Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Euwe Defense, Duthilleul Gambit

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bd3

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Euwe Defense, Duthilleul Gambit after 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bd3 87654321abcdefgh

The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Euwe Defense, Duthilleul Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bd3. It is a line of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 998 times by this move order. White won 66%, 3% were drawn and Black won 31%. The most popular continuation is 6… Bb4 (35% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.28 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 6… h6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. a3)

ECO
D00
Moves
11 plies
FEN
rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/4pn2/8/3P4/2NB1N2/PPP3PP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 1 6
PGN
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bd3

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-149913569%30%
1500-199974165%32%
2000+12270%27%
All99866%31%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
6… Bb4346 (35%)74%24%
6… Be7298 (30%)63%35%
6… Nc679 (8%)65%35%
6… Bd675 (8%)67%31%
6… h657 (6%)65%33%
6… c535 (4%)37%60%
6… c627 (3%)59%41%
6… b619 (2%)58%32%

Master games

27 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 37%, draw 4%, Black 59%). The strongest:

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Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Euwe Defense 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6

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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.