MNb wrote on 09/22/09 at 03:43:11:


I can try sending it again. Or don't you remember that I sent it to you and the email  came back to me for some reason?

Stigma wrote on 09/20/09 at 16:59:49:


As a matter of fact, being a fan of Summerscale's "Killer Chess Opening Repertoire" I played a number of d-pawn specials, though you will hardly find much games as most of them are not available on the Internet.

As for the BDG update, there are contract issues regarding my book that still need to be resolved; I asked my publisher about doing the update, but haven't gotten an answer yet.

Will keep you posted.

SWJediknight wrote on 09/21/09 at 22:01:27:


You can't be serious, SWJedi! I have played against 4...c6, 5...g6, 5...Bg4, 5...Bf5 and 5...e6 for many years. I have a good positive score against all these lines.

It sounds like you are talking about the case where Black knows how to play the defense; however, in most cases, this is not so. You think that in over-the-board tournament games Black is going to know the latest BDG theory? Not really! More to the point, the Black player will be very surprised to see a BDG!

The lines with 5...g6, the Bogoljubow Defense, have a weakness: Bg7!
Exchange the little bastard with a timely Bh6, and Black's position is in trouble!

1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 g6 6 Bc4 Bg7 7 00 00 8 h3! c6 9 Qe1 Nbd7 10 Qh4 Nb6 11 Bb3 Nbd5 12 Bd5 cxd5 13 Bh6! Bf5 14 Ng5!

is one possible line. Notice how the h3-pawn guards the key g4-square?

The lines with 5...Bg4, the Teichmann Defense simply give White a big edge in development and an attack. For instance:

5...Bg4 6 h3 Bh5 7 g4 Bg6 8 Qf3 c6 9 g5 Nfd5 10 Nxg6 hxg6 11 00 gives White a strong attack and a lead in development. Also possible is 11 Rf1

5...Bg4 6 h3 Bxf3 7 Qxf3 c6 and now:

8 Qf2, the Cieselski Variation

8 Be3, the Classical Variation

8 g4!, the Seidell-Hall Attack

In these lines, White has the 2 Bishops and open files, similar to the King's Gambit Accepted.

Now, I agree with you that the Euwe Defense, 5...e6, is extremely passive. White gets an edge there, since the Bc8 is shut out.

Regarding the pesky 4...c6 / 5...c6 lines, I suggest you read David Flude's earlier post here. He states that antidotes have been found.

Keep in touch.

Since neither the Danish nor the Goering, White's center-pawn gambits after 1.e4, offer full comp, it would be a little bit surprising if the Blackmar-Diemer offered full comp.  I don't say it's not possible, but it would be surprising.

TonyRo wrote on 09/21/09 at 17:04:58:


Check out earlier posts here!

It is good to see that Christoph Scheerer has come up with antidotes to the 4...c6 and 5...c6 lines in the BDG. Now the old adage that Bobby Fischer once said still holds true:

"A gambit's refutation lies in its acceptance."

In other words, only by accepting the gambit can you attempt to refute it.


I look forward to buying a copy of Scheerer's book. Also, I would write a book myself about the BDG if there is a market for it!

dmp4373 wrote on 09/20/09 at 05:53:01:


I agree, but at least the last 2 months have seen a Tromp and Colle update, and now a BDG. It would be nice to see a Torre update next, perhaps? 

It's certainly good news that Christoph is interested in doing a BDG update. But what about after that? You can't have a BDG update every month; Mnb and the other anti-BDG crazies would have a heart attack!

The d-pawn Specials universe covers a lot of different openings. It would be nice if a wide variety of them were reported on with some regularity. If you play the London System this site has been a gold mine and you've more than got your money's worth. If not...