The Blackmar-Diemer in Iran

According to TWIC (what a great resource), "The 18th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament took place February 19th-28th 2010 in Mashhad - Iran. 11 rounds Swiss System 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1."

And what turns up there? An Iranian FM playing (and winning) a BDG. See for yourself:

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Abbasifar, H. 2333 - Marfavi, J. 2100

1-0 (18th Fajr Open) 2/21/2010

[#] 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 Nf6 5.g4 Bg6 6.g5 Nh5 7.fxe4 e5 8.d5 Bb4

[8...h6 9.Nf3 Bb4 10.Qe2 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nf4 12.Qb5+ c6 13.Qxb7 cxd5 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Qxa8 Bxe4 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.O-O Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Ke7 19.Bd3 hxg5 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qxe4+ Qe6 22.Qxe6+ fxe6 23.Nxg5 e5 24.Rae1 Nc6 25.Rxf4 Kd6 1-0 Purser,T-Anonymous/Internet Chess Club 1998.]

9.Bg2 O-O 10.Nh3 f5 11.gxf6 Qxf6 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.O-O-O Nf4 15.Nxf4 exf4 16.d6 Nc5? +1.33

[16...Bxc3 17.Qc4+ Kh8 18.Qxc3 cxd6 19.Rhf1 Bh5 -0.60]

17.Qc4+ Bf7 18.Nd5 Qxd6? +2.38

[18...Bxd5 +1.33]

19.e5 Qxe5 20.Bxf4 Qh5 21.Qxb4 Na6 22.Qxb7 Nc5 23.Qc6 Ne6 24.Bg3 Qg5+ 25.Kb1 h5 26.Rhe1 Rae8 27.Re5 Qg4 28.Bf3 Qh3 29.Ne3 Nd4 30.Rxd4 Rxe5 31.Bxe5 Bxa2+ 32.Kxa2 Rxf3 33.Rd8+ [1-0]

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Another BDG Declined

A BDG declined was played at the Karnevalsopen in Solingen, Germany a couple of weekends ago. I first noticed it in Mark Crowther's TWIC, and was encouraged to find that Black was listed as a reasonably strong player with an Elo of 2286. There was no rating listed for White, so I checked the tournament site and found there had evidently been a transcription error, as Black's rating was actually considerably lower. Still a BDG is a BDG (in this case, a declined BDG):

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H

Pitz, Marco 1697 - Shishkov, Mark 1160

1-0 (Karnevalsopen) 2/13/2010

[#] 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nc3 b6 5.fxe4 Bb7 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nf3 c5 8.e5 Nd5 9.O-O Nd7? 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Ng5 f6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Bxg6+ Ke7 14.Nf7

[14.exf6+! Nxf6 (14...Kd6 15.Nf7+ ) 15.Rxf6 Kxf6 (15...hxg6 16.Qxh8 ) 16.Nxh7+ Ke7 (16...Kg7 17.Bh6+ Kg8 18.Bf7+ Kxh7 19.Bxf8# ) 17.Bg5+ ]

14...hxg6 15.Qxh8 Kxf7 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Bg5 Bg7 18.Qh4

[18.Qh7 seems stronger, with 19.Rxf6+ taking care of several of Black's likeliest replies: 18...Kf8 (18...Bc4 19.Rxf6+ ; 18...Qh8 19.Rxf6+ ) 19.Rxf6+ Bxf6 20.Rf1+- ]

18...Qe7

[18...Qh8 19.Bxf6 Qxh4 20.Bxh4+ Kg8 21.dxc5 Bxb2 22.Rad1 Rc8 23.cxb6 axb6 24.Rf2 ]

19.Rf2

[19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qh7+ Ke8 21.Qxg6+ Qf7 22.Rxf6 Qxg6 23.Rxg6 ]

19...Rh8 20.Qf4 Rf8 21.Raf1 Ke8

[21...Kg8 22.Qe5 Bc4 23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Rxf6 Bxf1 25.Qb8+ Kh7 26.Rxf1 Bxd4+ 27.Kh1 ]

22.Qb8+ Kf7 23.Qe5 Kg8 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.Rxf6 cxd4 27.Rxg6+ Kf8 28.Qh8+ Kf7 29.Rg7+ Kf6 30.Qh6+ [1-0]

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