The chess games of Emil Joseph Diemer

E J Diemer

Emil Joseph Diemer
Number of games in database: 207
Years covered: 1933 to 1987
Overall record: +159 -38 =8 (79.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Queen's Pawn Game (114)
    D00
French (7)
    C00 C11
French Defense (7)
    C00 C11

With the Black pieces:

Queen's Pawn Game (26)
    D00 A40
King's Pawn Game (24)
    C40
Reti System (9)
    A04 A06
Sicilian (4)
    B34 B32 B24

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E J Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984 1-0
   NN vs E J Diemer, 1978 0-1
   E J Diemer vs Portz, 1948 1-0
   E J Diemer vs Schuppler, 1937 1-0
   E J Diemer vs Toth, 1948 1-0
   E J Diemer vs Schickner, 1950 1-0
   H Krebs vs E J Diemer, 1974 0-1
   E J Diemer vs Burger / Bartsch, 1948 1-0
   E J Diemer vs Heinz, 1954 1-0
   E J Diemer vs NN, 1979 1-0

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   Winning with 1 d4! by alligator
   Gambit scrapbook by Zorts
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EMIL JOSEPH DIEMER
(born May-15-1908, died Oct-10-1990) Germany

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Emil Joseph Diemer was born in 1908 in the German town Radolfzell, in Baden. In 1931 Diemer was out of work and decided to join the German Nazi party. He eventually became the "chess reporter of the Great German Reich," was present at all important international chess events, and appeared in several Nazi newspapers and magazines. After the war, Diemer wrote in countless little magazines and papers, sold chess books, gave simuls, but soon found that it was difficult to support himself in this way.

As a middle-tier master, his successes in chess were few. It was not until 1956, in the Netherlands, that Diemer finally enjoyed a true success, winning the Reserves Group of the Hoogovens tournament and later the Open Championship of the Netherlands.

Alas, his success in the Netherlands was not to be repeated, as Diemer became less interested in chess, and increasingly interested in Nostradamus, the famous 16th century French clairvoyant. He believed that he had cracked the great seer's secret code, and during a period of 25 years he is said to have mailed over 10,000 letters on this subject. In 1965 he was committed to a psychiatric clinic. The doctors considered that chess was too much of a strain for Diemer's nerves and they forbade him to play the game. In six years this order was rescinded, and Diemer, while no longer in form, nonetheless took great enjoyment in his return.

Diemer played many unorthodox openings, but is most famous for his refinements to an old idea by Armand Edward Blackmar, commonly known as the Blackmar-Diemer gambit, 1. d4 d5 2. e4. It is described in his book, Vom Ersten Zug an auf Matt!

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Bogoljubov vs E J Diemer	0-1	14	1933	Simultaneous, Baden-Baden	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
2. E J Diemer vs H Halosar	1-0	10	1934	?	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
3. Alekhine vs E J Diemer	0-1	28	1934	Simultaneous, Karlsruhe	C12 French, McCutcheon
4. E J Diemer vs Schuppler	1-0	26	1937	Villingen [KTp [D	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
5. Lange vs E J Diemer	1-0	17	1937	Weidenau	A84 Dutch
6. E J Diemer vs Schluppler	1-0	52	1937	Villingen	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
7. W Schlage vs E J Diemer	½-½	53	1938	Krefeld	B01 Scandinavian
8. H Hussong vs E J Diemer	0-1	31	1938	Krefeld	D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
9. E J Diemer vs NN	1-0	32	1938	Baden-Baden	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
10. G Rogmann vs E J Diemer	1-0	62	1938	Krefeld	B32 Sicilian
11. E Eliskases vs E J Diemer	1-0	35	1938	Krefeld	A06 Reti Opening
12. H Elsas vs E J Diemer	1-0	34	1938	Krefeld	A43 Old Benoni
13. R Kassel vs E J Diemer	1-0	27	1941	Frankenthal	C05 French, Tarrasch
14. K Junge vs E J Diemer	1-0	26	1942	corr	C34 King's Gambit Accepted
15. K Junge vs E J Diemer	1-0	24	1942	XVII.cr tournament o	C34 King's Gambit Accepted
16. E J Diemer vs F Lamb	0-1	8	1947	corr	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
17. Poehlmann vs E J Diemer	0-1	23	1947	corr	C40 King's Knight Opening
18. E J Diemer vs K Locher	1-0	19	1948	Lindau	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
19. E J Diemer vs Gareis	1-0	37	1948	Esslingen	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
20. E J Diemer vs K Locher	1-0	19	1948	Lindau m	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
21. E J Diemer vs Waller	1-0	15	1948	SMX Aulendorf	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
22. E J Diemer vs Toth	1-0	17	1948	Lindau	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
23. E J Diemer vs Zujus	1-0	21	1948	GER	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
24. E J Diemer vs K Locher	1-0	14	1948	Lindau m	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
25. E J Diemer vs Toth	1-0	11	1948	Lindau City CZE	D00 Queen's Pawn Game


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Mar-15-10		nuwanda: i think people with a nazi background shouldnt be given any platform, nowhere. i cannot understand why people here congrate him to his birthday, think he's a fancy person, cg.com chooses him for the game of the day, etc. he was a supporter of a fascistic system. nothing more to say...

