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D00

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Fritz Attack

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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%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Nf677,170
e625,698
Nc614,626
Bf514,282
e57,554
f54,855
c52,344
c62,101

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:13:43

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