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Emil Diemer

EMIL DIEMER (born May-15-1908, died Oct-10-1990, 82 years old) Germany [what is this?] Emil Joseph Diemer was born in 1908 in the German town Radolfzell, in Baden. In 1931 he was out of work and joined the 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. In both 1935-36 and 1936-37 he won the Premier Reserve Tournament at Hastings. After the war, Diemer wrote for numerous minor magazines and papers, sold chess books, and gave simultaneous displays, but found that it was difficult for a middle-tier master to support himself in this way. He won the Baden Cup in 1951 and 1953. In 1952 he was first at the Swiss national tournament in Zurich. 1956 was Diemer's most successful year: he won the Reserve Group at Beverwijk, the Open Championship of the Netherlands in Kampen, and an international tournament at Rapperswil, Switzerland. He also finished second at both Thun in the International Swiss Championships, and Ghent (behind Grandmaster Alberic O'Kelly de Galway). Alas, he was unable to repeat these successes. Diemer became less interested in chess, and increasingly obsessed by 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 Diemer was committed to a psychiatric hospital. The doctors forbade him to play chess, considering it too much of a strain upon his nerves. Six years later they rescinded this order. Diemer, while no longer in form, greatly enjoyed his return to the arena. In 1976 he won the Senior Master tournament at the Baden Chess Congress. Diemer played many unorthodox openings. He is most famous for championing the gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4, which had been played in the 1880s by the American player Armand Blackmar. Blackmar always met 2...dxe4 with 3.f3. That move, however, is strongly met by the counter-gambit 3...e5! Diemer was the first to regularly play the refinement 3.Nc3! He advocated the opening with religious zeal, and analyzed it in his book Vom Ersten Zug an auf Matt! (From the First Move to Checkmate!). Today it is known as the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Wikipedia article: Emil Josef Diemer http://bdgpages.blogspot.com/2008/0... Last updated: 2025-01-10 07:10:54

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page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 233  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Diemer vs Huelsmann   1-0 15 1933 corr B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 2. Bogoljubov vs E Diemer 0-1 14 1933 Simul A40 Queen's Pawn Game 3. E Diemer vs H Halosar 1-0 10 1934 Baden-Baden D00 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Alekhine vs E Diemer 0-1 28 1934 Simul, 40b C12 French, McCutcheon 5. E Diemer vs Schluppler 1-0 52 1937 Villingen D00 Queen's Pawn Game 6. E Diemer vs A Schuppler 1-0 26 1937 Villingen D00 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Lange vs E Diemer 1-0 17 1937 Weidenau CC 5th Anniversary A84 Dutch 8. E Diemer vs L Engels 0-1 38 1938 Krefeld C11 French 9. E Diemer vs H Bruckhaus   1-0 40 1938 Krefeld A45 Queen's Pawn Game 10. E Diemer vs G Kieninger   ½-½ 54 1938 Krefeld A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 11. E Diemer vs J Huelters   0-1 54 1938 Krefeld A45 Queen's Pawn Game 12. E Diemer vs NN 1-0 32 1938 Baden-Baden D00 Queen's Pawn Game 13. W Schlage vs E Diemer ½-½ 53 1938 Krefeld B01 Scandinavian 14. H Elsas vs E Diemer 1-0 34 1938 Krefeld A43 Old Benoni 15. G Rogmann vs E Diemer 1-0 62 1938 Krefeld B32 Sicilian 16. Eliskases vs E Diemer 1-0 35 1938 Krefeld A06 Reti Opening 17. Dyckmanns vs E Diemer   0-1 68 1938 Krefeld D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. H Hussong vs E Diemer   0-1 31 1938 Krefeld D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 19. E Diemer vs C Kruijer 1-0 43 1938 Krefeld D00 Queen's Pawn Game 20. E Diemer vs Hermann   1-0 14 1941 Baden-Baden C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 21. R Kassel vs E Diemer 1-0 27 1941 Match C05 French, Tarrasch 22. K Junge vs E Diemer 1-0 24 1942 XVII.cr tournament o C34 King's Gambit Accepted 23. Poehlmann vs E Diemer 0-1 23 1947 corr C40 King's Knight Opening 24. E Diemer vs F Lamb 0-1 8 1947 corr D00 Queen's Pawn Game 25. E Diemer vs Toth 1-0 11 1948 Lindau City CZE D00 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 233

