Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Sneiders Attack
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. Qh5
The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Sneiders Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. Qh5. 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 79 times by this move order. White won 48%, 5% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 4… exd4 (66% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.91 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 4… Qxd4 5. Be3 Qd6 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Nd2)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. Qh5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 5 | |
| 1500-1999 | 45 | |
| 2000+ | 29 | |
| All | 79 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… exd4 | 52 (66%) | |
| 4… Qxd4 | 16 (20%) | |
| 4… Nf6 | 6 (8%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 3 (4%) | |
| 4… Be6 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4… Qd6 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
20 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 65%, draw 5%, Black 30%). The strongest:
- IM Shamil Arslanov (2410) – IM Jan Rubes (2426) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 8th Jul Late · 2025-07-08
- IM Shamil Arslanov (2410) – IM Kirill Klukin (2413) 1-0 · Titled Tue 8th Oct Early · 2024-10-08
- IM Shamil Arslanov (2410) – IM Dushyant Sharma (2355) 1-0 · 1st 3-0 Thu 22nd Jan 2026 · 2026-01-22
- IM Shamil Arslanov (2410) – FM Vladislav Lymar (2330) 0-1 · 1st 3-0 Thu 13th Aug 2026 · 2026-08-13
- IM Shamil Arslanov (2410) – FM Vladislav Lymar (2292) 1-0 · 1st 3-0 Thu 26th Mar 2026 · 2026-03-26
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Kukoin (2402) – Keosidi_Konstantin (2502) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- BiciBici3 (2248) – Social-flaw (2391) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 1500 + 10s
- Chess_Gambit_is_fun (2354) – cfraffor2129 (2160) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 3s
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, Endgame Variation D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Lange Gambit D00
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit, Rasmussen 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.