reply #166 - 02/07/08 at 03:10:22
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DoubledPawns wrote on 02/06/08 at 11:06:29:
What about 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 de4 4.f3 c5!, forcing White to make some sort of concession. If White tries to play in gambit style with 5.d5, then 5...ef3 6.Nf3 stops White from developing his f1-bishop actively (...g6 bludgeons a bishop on d3). 5.dc5 is better, of course, but after 5...Qd1 6.Kd1 e5 Black has good play. 

I haven't checked this on my database, but I'm sure Lev will have some games in this line Wink.



5.dxc5 won´t happen, but the advance is probably a standard manouver in most cases of c5;

4... c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 g6, you say, then; 

7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 is a line in the Bogoljubow defence (5... g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.Qd2 0-0 8.0-0-0 with 8... c5 9.d5), but with the risk/option of 6.Qxf3
  
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Reply #165 - 02/07/08 at 03:02:27
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ArKheiN wrote on 02/06/08 at 07:43:23:
Carl, I don't know why you can't answer if it is in a database that you bought, or if you found that game in the web. I didn't imagine myself that this game would be in a database.

Then, you are saying something quite disrespectul, are you saying that I use Rybka without knowing what I do? First, I am maybe better than you at OTB chess, I don't know for sure because I have no information about you but I will suppose that you are the weakest and YOU used Rybka to check the games. Secondly, the 2 games I posted, and the one you posted were played in 2006, I remember that at this time I only had an old Fritz to check somes tactics. In fact yes I didn't know that 12..Rd8?! was already the almost losing move.  But I imagine that you saw that immediately, and without your Rybka!
In fact I lost the game when after 9.Bb5!, I only can hope for a draw when I still played to win, so I avoided the early draw by repetition but I was wrong to do so. Oh and you say I use Rybka without thinking by myself that's right? I think that any computer will give 8..Qxd4 as a losing move because of 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxb7 and I lose material!! d**n I played a losing move according to Rybka, I can't even read it's evaluation!

Iam waiting your next response, Carl.



Please, read it again, and focus.
It´s only one sentence. I´m sure you can pick out subject and object in that.

The game is in my BDG-file, collected from everywhere and exchanged with people all over the planet during the past decade. I havn´t bought anything, so I can´t check if it´s in a commercial base or not, but someone else might have.
  
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Reply #164 - 02/07/08 at 01:52:58
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After 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 c5, David Gedult of France used to play 5 Bf4!? here, with good results.


Yep, as I already wrote a few pages ago. There I also wrote that 5.d5 is refuted by exf3 6.Nxf3 a6! and 7...e6.
  

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Reply #163 - 02/07/08 at 01:10:47
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ArKheiN wrote on 02/04/08 at 12:53:29:

[Event Corr"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[ECO "A45"]
[White "Leisebein, Peter"]
[Black "ArKheiN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 c6 9. Bg2 e6 10. h4 Bb4 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. h5 Bc5+ 15. Kh2 Qh4+ 16. Bh3 f5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. gxf5 Bxh5 19. Qg2 Qe4 20. Bd2 Qxg2+ 21. Bxg2 Be2 22. Rfe1 Bg4 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Kxh3 g6 25. f6 Kf7 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Rhe8 28. Kg4 d4 29. Re4 Rad8 30. Kf4 a5 31. a3 h5 32. Rg1 a4 33. Rd1 c5 34. Rd3 Rh8 35. Kg5 Rde8 36. c3 h4 37. Kg4 h3 38. Rxh3 Rxh3 39. Kxh3 d3 40. Re3 c4 41. Re1 d2 42. Rd1 Rxe5 43. Rxd2 Kxf6 44. Rd6+ Re6 45. Rd7 Rb6 46. Rd2 Kf5 47. Kg3 Rb5 48. Rf2+ Kg5 49. Rh2 Rd5 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Rh7 Rb5 52. Rh2 b6 53. Rd2 g5 54. Rd4 Rxb2 55. Rxc4 b5 56. Rc5+ Kg6 57. c4 bxc4 58. Rxc4   1/2-1/2

I was looking at this ending and think I have found a plan that is winning for Black involving putting the king on e6, rooks on c7 and d7, and gradually advancing the queenside majority. However, it seems that White may have been taking too many risks to win here, as 17 exf6 Bd6+ 18 Kg1 Qxh3 19 Qxe6+ will lead to a draw as White will capture one of the black minor pieces and Black will have no choice but to check on g3 and h3.
So the line is a draw unless I have missed something? Undecided
  
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Reply #162 - 02/06/08 at 13:27:41
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After 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 c5, David Gedult of France used to play 5 Bf4!? here, with good results.
  
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Reply #161 - 02/06/08 at 11:35:18
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Iam new in the FIDE rated list, I will get 2100+ in april's rating, but Iam still young and improving. In fact, with Black I play "normal theory" and as White I played long time 1.e4 and normal theory, then I stopped to play competition for 3 years but at the same moment I began to study the BDG and to play it on corr. I restarted to play OTB last year.

To DoubledPawns, yes, 4..c5 is not played that much but this is a good move, Black can fight for an advantage in this line. I don't know what is the objectively best move for White but I play 5.d5. When you say that the c1 bishop is blocked, it can still be useful on c4,  and Black side can't developp very freely too.
  
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Reply #159 - 02/06/08 at 11:21:03
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You strike me as being a talented tactician and diligent analyst, Arkhein. However, I can't help thinking that your belief in White's equal chances after best play in the BDG is incompatible with a true chess understanding. Please don't take this a personal attack, I know that no one here (I the least of all) has come up with a definitive refutation of the gambit, and I'm sure you manage to get good results with it OTB and even in correspondance, but it seems to me that all the work you put into maintaining the thing above water must detract your attention from openings that are strategically infinitely richer. Anyway, just curious, what is your rating ?
  
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Reply #158 - 02/06/08 at 11:06:29
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What about 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 de4 4.f3 c5!, forcing White to make some sort of concession. If White tries to play in gambit style with 5.d5, then 5...ef3 6.Nf3 stops White from developing his f1-bishop actively (...g6 bludgeons a bishop on d3). 5.dc5 is better, of course, but after 5...Qd1 6.Kd1 e5 Black has good play. 

I haven't checked this on my database, but I'm sure Lev will have some games in this line Wink.
  

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Reply #157 - 02/06/08 at 07:47:32
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wey hey.
Carl v Arkhein about BDG.
Two bald men fighting over a comb.

Would suggest pistols at dawn, but if accuracy is carried over from chess to shooting,  both would still be there past dusk.
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Reply #156 - 02/06/08 at 07:43:23
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Carl, I don't know why you can't answer if it is in a database that you bought, or if you found that game in the web. I didn't imagine myself that this game would be in a database.

Then, you are saying something quite disrespectul, are you saying that I use Rybka without knowing what I do? First, I am maybe better than you at OTB chess, I don't know for sure because I have no information about you but I will suppose that you are the weakest and YOU used Rybka to check the games. Secondly, the 2 games I posted, and the one you posted were played in 2006, I remember that at this time I only had an old Fritz to check somes tactics. In fact yes I didn't know that 12..Rd8?! was already the almost losing move.  But I imagine that you saw that immediately, and without your Rybka!
In fact I lost the game when after 9.Bb5!, I only can hope for a draw when I still played to win, so I avoided the early draw by repetition but I was wrong to do so. Oh and you say I use Rybka without thinking by myself that's right? I think that any computer will give 8..Qxd4 as a losing move because of 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxb7 and I lose material!! Damn I played a losing move according to Rybka, I can't even read it's evaluation!

Iam waiting your next response, Carl.
  
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Reply #155 - 02/06/08 at 03:29:26
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Actually, appearances can be deceiving. Warzecha and I did indeed play that game in 1996 by correspondence; however, the game lasted a bit more than 12 moves shown here. Then Warzecha broke off our game, at which I claimed the win.

Here is my game against Bernhard Theis, never before published, with the same line:

Theis - Zilbermints
10 moves/30 days
Correspondence 1996

1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e5 6 dxe5 Qxd1 7 Nxd1 Ne4
8 Bd3 Nc5 9 Resigns

Here Theis resigned the game and withdrew from the tournament.

Helmut Bliss - Zilbermints, correspondence 1996 continued (moves 1-5 same) 6 Nxe5 Bd6 7 Bd3 00 8 Bg5 Be7 9 Bc4 Be6  10 Bxe6 fxe6
and here Bliss stopped responding.

So... 0-1.

Another game from the 1996 correspondence tournament, 

Kurt Stummer - Zilbermints continued:

5 Nxf3 e5 6 Nxe5 Bd6  7 Bg5 00 8 Be2 Be7  9 Bc4 Nbd7  0-1.

Here Kurt's responses stopped. I mailed him a repeat on 6 June 1996. Thirteen days later, on 19 June 1996, I received his resignation in the mail. These games were played by regular mail, not email! 

Later, after searching my papers, I'll post the complete gamescore against Helmut Warzecha. Actually, I won that game, not Warzecha!
  
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Reply #154 - 02/06/08 at 03:15:55
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flaviddude wrote on 02/05/08 at 18:08:10:
Carl wrote on 02/04/08 at 23:24:19:
DoubledPawns wrote on 02/03/08 at 05:58:17:
What about 5...e5, returning the pawn to put off the BDG exponent? He might gain an edge in the endgame (after 6.de5), but the shock of facing a counter-gambit is sure to put him off his stride.


This move has 100% for White in my base.
Almost all BDG advocates knows that only 3... e5 is OK.

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[White "Warzecha, Helmut"]
[Black "Zilbermints, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e5 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Nd5 1-0


Diemer found the antidote to 5...e5. 

It is as follows

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e5? 6.dxe Qxd1 7.Kxd1 Nd7
8. Nd5 you can work out the analysis for yourselves but white usually wins two pawns with a sound position. The move 7.Kd1 is so counter intuitive that diemer did not find it until he had been playing the gambit for some years.



That was the day the "Elbert Counter Gambit" was invented.

[Event "?"]
[Site "Lindau"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[White "Diemer"]
[Black "Elbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nfd7 7. Nd5 Kd8 8. Bg5+ f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Nxf6 Be7 11. Nxe4 Nc6 12. Nh3 Nde5 13. Nf4 Bf5 14. Bxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Re1 Kf7 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18. h4 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Nxd3 20. Re6+ Kf5 21. Nxd3 Rxd3+ 22. Ke2 Rhd8 23. g4+ Kf4 24. Rf6+ Kg3 25. Ne4+ Kg2 26. g5 Ne5 27. Rc1 Nxf3 28. Rc2 R8d4 29. Rf4 c5 30. Rg4+ Kh2 31. Rg3 c4 32. Rg4 b5 33. h5 Nxg5 34. Kf1+ Rd2 35. Rxd2+ 1-0

Little Elbert ran into his room and slamed the door. He did never play chess again.
  
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Wow Carl, where did you find that game?

In fact, 8.Qf3 is my favourite move, I am playing that move myself everytime, 8.Bg2 is the main alternative. In fact, for a moment I tought I had found a refutation of 8.Qf3 and I wanted to place it, but Rosenstielke surprised me with a strong improvement, where I could still get the draw if I am not wrong, but I wanted to continue in a risky way and then he played strong moves again. But I have to say that when I played the games of that event, I did not have much time to play them and I lost on time in somes good positions. Against Leisebein, it was not the same event.




"For access to the secret manuscripts, my son, you need the holy key to the sanctuary crypt deep down in der darkest Deutschland", or however the clowns avoids the subject in this thread.

I posted it with respect, to illustrate how pitty the big mouthed 
Rybka-confident kids in here sounds with their quick evaluations, as 
even those of us who have studied this gambit for years, and actually 
knows what we are talking about, might get lost in the wilderness.
  
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Reply #152 - 02/05/08 at 21:26:23
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Yes, Diemer introduced 3.Nc3 instead of Blackmar's 3.f3 because 3.f3 is refuted by 3..e5 but 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 e5 is bad (David I think you meant 4..e5? instead of 5..e5?) because of 5.dxe5! Qxd1+ 6.Kxd1 Nfd7 7.Nd5 +/-, a line that many people falled in as Black, even a French IM in a semi-rapid tournament got that bad position with Black against me: 2 pawns down without compensations for him out of the opening.
  
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Carl wrote on 02/04/08 at 23:24:19:
DoubledPawns wrote on 02/03/08 at 05:58:17:
What about 5...e5, returning the pawn to put off the BDG exponent? He might gain an edge in the endgame (after 6.de5), but the shock of facing a counter-gambit is sure to put him off his stride.


This move has 100% for White in my base.
Almost all BDG advocates knows that only 3... e5 is OK.

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[White "Warzecha, Helmut"]
[Black "Zilbermints, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e5 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Nd5 1-0


Diemer found the antidote to 5...e5. 

It is as follows

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e5? 6.dxe Qxd1 7.Kxd1 Nd7
8. Nd5 you can work out the analysis for yourselves but white usually wins two pawns with a sound position. The move 7.Kd1 is so counter intuitive that diemer did not find it until he had been playing the gambit for some years.

  

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Wow Carl, where did you find that game?

In fact, 8.Qf3 is my favourite move, I am playing that move myself everytime, 8.Bg2 is the main alternative. In fact, for a moment I tought I had found a refutation of 8.Qf3 and I wanted to place it, but Rosenstielke surprised me with a strong improvement, where I could still get the draw if I am not wrong, but I wanted to continue in a risky way and then he played strong moves again. But I have to say that when I played the games of that event, I did not have much time to play them and I lost on time in somes good positions. Against Leisebein, it was not the same event.