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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! Nov-06-13    Karpova: J Diemer played 15-board Simul in the Chess Club "1920 Altona" in Altona (borough of Hamburg) scoring +11 -1 =3 after 2 1/2 hours. From page 272 of the September 1924 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' Nov-06-13    whiteshark: <Karpova> fyi, back in the 1920ties <Altona> was still* part of the Prussian province 'Schleswig-Holstein', and as an urban district it was also the biggest city therein. *until 1937 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altona... Dec-21-13    waustad: Somebody actually played the BDG against me in the bar the other night. He was drinking a martini in a shot and beer sort of place too. I wasn't willing to go for the sharpest lines and beat him in the Rook and Pawn endgame. Usually bar games don't get that far. Dec-21-13    waustad: By the way, the Chessbase app gives a correspondence game where Diemer beat Keres, though I suspect it was some sort of forfeit since Keres was at least equal in the final position according to the comp. Feb-11-14    offramp: I have a feeling that Nostradamus's Quatrain LXVI may have something to do with Diemer. It goes like this: <Les deux mers unis, Negre et Dies. L'homme riche il dévoile en avant. Lacus Venetus, scaccus et ries, Le Roi joue au Trabant.> Feb-11-14    RedShield: Act normal, will you? Feb-11-14    whiteshark: <Karpova> Thinking about the <"1920 Altona" in Altona> simul, Emil Joseph was only 16 years back then. I'd guess it was Julius Dimer who mainly played around Hamburg /in Northern Germany Feb-11-14    offramp: <RedShield: Act normal, will you?> I AM acting normally! Feb-11-14    whiteshark: <I AM acting normally!> We hereby confirm the content of your post. ;) Feb-13-14    offramp: That Quatrain again, line by line. <Les deux mers unis, Negre et Dies.> "The two seas united, Black and Dead." Another way of saying the former is <Black-Mar>; the latter Dies-Mer or <Diemer>. <L'homme riche il dévoile en avant.> "The rich man unfolds in front" The rich man is the e-pawn, from the Tinker, Tailor nursery rhyme. The defining move of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is <2.e2-e4>. <Lacus Venetus, scaccus et ries,> Lacus Venetus: Lake Constance. On the shores of this lake is <Radolfzell>, where Diemer was born. Scaccus et ries means "plays and laughs". <Le Roi joue au Trabant.> The King plays in Brabant. I am sure that the last word is Brabant. Beverwijk is in the Brabant. Feb-13-14    Stonehenge: Beverwijk is not in the province of (North) Brabant. Feb-13-14    thomastonk: <Lacus Venetus: Lake Constance.> Lacus Venetus denotes only a part of Lake Constance, the so-called "Obersee" (upper lake). I also doubt that the translation of <Scaccus> is correct. Apr-26-14    Rookiepawn: A nazi scum first, and a wacky prophet later, certainly not the best of mankind. I like some of his games though. Not brilliant imho, but with that "caffe-chess" flavor that makes them fancy. Let's say Tal is Bruce Lee, then Diemer is some good alley gang fighter. Can't compare. Apr-29-14    whiteshark: Exclamation marks! don't! make! always! sense! Apr-29-14    perfidious: <whiteshark> Why? not? Apr-29-14    whiteshark: Because! That's!! Why!!! (An homage to Diemer's well-balanced annotations) May-03-14    juan31: The ideas in the field of chess of Master Diemer are uniques, maybe he was political incorrect but this site is. Chessgames.com, i want to see many of his critiics play the half of the briilance of Diemer. Jan-04-15    GoldenBird: Eww Blackmar Diemer gambit, after 1.d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3, black has so many options to equalize, including c6 the O'kelly defense, Bg4, the Teichmann variation, and e6, the Euwe variation Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 6) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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