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    Tom = BBDG WORLD & News, Games, and Analysis of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit VolIxX, No 4, Serial 46, PO Box 7363, Warmer Robins, GA 31095, USA July 1991 A Knight for a Bishop in the Alapin-Diemer Gambit? By Tom Purser To illustrate his rule, Purdy gave the to mind. It occurs after game §. Crakanthorp--G. Gundersen 1,d4 dS 204 e6 3,.Be3 dxed 4.NG2 NIG Periodically I pick up a book I've been from a 1923 match. White in this game 5.8 NdS 6.Qe2: meaning to read for ycars, and often after I've completed only the first few pages feel like kicking myself for having ‘waited. One suchbook—no, acollection ‘of books, really—was the All Creatures Great and Small series by James Herriot, with those delightful stories about animals, humans, and the virtues and small vices of both. But my latest [-could-kick-myself book is about chess. Ws C.J. S. Purdy, His Life, His Games «and His Writing, by J. Hammond and R. Jamieson, Melbourne 1982. Purdy was Australia’s gift to chess: four times that country’s OTB champion, twice its correspondence champion, the first world corre- spondence’ chess champion, and an international master. He will doubtless be longest remembered, however, for his writings in the magazine he edited for 39 years, Chess World (earlier called the Australasian Chess Review and then Gueck!). Hammond and Jamieson reprint one of Purdy’s articles from each ‘ofthose years, and these alone are worth the price of the book ‘One of the earliest articles is called simply, “Exchanging.” Purdy acknow- Tedges that “to swap or not to swap” can be a complex decision, but confines his discussion to one aspect —the question of time, He formulates a general rule: “Am exchange loses time for the player exchanging first if the opponent can move. (A developing move is one which brings or helps to bring piece into better play, or brings you nearer to attainment of a special objective.” Now you may say that this is pretty simple stuff. Iso, you've hit upon one of Purdy’s great talents. He was able to get many of the essentials of a complex game down on paper in clear, direct (and often dryly humorous) language. later became Australian champion and Purdy's father-in-law! The game began: 1.d4 AS 2.04 6 3.Ne3 eS 4.NB Neb ‘S.BE4 N06 6.03 Be7 7.dxc5 BxcS 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0.0 Nod Of this, Purdy wrote, “A very plausible exchanging mancuver, but it ‘was fatal.” 