Blackmar-Diemer Gambit — Win

Friday, October 9, 2026 · vs seluis2000 · View game on lichess ↗

You missed the exact same tactic — bishop takes on f2 with check — in two different positions a few moves apart. Before playing a quiet move like castling, spend five extra seconds specifically scanning for checks and captures first; that one habit would've flipped two of your biggest swings this game.

• ›You took 29 seconds here and still played knight to c6, which just leaves your knight on d5 hanging in the breeze — pawn to c6 was the move, propping it up for free. Lucky break though: instead of the clean knight recapture, your opponent grabbed with the queen, which the engine didn't love either, so you both stumbled into the same mess together.
• ›Your opponent had just played bishop to b5, which the engine really didn't like, and this was the moment to make them pay — bishop takes on f2 with check rips the king out into the open and you're up material with the initiative. Instead you tucked away and castled, which is safe, but it hands back a swing of two and a half pawns worth of advantage for nothing.
• ›Same shot, same board, two moves later — bishop takes on f2 with check was sitting there again, and again you went another direction, playing bishop to g6 instead. Missing a tactic once is bad luck; missing the identical one twice in a row is a pattern worth noticing, since this was the biggest single swing of your flagged moments.
• ›Here knight takes on d3 was the move that actually cashes in on your opponent's shaky earlier play and wins material cleanly. You went with rook to h4 instead, a reasonable-looking rook lift that just doesn't do nearly as much — it's not a disaster, but it's the kind of move that feels active without actually collecting anything.