Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Teichmann Defense, Seidel-Hall Attack

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. g4

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Teichmann Defense, Seidel-Hall Attack after 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. g4 87654321abcdefgh

The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Teichmann Defense, Seidel-Hall Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. g4. 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 36 times by this move order. White won 78%, 3% were drawn and Black won 19%. The most popular continuation is 8… e6 (64% of games).

Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 8… e6 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. h4)

ECO
D00
Moves
15 plies
FEN
rn1qkb1r/pp2pppp/2p2n2/8/3P2P1/2N2Q1P/PPP5/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 0 8
PGN
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. g4

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
1500-19991883%17%
2000+1872%22%
All3678%19%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
8… e623 (64%)78%22%
8… Qxd48 (22%)75%12%13%
8… Nd54 (11%)75%25%
8… h61 (3%)100%

Master games

15 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 67%, draw 6%, Black 27%). The strongest:

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Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Teichmann Defense 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4

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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.