A collection of BDG games played by master players – by Sveinung Økland.

You can download the Master_BDG database and use your favorite chess program to play through the games. The database now contains 400 games, and the goal is to collect 500 master games. The last update of the database was done 18.01.2010.

Score statistics :

	White wins	Draw	Black wins	Elo avg W	Elo avg B	Perform W	Perform B
Black player is GM	26	17	31	2277	2510	2425	2362
Black player is IM	18	9	20	2270	2390	2362	2290
Black player is FM	14	9	2	2210	2279	2470	2038
White player is GM	17	4	5	2563	2438	2546	2432
White player is IM	30	4	7	2351	2304	2504	2141
White player is FM	27	12	5	2274	2307	2480	2093
Both players are GM’s	7	3	4	2607	2591	2591	2607
Both players are IM’s	6	1	6	2315	2384	2384	2315
Both players are FM’s	1	1	1	2277	2281	2281	2277
Total score for all games in the database	235	83	82	2201	2239	2370	2062

NB! If you know about a BDG game which isn’t in the database already you are welcome to send it in a mail to sveinung@optimal-sikkerhet.no , but please remember the criteria for a game to be a part of this database :

1) The opening should be Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

2) One or both of the players should be a GM, IM, FM, CM, WGM, WIM, WFM, WCM – or both players should at least have ratings above 2000

3) The game should preferably have been played in an official tournament