  
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Carl wrote on 02/04/08 at 23:51:36:

[Event "corr"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[ECO "D00"]
[White "Rosenstielke, Magnus"]
[Black "ArKheiN"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Qf3 Qxd4 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 Qe5 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Bd4 Qg5+ 14. Kb1 c6 15. h4 Qe7 16. h5 Bxc2+ 17. Kxc2 cxb5 18. Nxb5 f6 19. g5 1-0


Yup, hari kari is certainly a lot more manly than the chicken options, and quicker too. 

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ArKheiN wrote on 02/04/08 at 12:53:29:

[Event Corr"]
[Date "2006.09.05"]
[ECO "A45"]
[White "Leisebein, Peter"]
[Black "ArKheiN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg2 c6 9. h4 Bb4 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Nd5 14. Bg5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. h5 h6 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. hxg6 Qxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxe3 20. Rxf7 0-0-0 21. Rxg7 Rhg8 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. Be4 Kd7 24. Rf1 Rg7 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. c4 Bg5 27. c5 Ke8 28. a4 a5 29. Rf3 Be7 30. c3 Bg5 31. Kf1 Be7 32. Ke2 Bf8 33. Bd3   1/2-1/2


Any constructive comment is welcome.


8.Qf3 also works sometimes.

[Event "corr"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[ECO "D00"]
[White "Rosenstielke, Magnus"]
[Black "ArKheiN"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Qf3 Qxd4 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 Qe5 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Bd4 Qg5+ 14. Kb1 c6 15. h4 Qe7 16. h5 Bxc2+ 17. Kxc2 cxb5 18. Nxb5 f6 19. g5 1-0
  
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DoubledPawns wrote on 02/03/08 at 05:58:17:
What about 5...e5, returning the pawn to put off the BDG exponent? He might gain an edge in the endgame (after 6.de5), but the shock of facing a counter-gambit is sure to put him off his stride.


This move has 100% for White in my base.
Almost all BDG advocates knows that only 3... e5 is OK.

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[White "Warzecha, Helmut"]
[Black "Zilbermints, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e5 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Nd5 1-0
  
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Reply #146 - 02/04/08 at 23:21:16
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ArKheiN wrote on 02/04/08 at 12:53:29:
GM Tony Kosten, I have 21 games of BDG expert Leisebein in that line, 11 wins and 0 loss. I myself tryed to get the advantage in the Black side of that variation, but I did not manage to win.

Thanks for those, the quality is much higher than the OTB games I have, I only had a quick look but my Rybka seems very happy with your moves.
You were definitely close to winning in one of the games, and drew easily in the other which suggest that Black is very OK in this variation, even if it is inferior.
I will have a closer look when I have some free time.
  
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[quote author=kylemeister link=1189668712/135#144  problems, 

In the other line, it seems odd to observe that White has no obvious problems; it would be more to the point to say that Black has no obvious problems, while White's obvious problem is his missing pawn.    

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It´s not odd if the observation counters the statement that 6... Be6 is a problem to 6.Ne5
  
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Carl wrote on 02/04/08 at 20:58:14:
ArKheiN wrote on 02/02/08 at 21:19:40:
Indeed, 6.Ne5 against 5..c6 is interesting but a move like 6..Nbd7 immediately challenging the knight, or even 6..Be6 as kylemeister pointed out, should be fine for Black.


Well, Kylemeister and ArKheiN, I would have thought 6... Bf5 was in analogy with the Caro-Kann.

Against 6... Be6 I would probably trust the Gegner-Tiemann line, and go 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Nd3 with the Knight looking at f4-e6, and no obvious problems, even though the exchange line 7.Bc4 Bxc4 8.Nxc4 looks perfectly =

As for 6... Nbd7, the exchange isn´t bad for White if you clear the rank with 7.Bf4 Nxe5 8.dxe5.
7.Qf3 might be the more Diemerish though.

I still think 6... Bf5 is the objectively best move, and therefor 5... c6 not better than 5... Bf5 (=), and then; this 6.Ne5 is only a "minor" variation. The old and new main lines, 6.Bc4 and 6.Bd3, might be even better!?



I was referring to the line 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 de 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5, where 7...Be6 and 7...Nd7 are considered better than 7...Bf5.  Doesn't necessarily mean that ...Bf5 is inferior in the BDG position, of course.

If you think 6...Be6 7. Bc4 Bxc4 8. Nxc4 looks equal, I don't know what to say ...except that such a "generic" exchange can't be of help to White when he's a pawn down, doesn't have much of a lead in development, and is facing an opponent whose position basically resembles a rock.  In the other line, it seems odd to observe that White has no obvious problems; it would be more to the point to say that Black has no obvious problems, while White's obvious problem is his missing pawn.    

  
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Well, apart from the line 5 Nxf3 c6 6 Ne5 Nbd7 6 Nc4 there is the move
6 Qf3 which appears to be good for White. I mean, the database I checked had no games with 7 Nc4, but plenty with 7 Qf3.

Just mentioning it.



In combination we have an interesting Ryder-style gambit;
7.Qf3 Qb6 8.Nc4!? if 8... Qxd4
  
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ArKheiN wrote on 02/02/08 at 21:19:40:
Indeed, 6.Ne5 against 5..c6 is interesting but a move like 6..Nbd7 immediately challenging the knight, or even 6..Be6 as kylemeister pointed out, should be fine for Black.


Well, Kylemeister and ArKheiN, I would have thought 6... Bf5 was in analogy with the Caro-Kann.

Against 6... Be6 I would probably trust the Gegner-Tiemann line, and go 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Nd3 with the Knight looking at f4-e6, and no obvious problems, even though the exchange line 7.Bc4 Bxc4 8.Nxc4 looks perfectly =

As for 6... Nbd7, the exchange isn´t bad for White if you clear the rank with 7.Bf4 Nxe5 8.dxe5.
7.Qf3 might be the more Diemerish though.

I still think 6... Bf5 is the objectively best move, and therefor 5... c6 not better than 5... Bf5 (=), and then; this 6.Ne5 is only a "minor" variation. The old and new main lines, 6.Bc4 and 6.Bd3, might be even better!?

  
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GM Tony Kosten, I have 21 games of BDG expert Leisebein in that line, 11 wins and 0 loss. I myself tryed to get the advantage in the Black side of that variation, but I did not manage to win but improvements might be possible. Here are two of my games against him:

[Event Corr"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[ECO "A45"]
[White "Leisebein, Peter"]
[Black "ArKheiN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[
1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 c6 9. Bg2 e6 10. h4 Bb4 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. h5 Bc5+ 15. Kh2 Qh4+ 16. Bh3 f5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. gxf5 Bxh5 19. Qg2 Qe4 20. Bd2 Qxg2+ 21. Bxg2 Be2 22. Rfe1 Bg4 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Kxh3 g6 25. f6 Kf7 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Rhe8 28. Kg4 d4 29. Re4 Rad8 30. Kf4 a5 31. a3 h5 32. Rg1 a4 33. Rd1 c5 34. Rd3 Rh8 35. Kg5 Rde8 36. c3 h4 37. Kg4 h3 38. Rxh3 Rxh3 39. Kxh3 d3 40. Re3 c4 41. Re1 d2 42. Rd1 Rxe5 43. Rxd2 Kxf6 44. Rd6+ Re6 45. Rd7 Rb6 46. Rd2 Kf5 47. Kg3 Rb5 48. Rf2+ Kg5 49. Rh2 Rd5 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Rh7 Rb5 52. Rh2 b6 53. Rd2 g5 54. Rd4 Rxb2 55. Rxc4 b5 56. Rc5+ Kg6 57. c4 bxc4 58. Rxc4   1/2-1/2


[Event Corr"]
[Date "2006.09.05"]
[ECO "A45"]
[White "Leisebein, Peter"]
[Black "ArKheiN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg2 c6 9. h4 Bb4 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Nd5 14. Bg5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. h5 h6 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. hxg6 Qxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxe3 20. Rxf7 0-0-0 21. Rxg7 Rhg8 22. Rxg8 Rxg8 23. Be4 Kd7 24. Rf1 Rg7 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. c4 Bg5 27. c5 Ke8 28. a4 a5 29. Rf3 Be7 30. c3 Bg5 31. Kf1 Be7 32. Ke2 Bf8 33. Bd3   1/2-1/2


Any constructive comment is welcome.
  
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Reply #140 - 02/04/08 at 12:39:12
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Some of you are good at joking about the BDG associated to Zilbermints ("Gambit" in the forum). Better at joking than at refuting a so bad opening. Who will do the best next joke? Oh of course 2.e4 and 4.f3 are jokes too but I am waiting your concretes lines to laugh with you.

PS: please, every BDG players don't think the same way as Zilbermints does, so a bit of respect for the "serious" theoricians of the BDG could be nice. If someone say: "The BDG is refuted" I won't laugh at his face, but I will say: really? Let me show your line, I will see if I can improve, and then we can discuss about the position".
  
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 02/03/08 at 12:26:21:
Carl wrote on 02/02/08 at 19:14:22:

Now, if 6... Bf5, Black is playing a sideline of another defence he didn´t intend to do; the Tartakower defence (or Gunderam in german); 5... Bf5, with White´s main move 6.Ne5 but with 6... c6 instead of 6... e6. I guess 7.g4 is coming.

But is this really a problem for Black? Andy Martin analysed this for his repertoire stuff on IYC and it looks reasonable, after 7...Bg6 8 h4 e6 9 h5 Be4 is possible. In the OTB games I have Black scores very well.


Tony, if you're going to use statistics, you need to learn to use them properly. When Black wins with some chicken line, he gains no joy, understands deep in his heart that he is a lesser man than his opponent, and probably cries himself to sleep. When White wins, he feels enlivened, the spirit of Morphy courses through his veins; food tastes better, his hairline seems fuller, and everything seems possible. What does it matter if White scores a mere 33% in these lines when the rewards are so great??!
  

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Carl wrote on 02/01/08 at 00:52:34:
drkodos wrote on 01/31/08 at 23:49:20:
[quote author=Carl link=1189668712/105#117 date=1201821908]

How do you beat the BDG?  Smiley



Who, me?

Simply by playing 2. ....e6, or if I am feeling more generous, I pretend like I am going to play their game and then veer off into the Lemberger, which produces a practically forced winning line for Black when Black plays correctly.*



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Please outline what in your opinion is the practically forced winning line for black in the Lemberger?  I have a monster improvement for white in one line of the Lemberger which I wrote an article about in "The Australian Chess Quarterly" Now if could find improvements for white in the c6 lines then I could start unleashing the BDG again.
  

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Reply #137 - 02/04/08 at 01:09:17
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I don't really trust either of these lines (11 0-0 & 11 Bg5) for White, as the white king has to castle kingside, and seems to be lacking pawn cover! Perhaps I am getting old, but shouldn't White be trying to get his king to a safe spot on the queenside before committing his kingside pawns? Undecided
  
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1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bf5 is the Gunderam defense, a very respectable defense but White's attack is much stronger here compared to 5..c6. Now after 6.Ne5, 6..e6 and 6..c6 are goods moves. After 6..c6 7.g4 Bg6, White can play 7.g5!? or 7.Bg2!? instead of 7.h4 but theses moves are quite untested. 8.h4 is of course good and transpose into a well-known position of the BDG. 8..e6 and now 9.h5 Be4 10.Nxe4 might be ok but the main move is 9.Bg2 treathening 10.h5 again, where after 10..Bb4 11.0-0 (11.Bg5!? is Schoupal's favourite move if I remember correctly), we get an interesting and important position which seems ok to White.
  
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Carl wrote on 02/02/08 at 19:14:22:

Now, if 6... Bf5, Black is playing a sideline of another defence he didn´t intend to do; the Tartakower defence (or Gunderam in german); 5... Bf5, with White´s main move 6.Ne5 but with 6... c6 instead of 6... e6. I guess 7.g4 is coming.

But is this really a problem for Black? Andy Martin analysed this for his repertoire stuff on IYC and it looks reasonable, after 7...Bg6 8 h4 e6 9 h5 Be4 is possible. In the OTB games I have Black scores very well.
  
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Reply #134 - 02/03/08 at 08:30:07
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DoubledPawns wrote on 02/03/08 at 05:58:17:
What about 5...e5, returning the pawn to put off the BDG exponent? He might gain an edge in the endgame (after 6.de5), but the shock of facing a counter-gambit is sure to put him off his stride.


What?  That is the Yellow Coward Chicken Defense!  (sorry, old forum reference)

Play 4...c6 (recommended in Kaufman's repertoire book) or 4...Bf5 (see Wahls' Scandinavian book) if you don't want to take the pawn right away.

Better yet, deviate earlier if you don't want to play the BDG at all:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 Hubsch (about -/+, better for Black than the BDG)

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 Lemberger (at least = for Black with healthy counterplay)


You can only get the Hubsch Gambit after 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nc3 d5 3 e4 Nxe4
not after 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3.

There is a reason I play (after 1 d4 Nf6) 2 f3, and that is to avoid both the Hubsch Gambit and Lemberger Counter-Gambit. Of course, I occasionally have to face 2...g6, 2...c5, 2...d6, 2...e6. However, I know how to play against these moves, having faced them quite often.

Not that I am afraid of either the Hubsch or the Lemberger. I have won
against both. No, it is just to ensure that after 1...Nf6 Black gets the BDG -- not the Hubsch or the Lemberger.

As for the Lemberger, there are plenty of ways to play against it.

1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 e5 :

A) Studier Attack, 4 Qh5
B) Lange Gambit, 4 Nxe4 ed4 5 Bb5+ followed by 6 Qe2
C) Rasmussen Attack, 4 Nge2

Now, to respond about the other lines.

O'Kelly Defense, 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 c6

Well, that's chickening out! That said, the following lines have all been tried by myself and other players:

A) 5 Nxe4 Nxe4 6 fxe4 e5 7 Nf3 ed4 8 Bc4

B) 5 Be3

C) 5 Bf4

D) 5 a3

E) 5 Bg5

Vienna Defense, 4...Bf5

A) 5 g4 Bg6
A1) 6 h4, Gunderam Attack
A2) 6 g5 Nd5
A21) 7 fxe4 Nxc3 8 bxc3 Bxe4 9 Nf3 Kampars Gambit
A22) 7 Nxe4

B) 5 Bg5, the Polish Attack. I have used this with good effect in the past. There is only one line for Black... but even there White gets an edge!

