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Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: von Popiel Gambit
Overview
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: von Popiel Gambit 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. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5, after 7 plies of opening development.
The line refines Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Zilbermints Variation.
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- ECO code
- D00
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 7
- Parent
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
665,407 games · White 51.5% / Draw 4.3% / Black 44.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bf5 | 289,770 | |
| Nbd7 | 96,959 | |
| e6 | 86,013 | |
| Nc6 | 57,611 | |
| h6 | 41,370 | |
| Bg4 | 40,481 | |
| c6 | 11,565 | |
| c5 | 10,637 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:41:32
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