10.Rei Nxd3 11.Qxd3 Here Purdy paused to take stock. He observed that White aceds only one move—his Rook on fl—to complete development, while Black needs five: ‘one with a pawn to free his Bishop at 8, ‘one with the Bishop, one with his Queen to free his rooks, and two to develop his rooks, Thus he is four moves behind, rather than one. How did Black lose three moves? Purdy reckoned this way: one by 2..c6, which prevented a single move development of the Queen's Bishop, and two in the exchanging maneuver. That is, first 9..Nb4 moved a piece alrcady developed, and then the exchange 10..Nxd3 lost a move when White was able to retake with a developing move. White went on to win convincingly in 24 moves. As I read this, a common position from the Alapin-Diemer Gambit came So, should Black now exchange the Knight for the Bishop? Well, there are arguments for it. Apart from securing the Bishop pair, isn't Black, having said A (5..NdS), more or less obliged to say B (6...Nxe3)? After all, in Play the French, Watson gives 5,3 ?, and evaluates the position after 5..NdS as ~/+. But of course, at any point in a chess game previous moves must be considered “sunk costs.” Decisions have to be made on the current position. Let’s consider Purdy’s rule after the exchange has taken place: G3 7.03 Black exchanges his developed Knight, and White recaptures with his Queen, But the Queen was already developed, so Black lost no time, right? No, the recapture was in fact a developing move, because it was required (or else 42°g3) to develop the King’s Bishop. By Purdy’s counting method, White is now three moves ahead—Queen, Knight, and open line for the Bishop. If Black now proceeds by accepting the {-pawn, alter White recaptures with 8.Ngxf3 he will be 4 moves up. In practice this has usually been ‘enough to win. Some examples: 970 / ALAPIN-DIEMER GAMBIT W: P.B. Webster B: T. Moore Janesville, Wisconsin 1979 1.d4 dS 2.04 e6 3.Be3 ded 4.Nd2 Nf ‘5.8 NAS 6.Qe2 Nxe3 7.Que3 ex3 Black usually feels compelled to play this, bu 7.05 is better, transposing to a line that has been played after 6.Q€2 c5 7.dxc5 Nec3 8,0xc3 (game 942 below). 7..Ne6?! (If Black swaps his King’s Knight and accepts the f-pawn, then this, Knight needs to head to the Kingside defense via d7) 8.c3 exf3 9.Next3 Bdo 10.Bd3 Bd7 110-06 12.Rael Qe? 13.04 ES 14.Ne4 BF 15.012 0-0-0 16.45 g4 YINFd2 Bud? 18.Nxd2 NbB 19.Ned bo 20.c5 £5 21.46 Of8 22.dxc7 fred 2B.cxd80 + Oxd8 24 Bred 1-0, Studier— Freyer, Freiburg City CS, 1959, Game om. ‘8.NextS Be? 8..Nd7 9.Bd3 (9.Be4, Bullockus- Haris, US Open, 1979, 14, 22+, Game 58) 9..NI6 10.0-0 Bd6 11.NeS c6 12.0¢3 0-0 13 Khi ho 14.Rf3 Qe7 15.Raft Nd7 16.Ne4 £5 17.Ng6! Bxg3 18.Nxe7+ KI7 19.Nxc8 Be7 20.Nedo+! Ki6 21.NxfS! Kg5 22.h4 + 1-0, Ciocaltea-Popa, 1953, Game 972 (I believe that the contestants event or locale T would be obliged), 9.863 9.0-0-017 0-0 10.g4 Nd? 11.h4 €5 12.Nb3 Qc7 13,85 of 14.Nbd2 b5 15.06 KAS 16.Ng5 h6 17.Bg2 Rb8 18.Nxf7 + xf 19.gxf7 N16 20.Raffl Bd7 21.45 Be5 22.Rxf6 Bre3 23.80 + Raf 24,Rxf8+ Kh725.Be4-+ g626.Rhf1 Bd427.RU7+ Bg7 28.h5 1-0, Popovie-Podgorny, Rumania, 1979, Game 973. 