Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1… d5 2. e4)

1. d4 d5 2. e4

The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. e4. Black is to move. 8 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 46,775 times by this move order. White won 52%, 3% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 2… dxe4 (62% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.64 (Stockfish, depth 52; best line 2… dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3)

ECO: D00
Moves: 3 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/3PP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 2
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. e4

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	18,220	50%47%
1500-1999	25,467	53%44%
2000+	3,088	51%44%
All	46,775	52%45%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
2… dxe4	29,053 (62%)	52%45%
2… e6	5,660 (12%)	51%45%
2… c6	4,200 (9%)	51%46%
2… Nf6	3,057 (7%)	52%44%
2… Nc6	2,123 (5%)	52%45%
2… e5	986 (2%)	51%44%
2… c5	840 (2%)	53%44%
2… Bf5	170 (0%)	74%21%

Master games

273 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 56%, draw 10%, Black 34%). The strongest:

GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2707) – GM Sergey Grigoriants (2562) 0-1 · Titled Tue 12th Sep Late · 2023-09-12
IM Shamil Arslanov (2410) – GM Dmitry Andreikin (2710) 0-1 · Titled Tue 21st Oct 2025 · 2025-10-21
IM Alexander Gelman (2422) – GM Matthias Bluebaum (2662) 1-0 · Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 2026-09-01
IM Shamil Arslanov (2410) – GM Jeffery Xiong (2656) 0-1 · 1st 3-0 Thu 6th Aug 2026 · 2026-08-06
IM Shamil Arslanov (2410) – GM Maxim Matlakov (2657) 1-0 · Titled Tue 25th Jun Early · 2024-06-25

Search all games of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

Schmargendorf (2664) – TigerSiberian (2841) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Schmargendorf (2669) – FM Crew12 (2753) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
GolfeDuMorbihan (2692) – IM unknown-maestro_2450 (2656) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5) 1. d4 d5

Continuations

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Blackmar Gambit D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. f3
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Diemer-Rosenberg Attack D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Be3
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Fritz Attack D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Bc4
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (3. Nc3 Nf6) D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Netherlands Variation D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 f5
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Reversed Albin Countergambit D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 c5
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Zeller Defense D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Bf5

More Blackmar-Diemer Gambit lines (all)

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.