A recent issue of TWIC included a game that began with
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. e5
I've always liked this position. You can get to it now and then if you play the Blackmar-Diemer. In fact, Tim Sawyer was kind enough to include one of my games with this line as Game 1 in the second edition of his Keybook.
Black can respond with 4...Nd5 or 4...Ne4, but either way after 5.Qg4 his future is not bright.
You can play through the new game with this line here.
Sometimes we gradually drift away from chess. Work, family, other responsibilities seem to conspire to remove the time or opportunities for the game. Life happens.
However, John Crompton got back to tournament play a few days ago in a one-day event near Charleston, South Carolina. Happily, he also got back to the Blackmar-Diemer, against an opponent who had recently won the state senior's championship.
| 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 |
| Crompton, John 1667 - Reeve, C. 1952 |
| 1-0 (Aiken 25 Quick Chess) 4/17/2010 |
It's hard to spot a master a couple of hundred rating points AND the f-pawn and still get the point. Hard, hard times.
| 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 |
| Toulzac, PY. 2231 - Sengupta, D. 2496 |
| 0-1 (9th Open,Malakoff FRA) 4/22/2010 |