9uaNT 9..NC6 10.c3 0-0 11.0-0 g6 12Kh1 26 / BDG WORLD 46 | July 1991 Ned (12...Bf6) 13.Ne4 Bg7 14Radl b6 15,Bet Ne7 16.Nfg5 Nd5 17.083 Qc7 18Nzh7! Ré8 19.BxdS exd5 20.Ne{6+ Bxf6 21.Nxf6+ Kg7 22.Rdel Beo BOc5 KiB 24.Nxd5 Ohd 25.0xe6 £5 26.Nf6 1-0, P. Madscn-K. Hojgaard, Denmark, 1989, Game 974 10.0-0-0 10.0-0 Nig 11.Ne50-0 12.¢3¢6 13.083 b6 14RB cS 15.Rg3 KBS 16.81 Bd7 17.Rxg? Kxg7 18.033 + Ned 19.0xg$+ BgS 20uh4 £5 21.0g3 Bes 22.hxg5 hxeS 23.Nxc6 bxo6 24.005 + R&6 25.0xc5 Qc7 26.NGB QF4 27.065 Ogs 28.067 + Ri7 29.0x17+ 1-0, Krouse-Porter, Team Match, 1970, Game 975. 10.Ne4 c5'11.0-0-0 exds 12.0xd4 0-0 13.84. Ob6 14.Negs Oxd415.Bxh7 + Kh8 16 Rxdd 5 17Rddl £6 18.Bg6 fas 19.hxg5-+ Kg8 20.RhS Ni6 21 exf6 ax 2Rh7 BeS 23.Rdbl BIZ 24,Be4 Be6 25RM8+ KE7 26.R1h7+ Ke8 27.Be6-+ +-,E.J. Diomer-A. Lange, corr 1950, Game 96. 10..NI6 10.-¢5 11.Bb5 Qa5 12.0630-0 13.No4 Qc7 14Rhel a6 15.Bxd7 Bxd7 16.Nb6 Rad8 17.dxcS BxcS 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Rxd7 Oxd7 20.Rdl Oc7 21.93 Re8 22.Rd3 h6 23.24 S 24.axbS axbS 25.Nd4 Qc5 26.NB Qc? 27.Re3 Of1 + WKA2 Q12+ 0-1, Markowski-Spurrier, corr 1981, Game 977 (this game actually transposed via 6.Qe2 exf3 7.Next3 Nd7 8-0-0 Nxc3 9,Qxe3 Be7 10.Bd3 c5). LLNeS 0-0 12.Rhfl ef 13.dxc5 Qas 14,Nb3 Qrg? 15.Rgl N45 16.Qd4 Qh3 17.Rxg7 + Kxg7_18.Rgi+ Kho 19.Ng4+ KhS 20.Qg7 BgS+ 21.Kbt h6 22.QufB1523.Nuxh6 Qe3 24.Rag5 + OngS 25.Be2+ Kg6 26.NE7! Qe7? 27.0¢8+ Kf6 28,Qb8+ 1-0. Alternatives Black has a number of plausible alternatives to the immediate exchange, even after he has played 5..NdS. They all have the merit of keeping White tied to the defense of his Bishop at ¢3 while restricting the development of his other Bishop. 6...ex13. First, Black may accept the f-pawn, but leave the Bishop twisting the win 978 / ALAPIN-DIEMER GAMBIT W: NM C. Diebert B: NMM. Ryan US Amateur Team Playoff, 1987 1.44 d5 2.04 €6 3.Be3 ded 4.Na2 N16 543 Nd5 6.Qe2 ex{3 7.Nex3 BeT 7..868.012¢59.Ne5{6 10.Bb5 + Nd7 11.0-0 Nxe3 12.Ne6 Qc7 13.0xe3 Kf7 14.NEBNDS 15.NgS+ Kg8 16.Nx06 Breb 17.Qx06+ Of7 18Bo4 1-0, R.A. Rasa M, Foord, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1961, Game 979. 8.3 Na7 9.92 By withholding the exchange Black hhas obliged White to take another tempo to make way for his Bishop. 9.06 10.Bd3 0-0 11.04 eS 12.Kh1 bS 13.Rael Bb? 14.Bb1 Rc8 15.Ned Nre3 ‘And now Black exchanges with no loss of time, 16.Qxe3 h6 17.NeS Nue$ 18.dxe5 Qas 19.093 Red8 20.44 Kh8 21.Re2? Qed? 22,Reel Byed 23.Bee4 Qua2 24.R2 Qet 25.Rf4 Qb3! 