C) 5 fxe4, Diemer Gambit
 C1) 5...Nxe4 6 Qf3
 C11) 6...Nxc3 7 bxc3 Bc8 8 Bc4
 C12) 6...Nd6  7 Bf4

Wahl does not play the BDG, I do.  Not everything the GM says should be believed.

Any questions? Check BDG Keybook II for answers!            

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What about 5...e5, returning the pawn to put off the BDG exponent? He might gain an edge in the endgame (after 6.de5), but the shock of facing a counter-gambit is sure to put him off his stride.


What?  That is the Yellow Coward Chicken Defense!  (sorry, old forum reference)

Play 4...c6 (recommended in Kaufman's repertoire book) or 4...Bf5 (see Wahls' Scandinavian book) if you don't want to take the pawn right away.

Better yet, deviate earlier if you don't want to play the BDG at all:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 Hubsch (about -/+, better for Black than the BDG)

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 Lemberger (at least = for Black with healthy counterplay)
  

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What about 5...e5, returning the pawn to put off the BDG exponent? He might gain an edge in the endgame (after 6.de5), but the shock of facing a counter-gambit is sure to put him off his stride.
  

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Well, apart from the line 5 Nxf3 c6 6 Ne5 Nbd7 6 Nc4 there is the move
6 Qf3 which appears to be good for White. I mean, the database I checked had no games with 7 Nc4, but plenty with 7 Qf3.

Just mentioning it.
  
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Gambit wrote on 02/03/08 at 01:54:14:
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 exf3 5 Nxf3 c6 

Black plays chicken.

6 Ne5 Nbd7 6 Nc4

White will not trade unless he has the better game and position.

6..Nb6 is cute and nasty Wink
  

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1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 exf3 5 Nxf3 c6 

Black plays chicken.

6 Ne5 Nbd7 6 Nc4

White will not trade unless he has the better game and position.
  
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Indeed, 6.Ne5 against 5..c6 is interesting but a move like 6..Nbd7 immediately challenging the knight, or even 6..Be6 as kylemeister pointed out, should be fine for Black.
  
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I would have thought Black would answer 6. Ne5 with 6...Be6 (or possibly 6...Nbd7), by analogy with a line in the Caro-Kann.
  
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OK, if the Ziegler defence;5... c6 is how to beat the BDG, because of 6.Bc4 Bf5!, how about 6.Ne5!

Now, if 6... Bf5, Black is playing a sideline of another defence he didn´t intend to do; the Tartakower defence (or Gunderam in german); 5... Bf5, with White´s main move 6.Ne5 but with 6... c6 instead of 6... e6. I guess 7.g4 is coming.

So if 5... Bf5 is concidered less accurate, how do 5... c6 6.Ne5 avoid becoming the even more inaccurate 5... Bf5 6.Ne5 c6?

Is there a better way than 6... Bf5 after 5... c6 6.Ne5,
or is actually 5... Bf5 6.Ne5  the best Black can do?
  
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I believe Ziegler was an early opponent of Diemer's in the 1950s. The first edition of Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Keybook (1992) gives the game Diemer-Ziegler, Wangen 1950:

1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3  5 Nxf3 c6 6 Bc4 Bg4? 7 Ne5! Qc8 8 Bxf7+ Kd8 9 Qd3 Qf5 10 Qe3 Qxc2 11 00 (11...Nd5 12 Bxd5 cxd5 13 Rf2 traps the Queen - Tim Sawyer), 1-0.
  
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Reply #124 - 02/01/08 at 23:28:48
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Markovich wrote on 02/01/08 at 15:18:01:

That no one knows who Ziegler was, no matter! It is enough that he has adorned a perfectly ordinary move with his name!

That explains why BDG-initiates quite often don't know how to spell his name ...  Cheesy
  

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Reply #123 - 02/01/08 at 17:18:04
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Markovich wrote on 02/01/08 at 15:18:01:
  Ad maiorem gambiti gloriam, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.

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Very humorous post. But this verse in particular really cracked me up! Thanks. Had a long day & really in need to destress.
  

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Reply #122 - 02/01/08 at 15:18:01
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mefisto6 wrote on 02/01/08 at 14:46:29:
MNb wrote on 01/31/08 at 03:07:54:
This has been debated extensively in other threads. Please do a search on Ziegler, Zeigler and/or Milner-Barry.

These BDG discussions are very hard to follow for non-BDG-fanatics.
Ziegler Defence, Langeheinecke Defense, Lemberger Counter-Gambit, Euwe defence, the Hubsch Gambit, Milner-Barry,...
It seems like every move has its own name.
Is it not easier to name a line something like 'the e6 defence'?


Because this would disturb the Mystical Harmony of the Third Orb of BDG Arcana, my son, if thee but knew. Lest this Most Sacred Harmony be broken, those of The Initiate never refer to BDG subsystems by simple indications of what they are! And thrice must be challenged to mortal caissic combat those who do.   

Further, of course, it would suggest that The Gambit is less mighty than the Spanish or the Queen's Gambit, whose teeming subsystems are referenced by name. That no one knows who Ziegler was, no matter! It is enough that he has adorned a perfectly ordinary move with his name! That Euwe laughed the one time he ever faced The Gambit, no matter! The world champion's name was thus captured for all eternity for use by The Initiate.  Ad maiorem gambiti gloriam, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum.
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #121 - 02/01/08 at 14:46:29
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MNb wrote on 01/31/08 at 03:07:54:
This has been debated extensively in other threads. Please do a search on Ziegler, Zeigler and/or Milner-Barry.

These BDG discussions are very hard to follow for non-BDG-fanatics.
Ziegler Defence, Langeheinecke Defense, Lemberger Counter-Gambit, Euwe defence, the Hubsch Gambit, Milner-Barry,...
It seems like every move has its own name.
Is it not easier to name a line something like 'the e6 defence'?
  
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drkodos wrote on 01/31/08 at 23:49:20:
Carl wrote on 01/31/08 at 23:25:08:


How do you beat the BDG?  Smiley



Who, me?

Simply by playing 2. ....e6, or if I am feeling more generous, I pretend like I am going to play their game and then veer off into the Lemberger, which produces a practically forced winning line for Black when Black plays correctly.*

There is a solid reason (beyond whimsy or fashion) why it is not played by people with 2600+ ELO, but after reading the fumferry of the BDG delegates I now realize it must be that the Super GM's want to give their opponents (as Black) a sporting chance.





*Do a web search and some diligent homework and you can find the line yourself because I'm planning on remaining aloof and quasi-arrogant with my rhetoric, which is all I'm offering since empirical evidence means nothing to cultists.




Sure, anyone who knows what the BDG is*,
and have something to contribute to the subject of the thread.**


*Do a web search.
**The fact that 120 posts in this thread has only reached this far, kind of ridicules the rediculers by now.
  
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Reply #119 - 02/01/08 at 00:18:30
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A practically winning line for Black in the Lemberger?

If 3.Nxe4 is not good enough, 3.Nge2 probably is. The game Schoupal - GM Prié in the forum was a Lemberger with 3.Nge2.

About 2600+, I already explained somes possibles reasons. The BDG is ok but not dangerous enough to play for a win, when a draw is not as easy to get compared to non-gambit theory.

2..e6 is well enough if you are a French player, but it's not an attempt to refute the BDG. And as White I have no problem to play in a "normal" way against it.
  
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Reply #118 - 01/31/08 at 23:49:20
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Carl wrote on 01/31/08 at 23:25:08:


How do you beat the BDG?  Smiley



Who, me?

Simply by playing 2. ....e6, or if I am feeling more generous, I pretend like I am going to play their game and then veer off into the Lemberger, which produces a practically forced winning line for Black when Black plays correctly.*

There is a solid reason (beyond whimsy or fashion) why it is not played by people with 2600+ ELO, but after reading the fumferry of the BDG delegates I now realize it must be that the Super GM's want to give their opponents (as Black) a sporting chance.





*Do a web search and some diligent homework and you can find the line yourself because I'm planning on remaining aloof and quasi-arrogant with my rhetoric, which is all I'm offering since empirical evidence means nothing to cultists.
  

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Reply #117 - 01/31/08 at 23:25:08
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So... bring on the games!  Wink


So? You go ahead.
How do you beat the BDG?  Smiley
  
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So... bring on the games!  Wink
  
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This has been debated extensively in other threads. Please do a search on Ziegler, Zeigler and/or Milner-Barry.
  

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Meat wrote on 01/30/08 at 18:32:39:
ArKheiN wrote on 01/30/08 at 10:09:21:
I don't trust 5.Bf4 against 4..c6. But in the Trompowsky move order, the Bf4 is quite good.

To Tracke, after 

1d4 d5 2e4 dxe4 3Nc3 Nf6 4f3 c6 5.Bc4 exf3 6Nxf3 Bf5 70-0 e6 8Ng5  Bg6 9Ne2 Na6, I don't remember the lines you gave but for the moment I would play 10.Nf4 and you?


And then what after 10...Nc7 ? What is white's plan here? How will he maintain an initiative against simple developing moves by black?


Simple developing moves?!
Maybe you should try 9... Bd6! with the idea 10. Nf4 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 0-0 and Nbd7 then!? -/+
But on the other hand; don´t expect 8. Ng5 too often.
Or 5.Bc4 for that matter.
  
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Reply #113 - 01/30/08 at 18:55:59
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Something like 19.Be2 with the idea to cover the g4 and h5 square and eventually pushing the g and h pawn, while giving the possibility to play c4 might be interesting.
  
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Reply #112 - 01/30/08 at 18:32:39
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ArKheiN wrote on 01/30/08 at 10:09:21:
I don't trust 5.Bf4 against 4..c6. But in the Trompowsky move order, the Bf4 is quite good.

To Tracke, after 

1d4 d5 2e4 dxe4 3Nc3 Nf6 4f3 c6 5.Bc4 exf3 6Nxf3 Bf5 70-0 e6 8Ng5  Bg6 9Ne2 Na6, I don't remember the lines you gave but for the moment I would play 10.Nf4 and you?


And then what after 10...Nc7 ? What is white's plan here? How will he maintain an initiative against simple developing moves by black?
  
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Reply #111 - 01/30/08 at 16:27:44
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To Matemax: If you want to show the statistics, you should learn to uses them properly. 
Please be my teacher - I live the Ghandi-way: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." 

The most important point of the given statistics is, that the opening is practically neglected by strong players (they will have their reasons...).


You don't need to put statistics to show that no GM play that, everyone knows that, and I explained the reasons. And you put Black's score from masters as Black, but we have no information about the score from White, and how strong or weak the opposition was...

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to me, the BDG is a dynamical equality 
to me not


It's words against words, but why don't you give somes lines that show us White having 0 compensation for the pawn? Don't say soemthing like"because of 4..Nxf3 because I will say "5.Nxf3 and what?"

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Under 2200, the Black side does not defend really good, you can win with a strong attack before 30 moves. 
Do you really believe in that?


Judging from my own level and my own experience against <2200 with the BDG OTB, yes I maintain what I say.

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BDG is fun, it isn't losing 
Hmm...my evaluation after f3 would be "plus minus vertical" - white is to fight for a draw


First, White is fighting to win. If things goes bad, White is fighting to draw. "Plus minus vertical"? Maybe, it's not impossible, but I don't know a line which is clearly and objectively "small advantage to Black". Here again, I say = where you say =/+, so we have to use concrete lines to have a picture of what you say, and there we can discuss about different interpretations.

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At your level, are you able to maintain a slight advantage? 
Yes


Are you a Master ? The black side never manage to equalize against you?

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even a 1600 could crush a 1800 with it 
Of course - but he can also crush him with 1.h4 or 1.a3. They will both make a lot of mistakes and last one usually loses.


A 1600 have little chance to beat a 1800 with 1.h4 or 1.a3 because he is much weaker that his opponent, and because theses openings are not dangerous and no opening traps. The BDG is dangerous enough at that level, and there are many traps where a 1800 can fall in quickly.

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The rebel attitude. 
I like this one - nice. I am with you!   


As I see the BDG stands for fun, practical chances, a certain chess attidute - but it doesnt stand for theoretically soundness. I like the theoretical discussions ("Is an opening sound", "Does it give an advantage",...) and not to walk into personal impressions ("Oh its fun", "I am a BDG-fighter"). I really hope you enjoy this opening and have a good time at the board - its your decision and I have respect for it.


I agree for the first part of what you say here, but OTB. But when I play it on corr, I don't wait to be lucky, I know that my opponent has a database and books, might be a good player and might use a strong engine to beat me. I use the correspondance as an analytical tool, where I say that it is not the ultimate weapon,  White has a dynamical equality but no more. 

Iam very curious about how you will refute the BDG, and curious to know what you play as White to keep an opening advantage and how you manage to convert it into a winning advantage, and what is your real name in the FIDE's top 100.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #110 - 01/30/08 at 12:18:04
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To Matemax: If you want to show the statistics, you should learn to uses them properly.

Please be my teacher - I live the Ghandi-way: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Wink

The most important point of the given statistics is, that the opening is practically neglected by strong players (they will have their reasons...).

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to me not

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Under 2200, the Black side does not defend really good, you can win with a strong attack before 30 moves.

Do you really believe in that?

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The BDG is practically unknown

Come on - you know thats not true...

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BDG is fun, it isn't losing

Hmm...my evaluation after f3 would be "plus minus vertical" - white is to fight for a draw

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At your level, are you able to maintain a slight advantage?

