Rare 1. d4 Gambits
After 1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. c4, Black can lead the
game to completely new variations, which are often similar to the
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, except that White has here played c4. By
playing the queen's bishop to f5 or g4, Black can avoid French-like
lines. Of course, the lines are not pure
DDG, but because of the similar ideas, they are
useful subjects of investigation to DDGers.
1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 (Paleface Attack) d5 3. g4 (Gedult
Attack) might also transpose to this line if White played e4
later.
Here are also glanced at 1... d5 variations.
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4... exf3 5. Nxf3
- 5... g6 is similar to the Bogoljubow Defence.
6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Bc2 O-O 10. d5, 1-0 in 31,
Heikkinen - Puusa, 1995.
- 5... Bg4 is similar to Teichmann Defence.
6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nb4 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Nc2 11. Bg5 h6
12. Nxe5 Ne3?? 13. Bxe3 1-0,
Heikkinen - Anonymous, Zone 1996.
- 5... Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Ne5?!
Nc6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bh4 Na5 13. Qb5 b6 14. h3 c6 15. Qe5 Nd7 16. Qg3
Bb4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxc3 19. Bf6 Bxb2+ 20. Kxb2 g6 21. Qh4 Kh7
22. Rd4 c5 23. Qxh6+! 1-0,
Heikkinen - Hamann, Zone 1996.
- 5... c6 is similar to Ziegler Defence.
- 5... e6 is similar to Euwe Defence, and transposes to the
DDG Exchange Variation.
4... Bf5 is similar to the Vienna Defence.
1. d4 d5
- 2. f3 Bf5 3. e4 dxe4 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. h4? exf3 7. Nxf3 Nf6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. g4!?, 1-0 in 30,
Heikkinen - Rebel Decade, 1995.
- 2. c4 Nf6 3. f3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 b6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Be3 Bd6
8. g4 Bg6 9. g5 Nh5 10. fxe4, 1-0 in 25,
Heikkinen - Anonymous, Zone 1996.
After 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4, Rebel Decade (ELO about 2200)
actually suggests 3. c4, so it cannot be that bad. Moreover, as
Black it plays 3... e6, transposing nicely to the DDG. Other replies
are also interesting:
3... e5 4. d5
- 4... c6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Qa4 Qd6 9. Rd1 Bd7
10. Qb3 Qc7 11. d6 Qb6?? 12. Bxb6 1-0,
Heikkinen - Anonymous, Zone 1996.
- 4... Bc5 5. f3 Nf6 6. Nc3 exf3 7. Nxf3 O-O 8. Bg5 Re8 9. Bxf6 Qxf6
10. Ne4 Qb6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd2, 1-0 in 25,
Heikkinen - Brown, Zone 1996.