Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined
Langeheinicke Defense
- 1.d4d5
- 2.e4dxe4
- 3.Nc3Nf6
- 4.f3e3
1,775 games
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined line where Black returns the pawn with 4...e3 to sidestep the gambit's main complications.
Train it in TheoriaAbout the Langeheinicke Defense
The Langeheinicke Defense, 4...e3, gives the extra pawn straight back so that Black avoids the complications that follow 4...exf3 5. Nxf3. White almost always recaptures with 5. Bxe3, keeping a lead in development, and engines give White a slight edge. The line counts among Black's weaker options, since returning the pawn barely slows White's initiative. In most lines White tries to post a knight on f4, which takes the sting out of ...Nd5.