26.Rg4 Rdl 27.Rxdl Qudl + 28.Kh2 Re8 29.074 f 30.86 Qel 31.Rg6 Quh4+ 32.Qxh4 Brhd 33.Rxe6 BeS 34.Kg3 96 35.Rxa6 b4 36.04 RgT 37.03 Be3 38.Bd5 Kh7 39.K03 Bdd 40.KE4 ReT 41.26 Kg7 42.Ra8 hS 43.Rd8 Drawn. for Black is to play the thematic 6..c5. These games heat up quickly, and Nxe3 is played sooner rather than later. We follow ‘game where Diemer succumbed to this 980 / ALAPIN-DIEMER GAMBIT J. Diemer Karanjac Hastings 1958 1.d4 dS 2.04 €6 3.Be3 dued 4.Nd2 NI6 5.3 NAS 6.Qe2 5 7.dxeS T.Nte3 8.0%e3 (B..ef3 9.Neg3 Qas 10.Be4 BreS 11.063 Qb6 12.0-0-0 Qxb3 DNeb3 Bb6 14.Rd3 040 15.Rhdl Nc6 16Nbd2? Rd8 17.Red8+ Nud8 0-1, R. Fleuriot-Lippitsch, com 1970/71, Game 981) 8..0a5 9.f%04 BxeS 10.083 0-0 11.Bd3 No6 12.Ngf3 Nb4 13.Ke2 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Rd8 15.0h4 BU7 16.Ng5 h6 Y ~ 17.Nb3 Obd 18.Nxf7 Be7 19.0hS Be8 20.Nxh6+ pxh6 21.Qxh6 Od6 22.Radi Qe5 23.Rdfl OhS+ 24.0xchS BxhS + 25.g4 Bxgs+ 26.Kd2 BgS+ 27.Ke2 Rac8-+ 28.Kb1 Be3 29.44 Be2 30.Rel Bd3+ 31.Kal Bros 32 Rhfl Be? 33.R6 Kg7 34.Rxc6 Bxdd 35,.Nxd4 Rxdd 36.R6e2 Be6 37.Re3 RdG 38.63 Red 30b4 Rdl + 40.Rxdi Red + and won, 0-1, Resnick Blecmar, corr 1974, Game 982. 7aQaS 8.00421 8.c3 Nxe39.xe3 BreS 10,Qxe4 Bret ILRxgl Qb6 12.0-040 Nd7 13.Be2 Nf6 14.Qh4 Qa5 15.Ne4 Oxa? 16.Nd6 + KIS Y7.Qb4 aS 18,0c5 Nd7 19.Nxc8+ NxcS 20.R48~ 1-0, C. Diebert-J. Bath, Columbus City CS, 1983, Game 983. 8...Qxa2 9.fr04 Nxe3 10.Qxe3 Qal + ALND! QaS 12.035 Bd7 13.NE3 Neb 14.04 RaB 15.Ng5 £6 16.Be2 BxeS 17.BhS + Ke7 18.NF7 Nbs 19.Rd2 Ne2+ 20.Kd1 Bb4 21.e5 Be8 22.Rxd8 Bxf7 23.exf6+ gxf6 24.Rxh8 BuhS+ 25.64 Qd5 + 26.Ke2 Qg2 + 27.Ke3 BeS+ 2B.KA3 Bg6+ 29.Kes QdS+ 0-1. 6...NC6 Finally, and perhaps the best alternative, from Black's point of view, is the anti-thematic move 6...Ne5. This keeps White's game restricted longer, and since Black intends to fight back in the center with e6-e5, perhaps this is a legitimate exception to the rule against blocking the c-pawn in the French, 984 / ALAPIN-DIEMER GAMBIT W: NM P. B, Webster B: NMR. Koepke Janesville, Wisconsin Tornado, 1984 1.d4 5 2.04 €6 3.Be3 ded 4.NG2 NOG 5.03 NAS 6.Qe2 Ne6 7.c3 exf3 8.Nex®3 8..Be7 9,012 0-0 10,Bd3 b6?! 11.0-0 Bb7 12 Rac] g6? (Black makes White's work easy) 13.Bh6 Re8 14.NgS £5 15.Nxe6 Qd7 16.Bxf5 Bd6 17.Bh3 1-0, P. Keroack-Harrison, corr 1970s, Game 98s. 8...Be7 9.0-0-0 a6 10.NeS Bd7 11,12 Bfo 12.4 Nf4 13,001 BxeS 14.dxeoS Nob 15.Bg3 Og5 16h4 Oxgd 17.Be2 Oat 18Kb1 b5 19.Bd3 b4 20.85 bxe’ 21 hxps Nbé 22.gx17+ KI8 23.Bc4?? Qc2+ 24.Kal Oxb2+# 0-1, Becker-P. Keroack, corr 1970s, Game 986. 8...Bd6 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.93 Oe7 11.BR €5 12.04 Ne3?! 13.bxe3 Ba3 + 14.Kb1 Bet 15.Rel BES+ 16.Kal Nb4 17.Ned (Webster gave 17.cxb4? Qxb4 IB.NbI Bxb1 19. 1 Oc3 +, but Whitecan come ‘ut okay with 19.042! Still, 17.Ned as layed is better.) 17..

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