Yes

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Of course - but he can also crush him with 1.h4 or 1.a3. They will both make a lot of mistakes and last one usually loses.

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I like this one - nice. I am with you!  Smiley


As I see the BDG stands for fun, practical chances, a certain chess attidute - but it doesnt stand for theoretically soundness. I like the theoretical discussions ("Is an opening sound", "Does it give an advantage",...) and not to walk into personal impressions ("Oh its fun", "I am a BDG-fighter"). I really hope you enjoy this opening and have a good time at the board - its your decision and I have respect for it.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #109 - 01/30/08 at 10:09:21
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I don't trust 5.Bf4 against 4..c6. But in the Trompowsky move order, the Bf4 is quite good.

To Tracke, after 

1d4 d5 2e4 dxe4 3Nc3 Nf6 4f3 c6 5.Bc4 exf3 6Nxf3 Bf5 70-0 e6 8Ng5  Bg6 9Ne2 Na6, I don't remember the lines you gave but for the moment I would play 10.Nf4 and you? 5.fxe4 is playable too but I don't like it very much.
  
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Reply #108 - 01/30/08 at 10:06:11
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Markovich wrote on 01/29/08 at 18:13:23:
Gambit wrote on 01/28/08 at 17:28:21:
tracke wrote on 01/27/08 at 12:17:30:
I repeat my =+ line from 2006, since then no BDG fanatic has even tried to improve for White:

1d4 d5 2e4 dxe4 3Nc3 Nf6 4f3 c6 5Bc4 (5fxe4 e5; 5Bg5/f4/e3 exf3) exf3 6Nxf3 Bf5 70-0 e6 8Ng5 (8Ne5 Bg6) Bg6 9Ne2 Na6

tracke  Smiley


Really? I don't see 5 Bf4 mentioned here.


Ah, chess at last.

5...Bf5.  Or for that matter, 5...exf3 6.Nxf3 Bf5 and it appears to me that the Bf4 is no so well placed.


Gambit's suggested 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 c6 5.Bf4 is very similar to the Trompowsky line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3!? Nf6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nc3, where the extra Bf4 makes White's position playable, even though it is not the optimal square for the bishop. But in the BDG with Bf4 Black also has the "extra" tempo ...c6 (a move Black often plays anyway), so this should be good for Black. Leafing through Wells' "Winning with the Trompowsky" and comparing, the following defences should be considered:

5...exf3 6.Nxf3 e6 intending ...Be7 and if Bc4, ...Nd7-b6
5...exf3 6.Nxf3 g6 building a Grünfeld-type position

In both these lines White will be one tempo behind with his critical d5-break compared to games like Jansa-Sosonko, Amsterdam 1975 and Hodgson-Panchenko, Bern 1994.

Markovich's 5...Bf5 should also be promising, since White's play against it in the Trompowsky is often based on a Black weakness on b7.
  

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Reply #107 - 01/30/08 at 09:37:43
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To Matemax: If you want to show the statistics, you should learn to uses them properly.

You gave the numbers of games played by White at master level, but not the score, but you gave the score for the Black side. And what can be said with theses statistics is: Masters with Black pieces, very often played against weaker opponents, maybe no masters opponents, nothing in your statistics tell us that every White played who played the BDG against Masters were courageous 1800 players. So, the reason of the defeat is not necessary because of the BDG, but because of the level of difference.

Most of us here might have no more chance to survive with the Ruy Lopez when our theory is over against 2400+, does it mean that the Ruy Lopez is bad? No, it only means that you are weaker than your opponent, or that you didn't handled the opening very well. 

Do you remember this match: Rybka against a GM (I don't remember his name), first Rybka played without the pawn a, in the second game without the pawn b, in the 6th game, without the f-pawn (oh, like the BDG), etc. The GM scored miserably. I think, in a match: Rybka playing the BDG vs 10 GM's OTB when they didn't know what it would play, the Machine would win something 8,5-1,5 (3 draws). 

Does it mean that the BDG is winning? No, I am the first to defend that opening but I know that Black can equalize fast but I don't think they get a concrete form of advantage, because to me, the BDG is a dynamical equality.

And there are at least 4 goods reason I see for masters that doesn't want to play the BDG as White:

1: It has a bad reputation, it looks very suspects at first, and I remember how myself looked at it without respect at first before I began to study it deeply. Masters usually like to play something which is quite reliable. There is a question of fashion too, many respectables openings are not played because of fashion for another line. I am waiting the day when Morozevitch will try the BDG Wink

2. It is really hard to play the BDG OTB, you have to calculate many tacticals variations, and sometimes, to play a move very hard to find needed to win or to draw by force, or you lose. So you might have zeitnot problems in complicated positions. 

3. At that level, you only can use it as a surprise weapon, because if every masters know that you will play that, you might fight many potentially good defenses well prepared.

4. Why would a master play something which is about equal as White when they begin with a small advantage? You don't see many Colle or Veresov too, and they don't have a pawn less, but it is well-known that Black should equalize easily. And they always search for something new in the well-known theory where they have chance to place their special preparation for one game (for example Ivanchuk and his Nf3 in the English attack in the Najdorf against Topalov).

So I gave possibles reasons to explain why Masters doesn't play the BDG often. And now I will give reasons why No Masters could play the BDG:

1. Under 2200, the Black side does not defend really good, you can win with a strong attack before 30 moves.

2. The BDG is practically unknown, the Black side will look the BDG badly, they want to refute you quickly with logicals moves like 5..Bg4. But White should know their positions far more, and it compensate a difference of level. You have the psychology advantage: you are only thinking "I will crushing you" with confidence into your pet gambit where your opponend might think "I will refute you but how?" or "What is it? Isn't it the Black Mortimer Gambit? What can I do?", or "Haha I already won, nobody play that, it should be really bad" and so on.

3. At your level, are you able to maintain a slight advantage? Even in the most theoreticals openings, it seems that Black manage to equalize at the end. Sveshnikov, Marshall gambit, where is the concrete "small advantag" and how to convert it as advantage? Maybe you even don't know what you followed the 15 firsts moves of Kasparov. So, you are here to play for fun I think, BDG is fun, it isn't losing, ok Black might equalize but if you like your position, who care?
If your opponent is really stronger, you have no more chance to win with a so well-known line than with the BDG. I even might say: at that level, you have more chances to win the BDG.

4. The basics idea of the BDG are quite easy to learn, even a 1600 could crush a 1800 with it, but if he faced his Najdorf he would not have survived 40 moves.

5. The rebel attitude. You are the only one in your chessclub who play that and you are proud, you know that the BDG has a bad reputation but you still win with it against yours local members and with an unique flagrance, and your opponent way "I have lost again to this patzer opening". And the others players looking at your f3 move and the evolution of the game might be amused.

They are maybe others reasons too.

Now mister wcywing, when you say "if its cowardly than it should be no problem beating it, for what's its worth, i like the zeigler and teichman's variation the best.  i always like an easy point.",

I wonder how you get an easy point against a BDG well handled.

ArKheiN, the patzer who play a patzer opening, wondering how I managed to win even a few games with that ,and waiting to be personnally challenged on corr, or blitz Grin
  
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Reply #106 - 01/30/08 at 08:22:43
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Best keep your delusions to chess moves, rather than raising people from the dead Gambit.

Regards chickens - seems you never actually make it to tournaments. Plenty of excuses though. Funny that. Just a teenager in his bedroom, with his narrow playbook, on ICC. 'Bah, he didnt play MY favourite line. Muuuuum.'

wcywing - no they are all duffers. Sorry, have to call a spade a spade eventually.



  
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Reply #105 - 01/30/08 at 03:51:15
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Well, the slain will eventually be reincarnated some years later. It is possible they will fight again.

Lincoln was reincarnated as Kennedy. And, according to Nostradamus,
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TopNotch wrote on 01/29/08 at 22:25:45:
Nothing wrong with being a "chicken" in chess, particularly if it nets good results.

Remember that old adage - He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. But he who fights and is slain, will never ever fight again. (So to speak) Wink

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MNb wrote on 01/28/08 at 20:54:52:
Gambit wrote on 01/28/08 at 17:40:38:

I am not avoiding anything here. Simply put, I want to play my opponent man-to-man, without any computer assistance. I have that right. 
KURITZA.

Sure you have that right. But you are avoiding corr games, aren't you? Again, you have the right but then I have the right to conclude you are not that sure about the theoretical value of the BDG.  Wink
What does Kuritza mean?  Huh


These days correspondence players have access to chess computers, which I consider cheating. For this reason, the only acceptable match is over-the-board. I do not want my opponent to have access to a chess database. It is my skill against my opponent's, and not the chess engine's.

And yes, kuritza is "chicken" in Polish and Russian.
  
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Nothing wrong with being a "chicken" in chess, particularly if it nets good results.

Remember that old adage - He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. But he who fights and is slain, will never ever fight again. (So to speak) Wink

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Reply #101 - 01/29/08 at 22:24:06
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this might be a stupid question, but with all these people that play the bdg, are any of them expert level or above?  i think a few Gm's might have played it once, but i don't think any play it on a consistent basis.   

as for Nietzsche advice

p.s. - my advice on talking to fanatic BDG adherents: 
"Smile, nod, and slowly back away." 

it is very wise   Wink
  
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Markovich,  I usually avoid reading BDG threads because of all the ridiculous personal attacks and off-topic ranting.  That said, I am delighted I quickly read through this thread.  Your comment on "Kuritza" really made me laugh. Grin

I've been sick the past few days and feel miserable; your comment really cheered me up.  This might be off-topic but, hey... its a BDG thread, that's par for the course.

Cheers,
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p.s. - my advice on talking to fanatic BDG adherents: 
"Smile, nod, and slowly back away."
  

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Kuritza means chicken.... (russian)


No, it is the first of the seven sacred passwords, each of which unlocks one of the successive gates into the Repository of Mystical BDG Arcana.  It is entered from the crypt of the village church in Radolfzell, Baden.   

Go there my son, stamp thy foot three times while holding aloft a decapitated bat, and proclaim "Kuritza!"  And thee shall commence thy path into the ways of The Gambit.  And the weakness and cowardice of the Spanish and the Queen's Gambit shall be revealed to thee.
  

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Gambit wrote on 01/28/08 at 17:28:21:
tracke wrote on 01/27/08 at 12:17:30:
I repeat my =+ line from 2006, since then no BDG fanatic has even tried to improve for White:

1d4 d5 2e4 dxe4 3Nc3 Nf6 4f3 c6 5Bc4 (5fxe4 e5; 5Bg5/f4/e3 exf3) exf3 6Nxf3 Bf5 70-0 e6 8Ng5 (8Ne5 Bg6) Bg6 9Ne2 Na6

tracke  Smiley


Really? I don't see 5 Bf4 mentioned here.


Ah, chess at last.

5...Bf5.  Or for that matter, 5...exf3 6.Nxf3 Bf5 and it appears to me that the Bf4 is no so well placed.
  

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i don't think playing e3 or any other BDG declined is form of cowardice, but a form of psycological warfare.  most BDG people get mad or frustrated if black declines or counterattacks like using the lemberger, even Sawyer says its a good opening.  

if its cowardly than it should be no problem beating it, for what's its worth, i like the zeigler and teichman's variation the best.  i always like an easy point.   Wink  a better name to the thread, might be how can you not beat the BDG, however otb the BDG may be hard to beat at club level, but in higher levels you are pressing your luck.  sure Joel Benjamen lost to it, but it could have been a fluke.  

seriously though, you can not convince a bdg fanatic that it is unsound, nor can you convince a non-BDG person that it is sound.  i know Silman had an article somewhere that his analysis shows white losing to the zeigler, but is that going to convince a bdg fanatic?  no.  if a BDG fanatic post his analysis refuting Silman's idea's, is that going to convince the rest of the world, no.  

i do like BDG threads, they are so much fun to read.    Grin  
  
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Kuritza means chicken.... (russian)
  
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Gambit wrote on 01/28/08 at 17:40:38:

I am not avoiding anything here. Simply put, I want to play my opponent man-to-man, without any computer assistance. I have that right. 
KURITZA.

Sure you have that right. But you are avoiding corr games, aren't you? Again, you have the right but then I have the right to conclude you are not that sure about the theoretical value of the BDG.  Wink
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Gambit wrote on 01/28/08 at 17:28:21:
tracke wrote on 01/27/08 at 12:17:30:
I repeat my =+ line from 2006, since then no BDG fanatic has even tried to improve for White:

1d4 d5 2e4 dxe4 3Nc3 Nf6 4f3 c6 5Bc4 (5fxe4 e5; 5Bg5/f4/e3 exf3) exf3 6Nxf3 Bf5 70-0 e6 8Ng5 (8Ne5 Bg6) Bg6 9Ne2 Na6

tracke  Smiley


Really? I don't see 5 Bf4 mentioned here.

5..Bf5
  

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alumbrado wrote on 01/27/08 at 22:13:51:

You really ought to ease up goading Lev like that.  He may be a giant pain in the butt but he's harmless enough!   Roll Eyes

Promised, you are right. I am just rather tired of getting called "c*n" while he continuously avoids ... etc. But somebody has to stop, it will be me.
Usually I find him very amusing though and I usually also find it a challenge to find out if there is a core of truth in his logic. I would appreciate it if he thought of something else but the infamous c-word.


I am not avoiding anything here. Simply put, I want to play my opponent man-to-man, without any computer assistance. I have that right. 

For the record, there is a 1999 simultaneous game in which Kramnik played Black against the BDG. He CHICKENED OUT with 4...e3, the cowardly Langeheinecke Defense, but it did not help him. The game ended in a draw.

KURITZA.
  
