The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

Recently, in my preparation for the World Open next week, I've been preparing the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4!? (or perhaps ?!) dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3

It's fairly difficult to find some literature on this- a check of Amazon shows a forthcoming book to be published in September, some out of print titles, and a "keybook" by an author I've never head of. My study has mainly consisted of studying games from my fritz 10 database. Do any of you know any good books, or instructive websites, that could help me out? Thanks

Sawyer's Keybook II is the BDG Bible.

I don't see the new book having anything like the same depth.

'The BDG is the shortest way to a 2000 rating......from either side' - forgot who said it.

I know this doesn't help any but it's such a great quote 😀

Originally posted by Romanticus
'The BDG is the shortest way to a 2000 rating......from either side' - forgot who said it.

I know this doesn't help any but it's such a great quote 😀

see: http://www.geocities.com/athens/acropolis/4902/theory/index.html and http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/110103_blackmar_dmr_gmbt.html

Originally posted by Squelchbelch
Sawyer's Keybook II is [b]the BDG Bible.

I don't see the new book having anything like the same depth.[/b]

Originally posted by chesskid001
Thanks Squelchbelch. Unfortunately, it does not appear to be available on Amazon, unless one is willing to pay $45 by a third party vendor, but perhaps it is available off ebay or something. I'm just curious, what exactly is a "keybook"? And what is Sawyer's rating? The only Tim Sawyer listed in FIDE is unrated, and USCF the highest rated I see is about 1950 USCF.

In addition to Sawyer's "The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Keybook II", I have "Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Bogoljubow Variation 5...g6" by Eric Schiller and John Crayton - and Gary Lane's "Blackmar-Diemer Gambit".

Originally posted by Squelchbelch
Sawyer's Keybook II is [b]the BDG Bible.

I don't see the new book having anything like the same depth.[/b]

Originally posted by Zaubernuss
You might be in for a surprise. I know Christoph Scheerer, and he has certainly done his homework on this one. He even consulted the original issues of 'Die Blackmar-Gemeinde' (published bei Diemer himself).

Originally posted by JonathanB of London
Yes very true - but only if you start from 2500+ :-)

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Originally posted by JonathanB of London
Yes very true - but only if you start from 2500+ :-)

Originally posted by backfrom1994
see: http://www.geocities.com/athens/acropolis/4902/theory/index.html and http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/110103_blackmar_dmr_gmbt.html

Years ago I played the BDG, and I liked Gary Lane's book quite a bit.