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French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit
Overview
French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C00, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 5 plies and takes 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines French Defense, which traces back to the root opening French Defense.
It continues primarily into one named line, French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted.
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- ECO code
- C00
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- French Defense
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
478,449 games · White 49.1% / Draw 4.1% / Black 46.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| dxe4 | 340,227 | |
| c6 | 38,940 | |
| Nf6 | 31,312 | |
| c5 | 30,670 | |
| dxc4 | 18,726 | |
| Bb4+ | 10,485 | |
| Nc6 | 2,206 | |
| Ne7 | 1,287 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:09:14
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