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I repeat my =+ line from 2006, since then no BDG fanatic has even tried to improve for White:

1d4 d5 2e4 dxe4 3Nc3 Nf6 4f3 c6 5Bc4 (5fxe4 e5; 5Bg5/f4/e3 exf3) exf3 6Nxf3 Bf5 70-0 e6 8Ng5 (8Ne5 Bg6) Bg6 9Ne2 Na6

tracke  Smiley


Really? I don't see 5 Bf4 mentioned here.
  
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Nice statistics, but deceptive. All it means is that White did not know BDG theory well enough.
  
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Every day I open the forum site I see the blinking light - "How to beat the BDG" - I cant stand it any longer, I have to make some ultimate comments on it  Shocked

How about some statistics?

Playing the BDG OTB (no corr.): 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 de4 4.f3 (source www.chesslive.de)

White over 2600 playing BDG: 0
White over 2500 playing BDG: 1
White over 2400 playing BDG: 3
White over 2300 playing BDG: 10

Black over 2600 facing BDG: 1 (1 win)
Black over 2500 facing BDG: 5 (4 wins - 1 draw)
Black over 2400 facing BDG: 10 (7 wins - 1 draw - 1 loss)

Conclusion:
The BDG is used OTB mainly on woodpusher level. If strong players meet the BDG with black the statistics is desastrous for white. I think the most desastrous statistics of all openings  Grin

Of course you can trick your opponent, hope for bad moves ... 

I hope all BDG addicts use all of their time to study the gambit over and over, keep on arguing in millions of forums and show all their emotions. What a life!  Wink

Please you BDGs out there keep peace with me - Now that my heart has opened  and I finally outed myself I promise never to post in this thread again  Cool
  
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for what its worth, i think the BDG can be a good opening at the club level, speed chess, and rapid chess because it can be a surprise weapon.  however IF black can defend properly, white can be in for a long day, or actually a short game.   

i have played it before with mixed results, drawing an expert but losing to a 1300 player.  Shocked    it does teach tactics, pins, sacrifices, etc but i wouldn't bet the farm on it though or rating points.  i won't play it again except for speed chess and rapid chess.  slow games, no WAY!  however if the BDG is used by Kasparov or in a championship game, then of course everyone will play it... very doubtful though.  
  
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You really ought to ease up goading Lev like that.  He may be a giant pain in the butt but he's harmless enough!   Roll Eyes

Promised, you are right. I am just rather tired of getting called "c*n" while he continuously avoids ... etc. But somebody has to stop, it will be me.
Usually I find him very amusing though and I usually also find it a challenge to find out if there is a core of truth in his logic. I would appreciate it if he thought of something else but the infamous c-word.
  

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What happened with the Gambit - Uberdeker match, has it been played yet??

This is almost as exciting as the upcoming match Anand - Kramnik!
  
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MNb wrote on 01/27/08 at 21:03:05:
Gambit wrote on 01/26/08 at 21:53:03:

So stop being so yellow and accept my challenge to play!

Yes, LDZ, stop being chicken and play a corr on this site. I am sure Überdeker and/or Bonsai will enjoy it. Alas I don't have the time, being busy with the chesspub team.
In the past you always refused, being afraid that silicon power would refute your play. ArkHein and Schoupal, those are men.



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So stop being so yellow and accept my challenge to play!

Yes, LDZ, stop being chicken and play a corr on this site. I am sure Überdeker and/or Bonsai will enjoy it. Alas I don't have the time, being busy with the chesspub team.
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Gambit wrote on 01/26/08 at 21:53:03:
That is the main reason for my challenges -- to show that I can play OTB against those that attack the validity of my opening ideas.

You see, that is the thing that nobody doubts. I think everyone agrees that in an otb game you have your chances with completely unsound openings and most certainly with something that is just a little bit dubious like the BDG.


What would be the point in playing Lev?  While I have some passing interest in the BDG, I don't see it nearly often enough to feel like I need to practice against it.  I have other and better things to do, thank you very much, both in terms of my chess study and the rest of my life.

Nor would playing Lev do any good.  Even if you won out of the opening, do you really think he would admit there's a problem with it or that he'd stop his postings about it.  Doubt it.  He'd be back in an hour with some sort of new "improvement," and the whole thing would just start over.  Bottom line is that one game isn't going to be enough to reach a final conclusion and these silly challenges are just a complete waste of time (not to mention an exhibition of bad manners).

I, for one, do not agree with Lev's assertion that his openings are good for OTB play, even if they don't stand up to rigorous analysis.  If you are consistently playing at a high enough level, you won't do well with this approach, even if you manage a swindle every once in a while.  (If the chance of doing that is what floats your boat in chess, then fine, continue as is and I won't argue it further.)   

Look, the proof is in the pudding and Lev's US OTB rating is, afaik, in the 1900s.  I don't mean to be rude about it, but that suggests to me that, contrary to what he says, his openings really aren't that much good in OTB chess.  Indeed, what would really be interesting to me would be to see what would happen if Lev jettisoned his current repertoire, booked up and then played a steady diet of main lines.  I bet he'd make 2200 in no time.    


  
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I repeat my =+ line from 2006, since then no BDG fanatic has even tried to improve for White:

1d4 d5 2e4 dxe4 3Nc3 Nf6 4f3 c6 5Bc4 (5fxe4 e5; 5Bg5/f4/e3 exf3) exf3 6Nxf3 Bf5 70-0 e6 8Ng5 (8Ne5 Bg6) Bg6 9Ne2 Na6

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Gambit wrote on 01/24/08 at 17:00:59:

GM Prie did not refute anything.

Really? His March 2004 update and his analysis in the ChessPub Guide and games doesn't look too promising for White! Wink
  
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Why not compromise and play an online game at correspondence time limits? That way it's a game, so moves cannot be retracted, but it's at analytical speed.
  
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Gambit wrote on 01/26/08 at 21:53:03:
That is the main reason for my challenges -- to show that I can play OTB against those that attack the validity of my opening ideas.

You see, that is the thing that nobody doubts. I think everyone agrees that in an otb game you have your chances with completely unsound openings and most certainly with something that is just a little bit dubious like the BDG.
  
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ArKheiN wrote on 01/26/08 at 11:22:03:
In fact GM Prié did "only" draw against Schoupal, and even near the end of the game, I have found a small improvment for White to get a small advantage that was accorded to Prié after the game.


... and Prié didn´t even allow the BDG to be offered, right?
Wasn´t that a Lemberger game?
  
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Maybe some players are chicken, Gambit. And you're a kid, so this will be the result:

  
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The challenges are meant to get you guys to play me, but of course, quite a few are too chicken to do so. Analyses is good, but in the end, everything is decided by chess games between two players. That is the main reason for my challenges -- to show that I can play OTB against those that attack the validity of my opening ideas.

So stop being so yellow and accept my challenge to play!
  
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The guys in the park play the Blackburne-Shilling gambit in the hopes of catching an unwary tourist and winning a few bucks.  Does that make it a good opening?  Of course, not.  Markovich is right.  If you want to be taken seriously, post some analysis and stop with the meaningless challenges.   

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In fact GM Prié did "only" draw against Schoupal, and even near the end of the game, I have found a small improvment for White to get a small advantage that was accorded to Prié after the game.
  
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Hi,
maybe it is not really in line with the current discussion, but I have a question for you, BDG experts.
I was looking for a good defence against the BDG and I had a look at the line 
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 de 4. f3 c5
It seems to me that after the logical 5. d5 ef 6. Nxf3 a6, white has no compensation for the pawn, on the contrary, black has a clear plan, b5, Nbd7, g6, Bg7, O-O etc. Black scores very good in this line, something like 80%.

Is there a reason why this line (4. .. c5) isn't so popular?
Is it discussed in another thread?

You are right about 4...c5 5.d5. At first this looks like an Albin's with colours reversed and an extra tempo for White. That's why I don't recommend the traditional setup with ...g6 etcetera. White will play Bf4, Qd2, 0-0-0 and h2-h4-h5, which even in the Albin's is quite dangerous. A sample line is 7.Bf4 (7.Bg5, 7.Be3) Nbd7 (e6) 8.Qd2 g6 9.0-0-0 Bg7 10.Bh6 0-0 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.h4 h5 (b5 13.h5 Nxh5?? 14.g4 wins) 8.Qd2 g6 9.0-0-0 Bg7 10.Bh6 0-0 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.h4 h5 (b5 13.h5 Nxh5 14.g4 wins) 13.Be2 b5 14.Ng5 Bb7 15.g4 b4 16.Nce4 Qa5 17.c4 hxg4 18.h5.
So 4...c5 5.d5 exf3 6.Nxf3 a6 and 7...e6 and Black is just a pawn up. One of the first BDG fanatics, David Gedult from France, therefor recommended 5.Bf4 eg exf3 6.Nxf3 cxd4 7.Nb5.

@Gambit: it was not GM Prié who lost to Schoupal, but me. And I am somewhat lower rated. Moreover I did not follow Prié's recommendations. Then you have contributed zero analysis to all the debates about 5...c6. Finally you never showed anything against Prié's recommendations either. Maybe because you're chicken? That's probably also the real reason you don't want to play corr games with your beloved opening, like Schoupal and ArkHein.  Tongue
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Hi,
maybe it is not really in line with the current discussion, but I have a question for you, BDG experts.
I was looking for a good defence against the BDG and I had a look at the line 
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 de 4. f3 c5
It seems to me that after the logical 5. d5 ef 6. Nxf3 a6, white has no compensation for the pawn, on the contrary, black has a clear plan, b5, Nbd7, g6, Bg7, O-O etc. Black scores very good in this line, something like 80%.

Is there a reason why this line (4. .. c5) isn't so popular?
Is it discussed in another thread?


First in the line you give 6.Nf3 scores very badly as you suggest. 6.Qf3 gives much better results. There are quite a few alternatives after 4...c5  One simple alternative is 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.dxc In my opinion this leads to an even games although the extremely unbalanced pawn structure means that it is not always drawish. 
  

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Markovich wrote on 01/24/08 at 13:32:07:
Actually if the point of a challenge match is to test this gambit's theoretical merits, there should be a team on each side, with full access to books and computers, and the games should be played at postal time limits.  I propose that the six most critical defenses be seperately tested in each of six simultaneous corr games, to be played on a cc server somewhere.  In each game, one player would have ultimate command of his side, but would exchange advice with his teammates, each of whom would be commanding the same side (White or Black) of his own game.

I have played several Blackmar-Diemer fixed opening corrrespondence tournaments. They are great fun and really provide a test of the gambit. It takes more bottle to play the gambit in a normal correspondence tournament. I played it in the Champions League. The first year I scored well with a good deal of help from my opponents. The second year was not terribley good. Watch out for the chance to play BDG tournaments on IECG and ICCF. They happen quite often.   


Nothing magic about six.  We could do it with three or four.

  

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Reply #70 - 01/25/08 at 12:27:25
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Hi,
maybe it is not really in line with the current discussion, but I have a question for you, BDG experts.
I was looking for a good defence against the BDG and I had a look at the line 
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 de 4. f3 c5
It seems to me that after the logical 5. d5 ef 6. Nxf3 a6, white has no compensation for the pawn, on the contrary, black has a clear plan, b5, Nbd7, g6, Bg7, O-O etc. Black scores very good in this line, something like 80%.

Is there a reason why this line (4. .. c5) isn't so popular?
Is it discussed in another thread?
  
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Reply #69 - 01/25/08 at 11:50:41
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Iam still playing it, OTB, corr, blitz... With still a quite good score in practice but ok, I did not play that OTB against many masters. In fact I played it against GM Korneev in a tournament, 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 c6 5.Bc4 where he began to think, and played 5..e3. And I got a small advantage in the opening but I tryed to "just stay alive by exchanging" and got after an error of his part, an equal but quite complicated ending but I was on time pressure and lost.

From a theoretical point of view, I think White should have a dynamical equality with best play on both side, but no more, but I don't care if it is only equal if I like the resulting positions. But I have to say that it is quite difficult to play against 4..c6 or 5..c6 when it is played correctly.

But still, Iam ready to defend the White side against anybody here for example.
  
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Reply #68 - 01/24/08 at 18:13:48
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Gambit wrote on 01/24/08 at 17:00:59:
GMTonyKosten wrote on 01/24/08 at 14:56:08:
These BDG threads always provide good entertainment. Smiley
Incidentally, have there been any major theoretical improvements since Eric Prié refuted it? I guess this was quite a few years ago, now. I've always liked his: "To convince an adherent of the BDG that it is unsound, is like trying to convince a child that there is no Santa Claus"! With apologies to any BDG fans! Wink


GM Prie did not refute anything. Last I recall, he was beaten by Patrick Schoupal in a correspondence match elsewhere on this thread.

To those of you who say I offer unfair terms, I say that the whole idea is to NOT ALLOW Black to chicken out with the Lemberger Counter-Gambit, the Hubsch Gambit, or the Langeheinecke Defense. And no,
I am not interested in computer assistance. The whole idea is to see how well Black plays under regular over-the-board tournament conditions, without any access to books, computers, or other human beings.

You say this is unfair? Well, how fair is it of Uberdeker or anyone else for that matter, to say that the BDG is unsound without showing any analyses or lines proving that? Without avoiding a fair match in over-the-board chess? 

So let's cut to the chase and start playing.


You're equivocating. "Showing analyses" is about Chess Truth. Over-the-board considerations are something else again.

So, according to you, is the BDG objectively good, or is it just a good practical weapon for certain situations? If the former, you should accept the corr match. If only the latter, well, that is an opinion whose validity depends on given players and given playing conditions.

Finally it is not unfair for anyone to come here and say that in his opinion, System X is unsound.  Seldom on this board do we see such issues argued out with hard analysis.  More often, it is just left as a matter of opinion.

I don't know that I agree that the BDG is unsound in the sense of definitely losing, but I do think that White's comp in his best lines isn't quite sufficient, and that the best he can hope for, if Black plays well, is a draw.  I also agree that this system can be difficult to face OTB.  On the other hand, Arkhein did defeat me in a corr game here when I played my pet 5...Bf5, so who knows, maybe it is sound?!

