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Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Fritz Attack
Overview
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Fritz Attack belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D00, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Bc4, after 5 plies of opening development.
The line refines Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D00
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
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Statistics from Lichess
153,430 games · White 45.5% / Draw 3.7% / Black 50.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 77,170 | |
| e6 | 25,698 | |
| Nc6 | 14,626 | |
| Bf5 | 14,282 | |
| e5 | 7,554 | |
| f5 | 4,855 | |
| c5 | 2,344 | |
| c6 | 2,101 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:13:43
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