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I had a lot of difficulty getting good books on the BDG, so this info
may be of interest to someone else who would like a good book on the gambit. It took over a year for me to find the book Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Keybook by Tim Sawyer - THE book to have if you are serious about playng this gambit. There are reviews of the book on varius sites, but it is very difficult to find a copy. I ordered it from the Canadian Chess Federation over a year ago and never received it, and most online vendors don't have it. A couple of weeks ago it appeared on Amazon, so I ordered it and received it yesterday - it is new and no defects. According to Sawyer, the other good book on the BDG is the one by Lane, so I found that on ebay or Amazon (I don't remember which, since I also ordered other things) and I ordered that too. Sawyer's book is a collection of games grouped by variations with a few comments here and there, and Lane's book goes more into the ideas behind the moves. Another good source is the CD that contains all the articles from a magazine on the BDG called the BDG Digest (I think). This can be found for sale on ebay. There is also a CD by Sawyer that has a collection of BDG games - maybe the same as in the book? You can get free collections of BDG games from the University of Pittsburg web site, but the players are not all of master strength as they are in Sawyer's book. You can surely find thousands of games on the mega collections sold by Chessbase and by other vendors, but again the strength of the players could be variable. In sum, the best source for the BDG is probably the Keybook, but you may find it very difficult to find. Used books on amazon sems to be the most promising place for now. Having said this, I hope I don't meet anyone who uses this information on ICC... Henri |
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