As for "chickening out," well, I personally thing that the Danish is unsound and I always accept in CC, but I would never accept it OTB.  You can call that chickening out if you want to be singularly obnoxious, but really it's just good sense.

You know, your trumpeting your little pet gambit here and spouting personal invective against those who disagree is getting to be a little wearisome for me, and I imagine it is for others as well.  Why don't you come forth with some analyses?  I'll be happy to comment on them.
  

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Reply #67 - 01/24/08 at 17:53:04
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Gambit wrote on 01/24/08 at 17:00:59:

Well, how fair is it of Uberdeker or anyone else for that matter, to say that the BDG is unsound without showing any analyses or lines proving that? 


As far as I know, the Ziegler Defence with c6 looks quite convincing. I'm no expert on this, but white appears to be in trouble in most lines.

Anyway, I'd be delighted if these games happen.
  
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Reply #66 - 01/24/08 at 17:00:59
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 01/24/08 at 14:56:08:
These BDG threads always provide good entertainment. Smiley
Incidentally, have there been any major theoretical improvements since Eric Prié refuted it? I guess this was quite a few years ago, now. I've always liked his: "To convince an adherent of the BDG that it is unsound, is like trying to convince a child that there is no Santa Claus"! With apologies to any BDG fans! Wink


GM Prie did not refute anything. Last I recall, he was beaten by Patrick Schoupal in a correspondence match elsewhere on this thread.

To those of you who say I offer unfair terms, I say that the whole idea is to NOT ALLOW Black to chicken out with the Lemberger Counter-Gambit, the Hubsch Gambit, or the Langeheinecke Defense. And no,
I am not interested in computer assistance. The whole idea is to see how well Black plays under regular over-the-board tournament conditions, without any access to books, computers, or other human beings.

You say this is unfair? Well, how fair is it of Uberdeker or anyone else for that matter, to say that the BDG is unsound without showing any analyses or lines proving that? Without avoiding a fair match in over-the-board chess? 

So let's cut to the chase and start playing.
  
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Reply #65 - 01/24/08 at 14:56:08
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These BDG threads always provide good entertainment. Smiley
Incidentally, have there been any major theoretical improvements since Eric Prié refuted it? I guess this was quite a few years ago, now. I've always liked his: "To convince an adherent of the BDG that it is unsound, is like trying to convince a child that there is no Santa Claus"! With apologies to any BDG fans! Wink
  
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Reply #64 - 01/24/08 at 14:22:18
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Meat, 
       That seems to have been the trend in the past - BDG supporters believing that their pet is fully playable and at times taking offence to the opposite view.

  

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Reply #63 - 01/24/08 at 13:47:06
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Markovich wrote on 01/24/08 at 13:32:07:
Actually if the point of a challenge match is to test this gambit's theoretical merits, there should be a team on each side, with full access to books and computers, and the games should be played at postal time limits.  I propose that the six most critical defenses be seperately tested in each of six simultaneous corr games, to be played on a cc server somewhere.  In each game, one player would have ultimate command of his side, but would exchange advice with his teammates, each of whom would be commanding the same side (White or Black) of his own game.

Nothing magic about six.  We could do it with three or four.


I thought the whole point was that BDG players don't argue that the gambit is theoretically viable, but that it gives good practical chances, since black can't hold his advantage under game conditions.

Or is there seriously anyone who claims that white isn't fighting for equality in the BDG but actually better?  Roll Eyes
  
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Reply #62 - 01/24/08 at 13:32:07
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Actually if the point of a challenge match is to test this gambit's theoretical merits, there should be a team on each side, with full access to books and computers, and the games should be played at postal time limits.  I propose that the six most critical defenses be seperately tested in each of six simultaneous corr games, to be played on a cc server somewhere.  In each game, one player would have ultimate command of his side, but would exchange advice with his teammates, each of whom would be commanding the same side (White or Black) of his own game.

Nothing magic about six.  We could do it with three or four.
  

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Reply #61 - 01/24/08 at 11:12:29
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Hi Carl,
          Thanks for the pointers and yes, I would have been severely reprimanded if I had used that as my dissertation title!

Instead my work is looking into chess players and expert theories of memory.

What on earth is Gambit on?

'The burden of proof is on Black to show his skill'.

My supervisor would definitely want that one clarifying!  Also my earlier remark about challenge games still stands...

  

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Reply #60 - 01/24/08 at 08:13:05
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MNb wrote on 01/24/08 at 02:31:50:
LDZ's terms are highly unfair. Poor Überdeker cannot even chicken out with 4...c6, which avoids 4...exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bd3.

Or more importantly 3...e5.
  
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Reply #59 - 01/24/08 at 05:19:53
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Hoppers wrote on 01/23/08 at 20:18:09:


As a budding psychologist (Whatever one of those is exactly), it is intriguing to try and come up with an explanation as to what makes BDG followers spill over into fanaticism.  Sadly, even in my two and a half years of psychological study, I have yet to come up with anything suitable as an explanation.

Maybe it is as simple as the General Melchet suggestion that if all else fails, "a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through!"

If there are any better qualified psychologists out there, I would be interested to hear from them!




Well Hopper, first of all, before you ruin your psychology career; BDG lovers beeing fanatics is two subjective statements (the correlation and the valuation), not facts, so if you do apply a theory about fanatism on BDG lovers, it will tell more about your limited research knowledge than BDGérs in general.

The problem at this stage is; why do people think that BDGérs are fanatics? 
A thesis could relate to extraversion or agression theory. A person may have a direct personality, as the BDG, and therefore also communicates, in f.x. this forum, very right on target. That would explain why some people in a case of a BDG lover leaving a message, feels that the message relates to the BDG, and others who like the BDG, and why you´ll never find a "Caro-Kann fanatic".

I don´t find it very hard to understand that people are passionate about what they like. If that is sick behavior - what does that make all those who are fanatic about NOT liking BDG lovers? That´s sick.

Another thesis could be that if the BDG is so disliked, it makes a good reason to like it.
  
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Reply #58 - 01/24/08 at 02:31:50
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LDZ's terms are highly unfair. Poor Überdeker cannot even chicken out with 4...c6, which avoids 4...exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bd3.
Hgman also clearly understands what LDZ means to say with "chicken". He should be grateful though that there is still one fixed anchor at chesspub.
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Reply #57 - 01/24/08 at 00:26:26
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Y'know: I wander onto these pages every now and then and note that there are a number of posts that are new, but when I read the threads, it all starts to sound familiar.  Gambit says the BDG is winning and players who beat him are chicken, and a host of other contributors go on and on about how it is unsound.  Maybe we should let Tony know that there seems to be a flaw in the updating system; I know I've read all this before...
  

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Reply #56 - 01/23/08 at 21:58:35
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Uberdecker wrote on 01/23/08 at 11:23:28:
Markovich wrote on 01/22/08 at 21:57:00:
But sir, if honor be at stake, why not pistols at dawn!?  I will be most happy second Mr. Uberdecker.


Thank you sir. This is most civil of you. However, I leave Mr. Zilbermints the choice of weapons as his fury will allready be a serious handicap to him.

Regards,
Hubert Decker


My choice of weapon is a match between Mr. Uberdeker and myself.
The terms are as follows:

(1) No computer assistance.

(2) No human assistance.

(3) Six-game match, with time limit being one or two hours, on the Internet Chess Club.

(4) The opening is a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3

(5) One game per week.

(6) Zilbermints plays White in all games. The burden of proof is on Black to show his skill.
  
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Reply #55 - 01/23/08 at 20:18:09
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Dink Heckler,
                  Good question!  I have heard numerous openings and opening lines referred to as religions.  The most prominent of these has been the Sicilian Dragon, but there the belief is that black is trying to repel the many attempts to breach the black position.

As a budding psychologist (Whatever one of those is exactly), it is intriguing to try and come up with an explanation as to what makes BDG followers spill over into fanaticism.  Sadly, even in my two and a half years of psychological study, I have yet to come up with anything suitable as an explanation.

Maybe it is as simple as the General Melchet suggestion that if all else fails, "a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through!"

Speaking of Blackadder, perhaps the duelling weapons should be cannons? Wink

If there are any better qualified psychologists out there, I would be interested to hear from them!

One final point - why do fanatics often challenge people to an online game to 'settle the dispute'.  Is it that difficult to remember that the result of a game is very rarely dictated by the outcome of the opening?

  

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Reply #54 - 01/23/08 at 12:36:56
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Gambit wrote on 01/22/08 at 05:22:24:
MNb wrote on 01/22/08 at 03:05:46:
German no thanks, but Polish and Russian would be interesting.
Thanks for clearing up. Avoiding the BDG to get a good game is chicken, accepting the BDG and chosing a solid setup to get a good game is chicken, everything that allows Black to get a good game and everything you don't like to meet is chicken. I understand completely.  Grin


No, you do not. As I said, 5...c6 is chicken. Solid setup? Well, you can try the Euwe and Bogoljubow defenses. At least they are not as passive and cowardly as 5...c6.

Oh, one more thing: Would you like to play a match against me on the Internet Chess Club, with a G/60 time control?


Usually, more active setups are risker and less solid, and passive setups are generally more solid but there is less risk, so I don't understand your argument here.
  
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Markovich wrote on 01/22/08 at 21:57:00:
But sir, if honor be at stake, why not pistols at dawn!?  I will be most happy second Mr. Uberdecker.


Thank you sir. This is most civil of you. However, I leave Mr. Zilbermints the choice of weapons as his fury will allready be a serious handicap to him.

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Reply #52 - 01/23/08 at 02:34:52
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Gary Lane answered this question: the BDG allows patzers like LDZ and me to finish the game in grand style (mate in six etcetera). Now while I appreciate that quality I also have found that these grand fini's only occur after poor play by Black, which of course happens more often than not on our level.
But objectively the BDG is simply inferior to the KG, the Evans, all those interesting 2.c4 gambits and probably even to the Danish - another dubious fun opening.

Hoppers wrote on 01/22/08 at 20:51:39:
Perhaps a prudent question might be to ask what isn't regarded as 'chicken' against the Blackmar Diemer?

Every defence that allows LDZ to win with his original/bizarre ideas.
If we take this logic to the extreme every game should begin with 1.d4 e5! (avoids the BDG by playing a gambit himself) 2.e4! (avoids the BDG with colours reversed by .... you get the idea).

Gambit wrote on 01/22/08 at 20:26:35:

What? Uberdeker, you are flat out wrong! Blundering a pawn on the second move? Looks like you don't understand that the BDG is 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 NOT 1 d4 d5 2 e4

Whether the BDG begins with 2.e4 or with 4.f3 will not matter to Überdeker - he still will regard 2.e4 as blunder. There is something to say for it.
Concerning your challenge - sorry, can't afford the telephone bill. Moreover I find Internet Chess very uninspiring. You could have visited Suriname at the end of October though - would have been fun. At the other hand, in otb-chess it is highly likely that I will play chicken. You see, I don't give a d**n about such morals.
  

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Reply #51 - 01/23/08 at 00:47:32
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This might seem like a troll, but it's a serious question: what is it about the BDG that stirs such great passions. It's not as if the lines are particularly  compelling for their beauty, their clash of elements etc...certainly no more so than a number of other lines which people don't seem to get so het up about. So what is it about the BDG that gets people going (fans and detractors alike)?  

Or is it just a case that every forum has their bone(s) of contention, and the BDG just happens to be this one's?
  

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Reply #50 - 01/22/08 at 21:57:00
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Gambit wrote on 01/22/08 at 20:26:35:


Now, I challenge Mr. Uberdeker to a match, G/60, on the Internet Chess Club. Let us see you demonstrate your skill in an over-the-board match against me.

  I await your response, sir.

  The gauntlet has been thrown. Do you accept?


But sir, if honor be at stake, why not pistols at dawn!?  I will be most happy second Mr. Uberdecker.

By the by, in Rizitano's QGA book, he makes the strange comment that BDG fanatics should be left alone.  God, if only they would leave us alone.
  

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Perhaps a prudent question might be to ask what isn't regarded as 'chicken' against the Blackmar Diemer?

Suffice it to say that if being a pawn up for insufficient compensation straight out of the opening as black is being 'chicken', then I am Colonel Sanders! Wink

If only being a pawn up in the Najdorf was so simple...
  

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How can one even seriously debate this ? White has blundered a pawn in return for some development and Black sensibly avoids entering early tactical skirmishes. This is not a matter of style, but of common sense.  LDZ considers it unsporting for Black not to offer White a glimpse of a counter-chance, but he does not realise that it was up to him to seize that chance himself on his second move.


What? Uberdeker, you are flat out wrong! Blundering a pawn on the second move? Looks like you don't understand that the BDG is 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 NOT 1 d4 d5 2 e4

Also, does the King's Gambit blunder a pawn? No. Yet both the King's Gambit and the BDG have common themes. Both go for development, a strong attack, and use the open f-file.

Now, I challenge Mr. Uberdeker to a match, G/60, on the Internet Chess Club. Let us see you demonstrate your skill in an over-the-board match against me.

  I await your response, sir.

  The gauntlet has been thrown. Do you accept?
  
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Wow, kylemeister! Sounds like a great idea!
  
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Markovich wrote on 01/22/08 at 16:20:50:


Personally I play to win, or to draw if that is the best I can reasonably hope for in the given position.  Correspondingly I try, within my limited talents, to judge chess moves by the degree to which they might facilitate these ends.  I do not judge moves for their supposed beauty or daring.  

It is a matter of taste, I suppose, but I don't know why anyone would play this game with any other attitude.  I have no use for romanticism in chess.  I aspire to be what Anthony Santasiere disparagingly called a "technician of victory."



