Atlantic Chess News Setiembre 2007 | Page 17

6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 e6 9.Qf3 c6 10.g5 Nd5 11.Bd3 Nbd7 Defeating Masters With The Blackmar-Diemer by Lev D. Zilbermints, Chess Champion of Essex County 11…Qc7 was seen in Lev D. Zilbermints – Ivan Kaplan, 25th Nassau Class Championship, 6/18/2007. That game continued 12 Bxg6 hxg6 13 Nxd5 cxd5 14 0-0 Bd6? 15 Qxf7+! Qxf7 16 Nxf7! Rxh3 17 Nxd6 Ke7 18 Nxb7 Nc6 19 c3 Rah8 20 Bf4 R8h4 21 Kg2 Rd3 22 Rf3 Rxf3 23 Kxf3 Kd7 24 Nc5+ Ke7 25 Re1 Nd8 26 Bc7 Nf7 27 Rxe6+ Kf8 28 Nd7+ Kg8 29 Re8+ Kh7 30 Nf8+, Black Resigns. Å Ñ n As faithful readers of Atlantic Chess News know, I have been playing the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (BDG) since 1991 in tournaments, blitz, correspondence, and on the Internet. I have had some nice wins over strong masters, thereby proving the skeptics wrong. Below you will find two of my games against masters, plus a few in the notes, played recently. 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.0-0 Qe7 A classic BDG position has arisen. Black’s pieces are all hunched around his King, while White goes on attacking. Believe it or not, this position is very common in the Teichmann Defense. Lev D. Zilbermints (1981) Mark Kernighan (2200) Westfield Quads, June 3, 2007, ECO D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 This is Diemer’s improvement over the original 3.f3?! as proposed by Armand Edward Blackmar. The point is that after 3.f3 e5! Black has a great game, whereas White has to struggle for equality. 3…Nf6 4.f3 White’s 4th move constitutes the BlackmarDiemer Gambit. 15.Kg2! A subtle move, the point of which is to prevent …Qg3+ a