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David Gedult vs Alexander Gorfinkel
FRA-ch Accession (1973), Vittel FRA, Aug-??
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Vienna Variation (D00)  ·  1-0

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Nov-16-09  Sem: Now everything is ready for b4.
Jul-27-24
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  Sally Simpson: Black had no need to resign here. The Bishop looks doomed but...


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15...b5 with the idea of 16....b4 and the game can still swing either way.

I have the David and Gorfinkel's greatest hits C.D. 'Viaduct Over Calm Water' 'The Wrestler' 'Mr Robinson...'

Jul-27-24
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  offramp: Gedults only.
Jul-28-24
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  HeMateMe: At a chess table there's room for a poet and a one-man band.
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  FSR: The Blackmar-Diemer is bad, but (to my surprise) White gets enough compensation to draw if both sides play perfectly. See my games with both colors from a BDG thematic correspondence tournament: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... (White); https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... (Black).

4...exf3 5.Nxf3 (the Ryder Gambit 5.Qxf3? Qxd4 6.Be3 Qh4+! 7.g3 Qg4! 8.Qf2 Qf5! is winning for Black) c6! is a simple route to a big advantage for Black (about -0.6). GMs Svidler, Gustafsson, l'Ami, Schandorff, Pepe Cuenca, and Colovic have recommended it in opening courses on Chessable and Chess24. 4...Bf5 strikes me a slightly odd choice, but Stockfish 16.1 considers it to be about as good as 4...exf3. Quite a few grandmasters (Shankland, Grandelius, Ganguly, Gledura, Perelshteyn, and Simon Williams) recommend it in their Chessable courses.

In the game, 7...e5 would have been the most energetic, but 7...e6 was OK. After 8.c4, 8...Nb6 would have kept a significant advantage. 8...Bb4+? is an instance of "patzer sees a check." After the alert 9.Ke2!, the bishop was in trouble. Cf. 1.d4 e6 2.e4 Nf6?! 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Bb4+? 5.Ke2!! F Rhine vs NN, 2019. But as <Sally Simpson> points out, 15...b5! 16.Qd3 b4 would have saved the bishop, although Black's position remains unenviable.

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