The Chess Scholar Noviembre - Diciembre 2007 | Page 9

Blackmar-Diemer
Gambit Accepted.
“White’s goal is to play
for mate from the very
first move.” –Emil Diemer)

Shelob the giant female
spider attacks one of the
riders of Rohan. She in
turn is attacked by Samwise Gamgee. Trapping
the rider and Sam in a cocoon of silky web, she
(Shelob) is slain by Gandolf the Grey Wizard.
An orc is slain by the Riders of the Mark.

5...Bg4 (The
Teichmann variation
is the most popular response to the BDG. –
Tim Sawyer)

9...Be7 ( Black works
on developing his
king-side pieces. But
where is the best place
for the bishop? On e7
he protects an unattacked knight, on d6
he is vulnerable to attack by White’s
7...c6 (At the comple- knight, and on b4 he
tion of 7 moves, we
could pin the knight to
find that White now
the king, but the pin
has twice the amount only stands for a moof tempi than Black, 4- ment as White will
2. You find tempi by
surely castle.)
counting the moves of
pieces on the board.
The Balrog, a fiery demon
White: Nf3, d4, Qf3 & that was awakened in the
dark pits of Moria enters
h3. Black: c6 & Nf6.
the battlefield.
This gives White an
advantage.)
10.0-0 0-0 (The purpose of the opening is
8.Be3 e6 9.Bd3
to get a safe King and
an equal middle game.
Legolas joins the fellowship in the quest to destroy –Yasser Seirawan)

6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3
(Black has given up
his developed piece for
one of Whites’. The
problem is, is that
White simply develops
his queen with the recapture. Thus, Black
has not hindered
the ring with the ranger
White, but in actualAragorn at his side.
ity, helped him.)