Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: von Popiel Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5

ECO D00

The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: von Popiel Gambit is a chess opening line in the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5.

It is catalogued under code D00 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bg5 is chosen by White on move 4.

One named continuation branches from this position: the Zilbermints Variation.

Named variations

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