Mar-15-10		micartouse: Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest? This guy looks batty as a cave, but he'd probably have mated me in 20 moves.

Mar-15-10		Caissanist: There have been many strong players with truly nauseating political views. Diemer was certifiably nuts, but I don't think his politics were any more objectionable than Fischer's.

Mar-15-10		Petrosianic: <i cannot understand why people here congrate him to his birthday,> I never understood the logic of wishing a happy birthday to deceased players at all, Nazis or no. For that matter, I never understood the reasoning behind wishing it to living players who had never frequented the site, and so had no reasonable possibility of seeing it.

Mar-15-10		HeMateMe: I appreciate the eccentricity of such players, without having any interest in their political or religious views. As someone mentioned above, the guy played chess and wrote articles about the game during the Nazi regime. He didn't hang out with Martin Borman, he was just another schmo trying to get by. If there is any parallell in the United States, one might look at the "red scare" times of the 1950s, when people's political, sport, and entertainment careers were ruined by being denounced as a 'Red'. Sort of like the Salem Witch Trials. At that time a lot of people kept their mouths quiet, to protect their jobs, their livlihoods. After experiencing 30% unemployment in the 1920s, a lot of everyday Germans just wanted to get by.

Mar-15-10		Petrosianic: I don't see the parallel. With the Red Scare, as with the witch trials, the big problems arose from the fact that the systems had a dickens of a time distinguishing the innocent from the guilty. That's not an issue here, though. Diemer <was> a party member, no doubt about that. The question is, what do we want to do about it? I wouldn't refuse to play the Blackmar-Diemer gambit because of his political affiliations (though I might refuse to play it for other reasons). Beyond that, I'd need to know more about him. He was not banned from play after the war, so presumably, as happened with Bogolubov, FIDE examined his record and found him fairly clean. But I still don't see the logic in wishing him happy birthday. Nazi or not, I don't think he's planning on getting out much this year.

Apr-28-10		zaxcvd: communism killed a lot more people than nazism.

May-10-10		kellmano: Great profile and great picture. Time to play through a few of his games methinks.

May-29-10		VladimirOo: Who was the best player Diemer has ever beaten (in a serious game of course)? In his best games, I know nobody of his opponents.

Sep-24-10		smurph: Is there any other photo that could be used?

Sep-24-10		BobCrisp: <I never understood the logic of wishing a happy birthday to deceased players at all, Nazis or no.> It's common to express sadness at the passing of players, so it makes sense to celebrate their entrance into this mortal coil.

Sep-24-10		Phony Benoni: I've always heard that today is the first day of the rest of your life, which means that everyday is everybody's birthday. Happy Birthday, Everybody!

Sep-24-10		whiteshark: <Phony Benoni> Does that mean we are born again on every day to come?

Sep-24-10		Phony Benoni: <whiteshark> Indeed. "Groundhog Day" was on the right track. I imagine the mothers of this world don't care much for the idea, but that's life.

Sep-24-10		whiteshark: <Phony Benoni: <I imagine the mothers of this world don't care much for the idea, but that's life.>> It could have been worse: Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. Someone must find and stop her!

Sep-26-11		abstract: Diemer never played against famous players?

Sep-26-11		whiteshark: < abstract> Well, is Efim Bogoljubov famous enough for you? --> E J Diemer vs Bogoljubov, 1949 :D

Sep-29-11		abstract: yes surely he is :o

Sep-29-11		abstract: but u know one may get fascinated by his 80% winning percentage.. this feeling fades away as soon as u c it was mostly against patzers

Sep-29-11		OhioChessFan: That feeling doesn't fade away for me.

Dec-01-11		Garech: Winning percentage with the white pieces: 90.4%!!! Even Morphy would be jealous; kudos to the great gambit inventor! -Garech

May-15-12		lost in space: Played him onces when he was nearly blind in the late 80ties. A person with a very special (supporting) role in Germany during the Nazi-Terror Regime. Don't like him.

May-15-12		LoveThatJoker: Emil Joseph Diemer, today you are remembered for your love of Chess! LTJ

May-15-12		JonathanJ: Can you please stop making this Nazi player of the day?

Jun-01-12		zaxcvd: Emil Joseph Diemer -- Great player that I would like to emulate!

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