Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined: Weinsbach Defense, Pfrang Gambit

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined: Weinsbach Defense, Pfrang Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code D00, part of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined family. It goes 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 e6 5. fxe4. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... d5. After 9 moves it is Black to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

About the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined

After 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3, Black does not take on f3 and plays ...c5, ...e3 or ...Bf5 instead. Black avoids White's attack.

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