Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Fritz Attack
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Bc4
The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Fritz Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Bc4. It is a line of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 443 times by this move order. White won 42%, 3% were drawn and Black won 55%. The most popular continuation is 3… Nf6 (42% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.97 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 3… Nc6 4. Ne2 Na5 5. Bb3 f5 6. Nd2)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Bc4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 258 | |
| 1500-1999 | 178 | |
| 2000+ | 7 | |
| All | 443 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Nf6 | 186 (42%) | |
| 3… e6 | 81 (18%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 69 (16%) | |
| 3… Bf5 | 31 (7%) | |
| 3… e5 | 18 (4%) | |
| 3… c6 | 16 (4%) | |
| 3… f5 | 10 (2%) | |
| 3… Be6 | 7 (2%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- MogilivskiyLizar (2139) – RichardMajor (2136) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Ormilito_Ordizo (2220) – Serafim1956 (2021) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
- yasir1Nauru (2118) – Asyraf12 (2024) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1… d5 2. e4) 1. d4 d5 2. e4
More Blackmar-Diemer Gambit lines (all)
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (3. Nc3 Nf6) D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Blackmar Gambit D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Diemer-Rosenberg Attack D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Endgame Variation D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Lange Gambit D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Rasmussen Attack D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Sneiders Attack D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Soller Attack D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Netherlands Variation D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Rasa-Studier Gambit D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Reversed Albin Countergambit D00
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.