Reminds me of a line from way back, I think it was James Schroeder writing about Larry Evans:  "They [maybe Santasiere and his acolytes] have already accused him of boring his opponents to death; if this is a new way of winning, I would like to learn it."

Speaking of whom, in one of Evans' books there was a listing of openings characterizing each in terms of things like how "active" or "passive" it is for each color.  Maybe now we need a table for "chickenness" ...
  
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How can one even seriously debate this ? White has blundered a pawn in return for some development and Black sensibly avoids entering early tactical skirmishes. This is not a matter of style, but of common sense.  LDZ considers it unsporting for Black not to offer White a glimpse of a counter-chance, but he does not realise that it was up to him to seize that chance himself on his second move.
  
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Gambit wrote on 01/22/08 at 05:22:24:
MNb wrote on 01/22/08 at 03:05:46:
German no thanks, but Polish and Russian would be interesting.
Thanks for clearing up. Avoiding the BDG to get a good game is chicken, accepting the BDG and chosing a solid setup to get a good game is chicken, everything that allows Black to get a good game and everything you don't like to meet is chicken. I understand completely.  Grin


5...c6 is chicken. Solid setup? Well, you can try the Euwe and Bogoljubow defenses. At least they are not as passive and cowardly as 5...c6.


Personally I play to win, or to draw if that is the best I can reasonably hope for in the given position.  Correspondingly I try, within my limited talents, to judge chess moves by the degree to which they might facilitate these ends.  I do not judge moves for their supposed beauty or daring.   

It is a matter of taste, I suppose, but I don't know why anyone would play this game with any other attitude.  I have no use for romanticism in chess.  I aspire to be what Anthony Santasiere disparagingly called a "technician of victory."
  

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Reply #43 - 01/22/08 at 16:00:43
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Ok, let's say his next move is 5. f4. Then he is the -f4 tempo up on an advance, which should be relatively beneficial.
  
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Reply #42 - 01/22/08 at 15:57:38
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Not really. Apart from the useless -f3, White is another tempo up as it is his move.

That tempo he needs to clear f3 Smiley
  

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Not really. Apart from the useless -f3, White is another tempo up as it is his move.
  
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Reply #40 - 01/22/08 at 13:24:30
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flaviddude wrote on 01/22/08 at 13:01:29:
MNb wrote on 01/21/08 at 01:53:51:
Gambit wrote on 01/18/08 at 21:18:37:
What do you expect when Black chickens out into a French Defense?
That said, I had decent results with playing f4 in tournament games.

In common English this means: 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 is inferior because of d5 3.e4 e6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5. Whenever LDZ uses the word chicken out please read Black plays a very good defence, probably leading to an advantage.


The more I look at this line the more it looks playable for white. However I would play 5. c3 rather than 5.f4 If 5...c5 then one possibility is 6.a3 This is really unexplored territory.  

For sheer entertainment I'd play 4..Ng8 and watch white self explode in his attempts to punish these chicken moves. 

After all it is just an advance French with the ridiculous bonus of f3 for white.
  

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Reply #39 - 01/22/08 at 13:01:29
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MNb wrote on 01/21/08 at 01:53:51:
Gambit wrote on 01/18/08 at 21:18:37:
What do you expect when Black chickens out into a French Defense?
That said, I had decent results with playing f4 in tournament games.

In common English this means: 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 is inferior because of d5 3.e4 e6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5. Whenever LDZ uses the word chicken out please read Black plays a very good defence, probably leading to an advantage.


The more I look at this line the more it looks playable for white. However I would play 5. c3 rather than 5.f4 If 5...c5 then one possibility is 6.a3 This is really unexplored territory.
  

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Reply #38 - 01/22/08 at 11:10:16
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Hmm, challenges, challenges. A year ago, Lev challenged me to a match on ICC. I accepted  and I haven't heard from him since. Could it be that he is ... chicken ?!
  
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Reply #37 - 01/22/08 at 05:22:24
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MNb wrote on 01/22/08 at 03:05:46:
German no thanks, but Polish and Russian would be interesting.
Thanks for clearing up. Avoiding the BDG to get a good game is chicken, accepting the BDG and chosing a solid setup to get a good game is chicken, everything that allows Black to get a good game and everything you don't like to meet is chicken. I understand completely.  Grin


No, you do not. As I said, 5...c6 is chicken. Solid setup? Well, you can try the Euwe and Bogoljubow defenses. At least they are not as passive and cowardly as 5...c6.

Oh, one more thing: Would you like to play a match against me on the Internet Chess Club, with a G/60 time control?
  
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MNb wrote on 01/22/08 at 03:05:46:
I understand completely.


Glad to see that at least somebody does . . . Wink
  
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German no thanks, but Polish and Russian would be interesting.
Thanks for clearing up. Avoiding the BDG to get a good game is chicken, accepting the BDG and chosing a solid setup to get a good game is chicken, everything that allows Black to get a good game and everything you don't like to meet is chicken. I understand completely.  Grin
  

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Reply #34 - 01/22/08 at 02:47:24
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I did not forget anything. Yes, I said that 5...c6 is chicken, and I still stand by that. However, you asked me about 1 d4 Nf6 2 f3 d5  3 e4 e6
4 e5 Nfd7 5 f4 c5 and I said that this variation was chicken because it AVOIDS the BDG.

You should pay more close attention to what I am writing, MNb, because obviously you misunderstand.  As for selective memory, I don't have a selective memory, but you do. Otherwise, how do you explain the fact that you quote me from a completely thread than the one I was discussing?

BOTH of the above variations --- 5...c6  and transposing into the French Defense -- are chicken, for different reasons. The line 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 c6 is chicken because Black just waits around passively. The line 1 d4 Nf6 2 f3 d5 3 e4 e6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 f4 c5 is chicken because Black avoids the BDG.

Hope you can understand that, MNb. Or do I have to write that out in Polish, Russian and German?

  
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Reply #33 - 01/21/08 at 20:33:59
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You seem to have forgotten what you wrote about 5...c6, the so called Ziegler defence: going into the BDG and playing 5...c6 is chicken, chicken, chicken. Everything Black can play and you don't like is chicken. So chicken equals you not liking; you don't like it because it's good.
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Reply #32 - 01/21/08 at 17:48:55
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You are contradicting yourself, dear LDZ. You wrote many, many times that 5...c6 is a chicken move - still Black has gone into your favorite gambit. No, the smell is not mine.


Not really. The line I was referring to is 1 d4 Nf6 2 f3 d5 3 e4 e6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 f4 c5 NOT 5...c6 in the BDG Accepted.

No, you are the the one who misunderstands, not me. Check your own earlier post.
  
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You are contradicting yourself, dear LDZ. You wrote many, many times that 5...c6 is a chicken move - still Black has gone into your favorite gambit. No, the smell is not mine.
  

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Reply #30 - 01/21/08 at 01:57:31
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That's horse manure, MNb. Chicken means being afraid of going into a gambit. The line you give leads to equality, no more. I have played against it many, many times.
  
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Reply #29 - 01/21/08 at 01:53:51
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What do you expect when Black chickens out into a French Defense?
That said, I had decent results with playing f4 in tournament games.

In common English this means: 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 is inferior because of d5 3.e4 e6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5. Whenever LDZ uses the word chicken out please read Black plays a very good defence, probably leading to an advantage.
  

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Reply #28 - 01/21/08 at 00:26:57
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Gambit wrote on 09/13/07 at 19:46:23:
Instead of 6 Bb3?, White should play 6 Bd3!, when Black does not have a target anymore. That's first.

Secondly, if you are pro-gambit, Craig, you should not be afraid to play other defenses than 5...c6. What's wrong with the Bogoljubow, the Euwe, the Teichmann, the 5...Bf5 - Gunderam?



My experience in both over the board and correspondence was as follows.

Bogoljubow - If both white and black really know the theory then the game reaches approximate equality. However if either player messes up they will lose. I have an improvement for white but it is pretty scary.
 
Teichmann - I am not sure on this.

Gunderam - the so called main line leads to a better ending for white where black has to fight hard and probably loses.

However there are transpositions between the Teichmann and Gunderam variations which are really tricky.

I will not post details as I have been giving the BDG a rest for a couple of years and would need to look up my archives.   
  

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Reply #27 - 01/18/08 at 22:09:14
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That could come to the same thing as the line I mentioned earlier, which seems to be at least decent for White:  1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 e6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Be3 (or 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. g3 looks interesting) etc.
  
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Reply #26 - 01/18/08 at 21:18:37
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What do you expect when Black chickens out into a French Defense?
That said, I had decent results with playing f4 in tournament games.
  
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Reply #25 - 01/18/08 at 20:54:00
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An addict to this development gambit recommends to lose a tempo against the French? Something like 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f3?
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Reply #24 - 01/18/08 at 20:35:48
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Big deal, Mr. Flude! So push the pawn to f4!
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #23 - 01/18/08 at 13:59:04
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kylemeister wrote on 09/14/07 at 18:03:52:
alumbrado wrote on 09/14/07 at 17:58:21:
ArKheiN wrote on 09/14/07 at 15:42:27:
After 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 c5 4.e5, will you play e6 as Black? if yes there is nothing wrong for White in this French-type position.

1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 c5 3.d5 will generally lead into the King's  Indian Saemisch/Benoni hybrid which are ok too for White. The most usual move order is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5.


Hmm, I agree with the second part of that but I think the French-type position 'needs more tests' as they say.  I mean, that pawn can't stay on f3 forever so he will have to play f3-f4 at some point, which is a loss of tempo, but compared to an Advance French, Black has used two moves to get his knight to (arguably) a sub-optimal square at d7 (shouldn't it be going to e7/h6 and then f5?) while compared to a Tarrasch, White hasn't committed his knight to the d2 square.  Then again, White wouldn;t normally play f4 in an Advance and it can be quite useful having Nd2 in in the Tarrasch ...

Interesting!


This could end up the same as the line 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 e6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Be3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. f4, which came up here a while back. 


I gave up on 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3. e4 because of 3.e6 when black has reached a French Defence where the pawn on f3 wants to be on f4.   
  

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alumbrado wrote on 09/14/07 at 17:58:21:
ArKheiN wrote on 09/14/07 at 15:42:27:
After 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 c5 4.e5, will you play e6 as Black? if yes there is nothing wrong for White in this French-type position.

1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 c5 3.d5 will generally lead into the King's  Indian Saemisch/Benoni hybrid which are ok too for White. The most usual move order is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5.


Hmm, I agree with the second part of that but I think the French-type position 'needs more tests' as they say.  I mean, that pawn can't stay on f3 forever so he will have to play f3-f4 at some point, which is a loss of tempo, but compared to an Advance French, Black has used two moves to get his knight to (arguably) a sub-optimal square at d7 (shouldn't it be going to e7/h6 and then f5?) while compared to a Tarrasch, White hasn't committed his knight to the d2 square.  Then again, White wouldn;t normally play f4 in an Advance and it can be quite useful having Nd2 in in the Tarrasch ...

Interesting!


This could end up the same as the line 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 e6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Be3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. f4, which came up here a while back. 
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #21 - 09/14/07 at 17:58:21
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ArKheiN wrote on 09/14/07 at 15:42:27:
After 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 c5 4.e5, will you play e6 as Black? if yes there is nothing wrong for White in this French-type position.

1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 c5 3.d5 will generally lead into the King's  Indian Saemisch/Benoni hybrid which are ok too for White. The most usual move order is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5.


Hmm, I agree with the second part of that but I think the French-type position 'needs more tests' as they say.  I mean, that pawn can't stay on f3 forever so he will have to play f3-f4 at some point, which is a loss of tempo, but compared to an Advance French, Black has used two moves to get his knight to (arguably) a sub-optimal square at d7 (shouldn't it be going to e7/h6 and then f5?) while compared to a Tarrasch, White hasn't committed his knight to the d2 square.  Then again, White wouldn;t normally play f4 in an Advance and it can be quite useful having Nd2 in in the Tarrasch ...

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Reply #20 - 09/14/07 at 17:29:37
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ArKheiN wrote on 09/14/07 at 15:42:27:
After 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 c5 4.e5, will you play e6 as Black? if yes there is nothing wrong for White in this French-type position.

1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 c5 3.d5 will generally lead into the King's  Indian Saemisch/Benoni hybrid which are ok too for White. The most usual move order is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5.


Yes, that is correct. Thanks, ArKheiN!
  
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After 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 c5 4.e5, will you play e6 as Black? if yes there is nothing wrong for White in this French-type position.

1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 c5 3.d5 will generally lead into the King's  Indian Saemisch/Benoni hybrid which are ok too for White. The most usual move order is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5.
  
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Is 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 a good way to avoid the Rubisch....err Hubsch Gambit or are 2...d5 3.e4 c5 and 2...c5 good for Black.

Perhaps there is already a thread covering these, by I coudn't find it.

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These endless silly posts on the BDG always make me laugh !

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You would analyze everything, in the quiet of your cabinet, without a chess clock ticking away at your side, and an opponent sitting across you at the chess board. Then you say, "Eureka! I found the right move!" 


You are wrong. Chess is NOT ONLY man vs man with the clock on. Do you know what is a HOME PREPARATION? Even you, might have some crushing lines you know before the real game begins and use from memory. 

I play the BDG myself (blitz, corr, OTB, everywhere) and for me, 4..c6 and 5..c6 are the very best defenses against it, I don't call it "coward's defense". If there is one, it should be 4..e3

But about 5..c6, it's like saying that:"if you give back the pawns in the Danish gambit then you are a coward". Wrong, it's simply good chess.

5..c6 is a sort of improved Teichmann/Gunderam defense, because White doesn't have the bishop f5 or g4 as target, so it must commit something by playing a normal move like 6.Bc4 and then Black's bishop goes on f5 and there is not Ne5/g4/Qf3/g5 anymore contrary to 5..Bf5.

