Diemer-Duhm Gambit

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The Diemer-Duhm Gambit is a variation of the French Defense and is characterized by the moves[1][2][3]

1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. c4

The Diemer-Duhm Gambit is also a variation of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit declined with the move order 1.d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3.c4.

The opening is named after the German master Emil Josef Diemer and the German-Swiss master Andreas Duhm.

References

  1. ^ Jyrki Heikkinen : Diemer-Duhm Gambit
  2. ^ Paul Keres, Klassisches Spanisch bis Französich, Sportverlag Berlin, 1976, p. 308
  3. ^ Eric Schiller, Gambit Chess Openings, Cardoza Publishing, 2002, pp. 66-67