Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Endgame Variation
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5
The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Endgame Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5. 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 128 times by this move order. White won 50%, 2% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 4… Qxd1+ (92% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.27 (Stockfish, depth 47; best line 4… Qxd1+ 5. Nxd1 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Bf4)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 27 | |
| 1500-1999 | 80 | |
| 2000+ | 21 | |
| All | 128 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Qxd1+ | 118 (92%) | |
| 4… Bb4 | 4 (3%) | |
| 4… Qh4 | 2 (2%) | |
| 4… Qd2+ | 1 (1%) | |
| 4… Qe7 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4… Bd7 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
6 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 33%, Black 17%). The strongest:
- FM Matyas Palczert (2299) – IM Alexander Reprintsev (2241) 1-0 · Titled Tue 27th Feb Early · 2024-02-27
- WIM Ellinor Frisk (2176) – Mikhail Sedykh (2119) 1/2-1/2 · Euro Online U2300 Day 1 · 2020-05-25
- CM Rustem Gorbenko (2235) – CM Gosh, C. (2041) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Feb Late · 2025-02-11
- Armando Rossato (2088) – Andrea Bianchi (2084) 1/2-1/2 · 26th Venetian Autumn 2019 · 2019-11-02
- CM Santiago Rodriguez (2252) – WFM Anjum Noshin (1876) 1-0 · Titled Tue 31st Jan Early · 2023-01-31
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Schmargendorf (2617) – chess_tiger15 (2573) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- CM Kavaliro (2473) – CM ArnieChipmunk (2422) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- CiberChess_76 (2328) – Ivazina (2378) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5
More Blackmar-Diemer Gambit lines (all)
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1… d5 2. e4) D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (3. Nc3 Nf6) D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Blackmar Gambit D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Diemer-Rosenberg Attack D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Fritz Attack 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.