Dutch Defense: Blackmar's Second Gambit
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3
The Dutch Defense: Blackmar's Second Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A82, reached after 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3. It is a line of the Dutch Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 252 times by this move order. White won 54%, 4% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 4… exf3 (49% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 65; best line 4… d5 5. fxe4 dxe4 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. d5)
- ECO
- A82
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 29 | |
| 1500-1999 | 148 | |
| 2000+ | 75 | |
| All | 252 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… exf3 | 124 (49%) | |
| 4… d5 | 74 (29%) | |
| 4… e6 | 18 (7%) | |
| 4… e3 | 17 (7%) | |
| 4… g6 | 7 (3%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 5 (2%) | |
| 4… b6 | 3 (1%) | |
| 4… d6 | 2 (1%) |
Master games
68 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 12%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- GM Nino Batsiashvili (2467) – IM Kaan Kucuksari (2504) 1-0 · Titled Tue 2nd May Late · 2023-05-02
- GM Omar Almeida Quintana (2509) – GM Aleksa Strikovic (2455) 0-1 · 4th Panama Open 2023 · 2023-11-10
- IM Saveliy Golubov (2469) – GM Pavel Potapov (2489) 1-0 · TCh-RUS Rapid 2019 · 2019-10-18
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2739) – FM Gleb Scheglov (2205) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Feb Early · 2025-02-11
- FM Iung Alicio de O. Pinheiro (2270) – GM Leon Livaic (2557) 1-0 · Titled Tue 9th Jan Late · 2024-01-09
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Comes from
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit Accepted 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4
More Dutch Defense lines (all)
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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.