Hi, Tim!

TP>                    Since you are a veteran of the BDG wars, what do you
TP>                    recommend for the black player who is facing a BDG
TP>                    player who is not really a specialist in the BDG.
TP>                    Any dangerous lines that black can pose to white for
TP>                    him to foul up in? If these are lines black can steer
TP>                    the game into then all the better. Of course, I am not
TP>                    asking for *your* secrets- rather the pitfalls of a not
TP>                    so well-prepared white BDG play.

:)  Well, if you're playing someone you KNOW plays BDG, there are 2 ways to
play it... either transpose into something else as quickly as you can, or play
a line of BDG known to be best for Black.  Here are a couple examples (assume
you're Black):

1.d4 Nf6  2.Nc3 [this is a sure sign he's going to play BDG] e6

  transposing into French lines.  Or..

1.d4 Nf6  2.Nc3 g6  3.e4 d6

  transposing to Pirc.  Be aware that BDG enthusiasts are usually
  well-prepared against the Pirc, the Austrian attack (f4) being popular.

If you want to take him on in a BDG line, I think most BDG'ers would agree
that the Lemberger Countergambit is one of Black's best.  It's defined by:

1.d4 d5  2.e4 de  3.Nc3 e5

Again, until you see the Nc3 you don't KNOW that he's going to play BDG.
He could continue 3.f3, though, which is an earlier form of the gambit.

Anyway, 3. ...e5 as above is the Lemberger Countergambit, and it's pretty
effective.  I have 397 examples, and Black wins about 34% of them, which is
pretty good odds for Black.  Anyway, here are a few games as examples:

Rob Rittenhouse is a VERY good postal player, and Tom Purser is editor of
"Gambit World" mag,. which used to be called "BDG
WOrld" -- anyway, he knows a
LOT about BDG, and he beats Rittenhosue in this one, where Rob PLAYS BDG as
white.  Tom used the Lemberger:

[Event "?"]
[Site "cr BDGW FT"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "193.0"]
[White "Rittenhouse,R"]
[Black "Purser,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Qh5 Nc6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.Nxe4 Qxd4
8.Ng5 g6 9.Qf3 Bf5 10.c3 Qh4 11.Qe3 Nd5 12.Qd2 O-O-O 13.N1f3 Qa4 14.Qd1
Qa5 15.Nd2 Rd7 16.g4 Nf4 17.Nxf7 Rxf7 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.Nc4 Qc5 20.b4 Qe7
21.b5 Nd4 22.cxd4 exd4+ 23.Kd2 Qb4+ 24.Kc1 Qc3+ 25.Kb1 Re7 26.Nd2 d3
27.Nf3 Rhe8 0-1

The next 2 are mine -- sorry, but I know these the best... this one is from a
BDG thematic in APCT postal play.  We had to play BDG (moves thru 3.Nc3 were
prescribed, as I recall):

[Event "?"]
[Site "APCT 94BDG1"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yanisch W"]
[Black "Attig D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Be3 exd4 5.Bxd4 f5 6.f3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7
8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.fxe4 Nf6 10.Nf3 Nxe4 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.O-O-O Nxc3 13.Qxe7+
Bxe7 14.Bxc3 O-O 15.Rhg1 Rae8 16.Nd4 Bc5 17.g3 Bd5 18.a3 Bc4 19.Rge1 Re4
20.Rxe4 0-1

Here's one from when I was learning BDG from Ernst Rasmussen, who is one of
the best BDG players around.  He lives in Port Hadlock, WA, and taught me a
lot, including how well the Lemberger works in this game I lost to him:

[Event "?"]
[Site "NWPC 93RM1"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Attig D"]
[Black "Rasmussen E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nxe4 Qxd4 5.Bd3 f5 6.Nf3 Qb4+ 7.c3 Qb6
8.Neg5 h6 9.Nxe5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Be7 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Bc4 Nxe5 13.Qxe5 Nf6
14.O-O-O Qc5 15.Qxc5 Bxc5 16.Rhe1+ Be7 17.Re5 Rh5 18.f4 Rxg5 19.fxg5 Ng4
20.Re2 Kf8 21.h4 Bd6 22.Rd4 b6 23.Bd5 Rb8 24.Ra4 a5 25.Rd4 Bg3 26.g6
Bxh4 27.Bc6 Ba6 28.Re6 Bg3 29.b4 axb4 30.cxb4 Ne5 31.Rd5 Nxc6 32.Rxf5+
Kg8 33.Rxc6 Bd3 0-1


TP>                    Could you send modernpg.zip to Noah's Kitchen? For some
TP>                    reason the file didn't make it to Portland.

Done


TP> If you are still looking for ideas for opening files:

TP> 1. e4  Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 (a subset of the Alekhine file you already have made)

TP> 1. d4  b6 2. *** e6 (English defense-- can also begin 1. e4)

I'll do those - thanks!


Best regards,
Doug

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