Chess Openings

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Reversed Albin Countergambit

ECO D00 ยท Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Reversed Albin Countergambit (D00) is a chess opening in the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit family, played by Black. It arises after the moves 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 c5.

Moves: 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 c5

About this opening

The Reversed Albin Countergambit (3.Nc3 c5) answers the Blackmar-Diemer by striking the center with ...c5, in a structure recalling the Albin Countergambit with colors reversed. Black gives up holding the e4 pawn to open lines and gain active counterplay. The game becomes open and unbalanced, each side banking on initiative rather than pawn structure.

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