Blumenfeld Countergambit: Spielmann Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6

The Blumenfeld Countergambit: Spielmann Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E10, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6. It is a line of the Blumenfeld Countergambit. White is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: +0.21 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 7. Bh4 d6 8. e4 a6 9. Bd3 Be7)

ECO: E10
Moves: 12 plies
FEN: rnbqkb1r/p2p1pp1/5n1p/1ppP2B1/8/5N2/PP2PPPP/RN1QKB1R w KQkq - 0 7
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6

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Master games

98 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 29%, Black 38%). The strongest:

GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2639) – GM Erigaisi Arjun (2801) 1/2-1/2 · 87th Tata Steel Masters · 2025-01-22
GM Sergey Drygalov (2547) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2786) 0-1 · Titled Tue 3rd Oct Late · 2023-10-03
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2564) – GM Levon Aronian (2729) 0-1 · Titled Tue 1st Oct Early · 2024-10-01
GM Yannick Gozzoli (2604) – GM Mateusz Bartel (2639) 1/2-1/2 · PRO League Group Stage · 2020-01-09
IM Ganzorig Amartuvshin (2430) – GM Erigaisi Arjun (2782) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Bl Team Pool D · 2025-06-14

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Comes from

Blumenfeld Countergambit: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5

More Blumenfeld Countergambit lines (all)

Blumenfeld Countergambit E10

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.