After 5..c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.0-0 e6, 8.Ng5 is trickier than 8.Ne5 but with an accurate defense, it's hard to find a target and get compensation. 

7.Qe2 followed by Bg5 and 0-0-0 deserves attention.

5..c6 6.Bd3 with the idea of playing a double pawn sacrifice after 6..Bg4 is interesting, but not clear that White have enough compensations. The other problem is the 4..c6 move order, when after 5.Bc4 (5.fxe4 is playable, nothing more) 5..exf3 6.Nxf3, you have already the bishop on c4, so there is a little problem if you want to play Bd3 against 5..c6.
  
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Reply #15 - 09/14/07 at 08:53:28
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CraigEvans wrote on 09/14/07 at 08:16:19:
Gambit wrote on 09/13/07 at 19:46:23:
Instead of 6 Bb3?, White should play 6 Bd3!, when Black does not have a target anymore. That's first.

Secondly, if you are pro-gambit, Craig, you should not be afraid to play other defenses than 5...c6. What's wrong with the Bogoljubow, the Euwe, the Teichmann, the 5...Bf5 - Gunderam?



I'll have a look at the 7.Bd3 lines when I get home, before I comment. As I recall I thought this bishop retreat was weaker still now black has started his queenside counterplay, and ideas of ...b4 and ...Ba6 to swap off the bishop came in - still, off the top of my head I won't go into a debate.

Secondly... *takes a deep breath*... Please Lev, read this next sentence carefully; don't ignore any of the words I use, every one is required:

I am not afraid to play other defences; I play 5...c6 because it is strong, not because I'm scared/afraid/a coward.

In fact, I would offer the theory that you, Lev, are the coward. You are afraid to fight in the main battlegrounds of chess, where other people can draw on their practical experience and knowledge. So, you lead them down a dimly-lit side-street, one you've walked hundreds of times but the poor would-be-victim has never noticed. The BDGer could almost be looked at as more of a coward. 5...c6 is just a good move.

So, you're a coward eh Lev?


Look who is talking! Craig Evans, someone who is more interested in analyzing everything ad infinitum, without the benefit of checking that theory in practice games! 'The BDG being something of a coward' is rank heresy -- on the contrary, it is no more ' "cowardly" ' than the King's Gambit, the Evans Gambit, the Scotch Gambit, or the Danish Gambit!

And these are gambits that Mr. Craig Evans plays! Dude, you need to realize that theory is *one* thing. *Practice* is another.

You would analyze everything, in the quiet of your cabinet, without a chess clock ticking away at your side, and an opponent sitting across you at the chess board. Then you say, "Eureka! I found the right move!"

Sorry, but it does not work like that.

For your information, I used to play the regular openings back in the 1980s.  It is just that I like playing original, unorthodox openings. What's so unorthodox about the Giuoco Piano, the Three Knights, the Ruy Lopez? Give me the Grob
(aka Kolibri, Spike, Althausen's Opening), the BDG, the Zilbermints Benoni, the Zilbermints Gambit... all interesting, original unorthodox openings.

That said, even regular openings have wild side-lines to them. I play these too from time to time.

As for your idea of ...Ba6 followed by ...Bxd3, well, it's feasible, but needs to be looked at in a game. I think in some lines, c3 - Bc2 is possible. Again, I'll have to look at the board before telling you my ideas.

5...c6 is played to avoid all the fun.

Not to worry, there are plenty of ways to defeat those who play this move.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #14 - 09/14/07 at 08:35:08
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Perhaps the BDG and Englund threads could be combined? Essence is the same. Wink
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #13 - 09/14/07 at 08:16:19
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Gambit wrote on 09/13/07 at 19:46:23:
Instead of 6 Bb3?, White should play 6 Bd3!, when Black does not have a target anymore. That's first.

Secondly, if you are pro-gambit, Craig, you should not be afraid to play other defenses than 5...c6. What's wrong with the Bogoljubow, the Euwe, the Teichmann, the 5...Bf5 - Gunderam?



I'll have a look at the 7.Bd3 lines when I get home, before I comment. As I recall I thought this bishop retreat was weaker still now black has started his queenside counterplay, and ideas of ...b4 and ...Ba6 to swap off the bishop came in - still, off the top of my head I won't go into a debate.

Secondly... *takes a deep breath*... Please Lev, read this next sentence carefully; don't ignore any of the words I use, every one is required:

I am not afraid to play other defences; I play 5...c6 because it is strong, not because I'm scared/afraid/a coward.

In fact, I would offer the theory that you, Lev, are the coward. You are afraid to fight in the main battlegrounds of chess, where other people can draw on their practical experience and knowledge. So, you lead them down a dimly-lit side-street, one you've walked hundreds of times but the poor would-be-victim has never noticed. The BDGer could almost be looked at as more of a coward. 5...c6 is just a good move.

So, you're a coward eh Lev?
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #12 - 09/14/07 at 03:24:17
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TopNotch wrote on 09/13/07 at 20:53:53:
Hey Lev, I was just curious, is this one of yours: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Qh5  

I met it in an Online bullet game yesterday and you instantly came to mind. Cheesy

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Looks interesting, but no, it is not mine at all. Check the chesslive.de database to find 77 games with this line. The oldest of these goes back to 1904, the youngest, to 2005.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #11 - 09/13/07 at 21:40:56
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CraigEvans wrote on 09/13/07 at 17:31:15:
Of course Lev, 6...b5 transposes into a line from the Milner-Barry Gambit against the Caro-Kann (why it's called that I don't know, since in essence it is simply a BDG after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Bc4 or 4.f3) which black has been known to be fine in for a long time.[/i]


4.f3 is called Milner Barry gambit, because Philip Stuart showed up with this idea around 1930. 4.Bc4 is called the Von Hennig Gambit, because Heinrich already played it in Goteborg 1920 - a long time before Diemer decided to conquer the world with his gambit iso with more violent means. Let alone that anybody knew who Ziegler was (I still don't know).

As far as I know Martin only investigates 7.Ne5, which has been know as good for Black at least for 25 years. He neglects the Alchemy Attack 7.Ng5.

There are quite a few threads on the Von Hennig Gambit; all came to the conclusion that White has not enough. There is no need to go over this stuff again, unless LDZ presents us with something original after 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 Bf5 7.Ne5 (iirc he prefers this to 7.Ng5) e6 =+ at least.
If 6...b5 7.Bd3 is that good for White (which I doubt) I propose a little change in move order: 5...b5 6.Bb3 and only now exf3. In case of the BDG we get 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 (well, c6) 3.Nc3 Nf6 (uhh, c6) 4.f3 c6 5.Bc4 (5.fxe4 e5) b5.
Regarding 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 I propose g6 iso giving up the pair of bishops with Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3. Both moves might be good though.
Finally there seems to be a little problem with language. In BDG world the word cowardly does not mean the opposite of brave. It means something like favouring Black. Please make a note in your (chess)dictionary.
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #10 - 09/13/07 at 20:53:53
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Hey Lev, I was just curious, is this one of yours: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Qh5   

I met it in an Online bullet game yesterday and you instantly came to mind. Cheesy

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #9 - 09/13/07 at 19:46:23
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Instead of 6 Bb3?, White should play 6 Bd3!, when Black does not have a target anymore. That's first.

Secondly, if you are pro-gambit, Craig, you should not be afraid to play other defenses than 5...c6. What's wrong with the Bogoljubow, the Euwe, the Teichmann, the 5...Bf5 - Gunderam?

  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #8 - 09/13/07 at 17:31:15
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Of course Lev, 6...b5 transposes into a line from the Milner-Barry Gambit against the Caro-Kann (why it's called that I don't know, since in essence it is simply a BDG after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Bc4 or 4.f3) which black has been known to be fine in for a long time. If you trawl through databases you'll find a depressing string of 0-1s for the position after 6...b5 7.Bb3 (7.Bd3 doesn't convince either) b4 - and while statistics aren't everything, in this case I agree with them.

After 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6! 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 b5 8.Ne2 (8.Na4 is even less convincing) Ba6 9.O-O e6 10.Ne5 (as played by Deimer), Gunderam's 10...Bd6 11.Qe1 Bxe5! 12.dxe5 Nd5 gives white virtually nothing for his pawn. Schmidt's attempt to improve with 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Nd3 looked equally unconvincing after 12...Nd5 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qd2 Bxd3.

It seems to me that white's best has been 10.c4 bxc3 11.bxc3 Bd6 12.Nc4, but I am not convinced of white's compensation here either. I don't know the theory and I may be missing white's best move, but I don't believe he has enough for the pawn after 6...b5 - and a queenside bayonet attack is hardly cowardly, eh Lev?  

Postscript: In response to Lev's comment regarding only people afraid to play open positions would play 1...c6; it almost seems like I'm wasting my breath here, but my entire repertoire involves gambits like the Belgrade, Latvian/Elephant, Marshall, and even the Von Popiel. In 5 minute chess I favour the Halloween and Allgaier piece sacs. I'd hardly say I'm "afraid" of open positions... but I'd play 5...c6 in a second against the BDG.

QED, Lev.
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #7 - 09/13/07 at 17:08:36
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Well, it is the the yellow chicken line, of course. That said, there are ways to defeat this line, which only someone who is afraid of open positions would play.

After 5...c6, I would recommend 6 Bc4. Now if 6...Bg4? then 7 Bxf7! (or even 7 Ne5!) Kxf7 8 Ne5+ Kg8  9 Qxg4. You would be surprised how many people fall for this trap.

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #6 - 09/13/07 at 13:21:20
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So "cowardly" is a synonym for "not giving white any attack/compensation for the pawn he just lost", huh?

I think Andrew Martin is right in recommending this line. With simple development black can often obtain a good game. Unless of course white follows Lev's recommendation and gambits a second pawn. Then, with simple development, black can't just obtain a good game but already a winning position  Grin.
  
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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #5 - 09/13/07 at 12:37:22
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Gambit wrote on 09/13/07 at 08:42:45:
I went over the sampler, which turns out to be the cowardly 5...c6, the Ziegler Defense. My take on it is that  White made some inaccuracies early on. Let's take a look:

1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 c6

The coward's way out: Pretending to play a Caro-Kann. Why not try the Bogoljubow Defense, 5...g6, the Euwe, 5...e6, or the Gunderam, 5...Bf5 ?
Instead, we see a cowardly line.

6 Bd3 Bg4 7 Be3 e6

The correct way to play this is to gambit a second pawn: 7 h3! Bxf3 8 Qxf3 Qxd4
9 Be3, transposing to the Seidel-Hall Attack lines.

Cowardice must be met with bayonet attacks, accurate play to ensure that
a coward does not beat  the Blackmar-Diemer with 5...c6.


the Ziegler Defence is a tough nut to crack. I have played it myself in fixed openings tournaments. I may post some analysis later. thanks for telling what line is given.   
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #4 - 09/13/07 at 10:25:34
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The next time I hear the word "cowardly" coming from Lev's lips, I will be checking with the bosses to see whether I can edit the post to delete it. It's getting stupid now, and I must confess rather agitating -  a shame, because I generally enjoy discussing these lines.

5...c6 is a good defence. Why not play something else? Because it would be inferior, Lev. Just because you find a line which causes you trouble, don't call it cowardly, just accept that it's a good move. Good moves often cause trouble against dubious play, and if you continue to play dubious gambits then you'll have to accept that. It's not a coward's way out, it's playing to win. Black's a pawn up, and he plays to show that he can just adopt a normal set-up and that white has not got enough for his material - the fact is, he's correct to do so. Deal with it.
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #3 - 09/13/07 at 09:00:11
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Gambit wrote on 09/13/07 at 08:42:45:
I went over the sampler, which turns out to be the cowardly 5...c6, the Ziegler Defense. My take on it is that  White made some inaccuracies early on. Let's take a look:

1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 c6

The coward's way out: Pretending to play a Caro-Kann. Why not try the Bogoljubow Defense, 5...g6, the Euwe, 5...e6, or the Gunderam, 5...Bf5 ?
Instead, we see a cowardly line.

6 Bd3 Bg4 7 Be3 e6

The correct way to play this is to gambit a second pawn: 7 h3! Bxf3 8 Qxf3 Qxd4
9 Be3, transposing to the Seidel-Hall Attack lines.

Cowardice must be met with bayonet attacks, accurate play to ensure that
a coward does not beat  the Blackmar-Diemer with 5...c6.

Is there something very wrong with cowardly playing 8..e6 followed by eg 9.0-0 Be7? 

Seems like a dream position for the coward caro player Wink
  

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Re: How to beat the BDG
Reply #2 - 09/13/07 at 08:42:45
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I went over the sampler, which turns out to be the cowardly 5...c6, the Ziegler Defense. My take on it is that  White made some inaccuracies early on. Let's take a look:

1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 c6

The coward's way out: Pretending to play a Caro-Kann. Why not try the Bogoljubow Defense, 5...g6, the Euwe, 5...e6, or the Gunderam, 5...Bf5 ?
Instead, we see a cowardly line.

6 Bd3 Bg4 7 Be3 e6

The correct way to play this is to gambit a second pawn: 7 h3! Bxf3 8 Qxf3 Qxd4
9 Be3, transposing to the Seidel-Hall Attack lines.

Cowardice must be met with bayonet attacks, accurate play to ensure that
a coward does not beat  the Blackmar-Diemer with 5...c6.
  
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Reply #1 - 09/13/07 at 07:45:21
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The sampler is http://www.chessbase.com/news/2007/products/Queens%20Pawn%20Opening.wmv. You just have to use the Windows Media Player and then it should be working. Which version and OS you have?!
  
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How to beat the BDG
09/13/07 at 07:31:52
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Hi all Andrew Martin has a DVD advertised on the Chessbase web site. It has a sampler on how to beat the BDG. I am having difficulties downloading this sampler. please could someone post the line he gives so that 
I can check my archives and post an antidote if one exists.
  

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