About this opening
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Gunderam Defense, Stader Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings,
classified under code D00. ECO group D (D00–D99)
covers closed games and semi-closed games beginning 1.d4 d5, covering the Queen's Gambit, Slav, Grünfeld and related queen-pawn structures. This particular variation is reached
after 14 half-moves from the
starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g4 Be4.
It belongs to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted family.
Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Gunderam Defense → Stader Variation line). The immediate parent line is Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Accepted: Gunderam Defense, transitioned via 7…Be4.
The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.e4 dxe4, 3.Nc3 Nf6, 4.f3 exf3, 5.Nxf3 Bf5, 6.Ne5 e6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.
Use the interactive board above to walk through the moves position-by-position. Click any move in the navigation to step backwards, or use the keyboard arrow keys. For statistical data — how often master-level players have reached this position, White's win-rate, draw frequency, Black's score — see the panel in the right column.
Caissly's coverage of D00 extends through every named sub-variation in this line and across all four locales (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian). Where editorial commentary exists for a specific variation it appears as the page body; otherwise the page presents the structural data, board, and statistics as shown here.