Dutch Defense

Black plays f5 against 1. d4, staking a claim on e4 and preparing a kingside space gain. The king is less sheltered than in a classical defense, which is the price of the pawn on f5. Leningrad, Stonewall, and Classical are the structures in this tree.

69 lines in the book · ECO A80 to A99 · 8,592 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Dutch Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. d4
  2. f5

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black pawn moves from f7 to f5.

Variations

Alapin Variation1 lines · A80Barcza Variation1 lines · A80Hevendehl Gambit1 lines · A80Hopton Attack1 lines · A80Janzen-Korchnoi Gambit1 lines · A80Kingfisher Gambit1 lines · A80Korchnoi Attack1 lines · A80Krejcik Gambit2 lines · A80Manhattan Gambit4 lines · A80Omega-Isis Gambit1 lines · A80Raphael Variation1 lines · A80Senechaud Gambit1 lines · A80Spielmann Gambit1 lines · A80Blackburne Variation1 lines · A81Fianchetto Attack1 lines · A81Leningrad Variation5 lines · A81 to A89Leningrad1 lines · A81Semi-Leningrad Variation1 lines · A81Blackmar's Second Gambit1 lines · A82Staunton Gambit8 lines · A82 to A83Staunton Gambit Accepted1 lines · A82Bellon Gambit1 lines · A84Bladel Variation1 lines · A84Classical Variation13 lines · A84 to A99Krause Variation1 lines · A84Normal Variation1 lines · A84Rubinstein Variation1 lines · A84Queen's Knight Variation1 lines · A85Fianchetto Variation1 lines · A86Hort-Antoshin System1 lines · A86Nimzo-Dutch Variation2 lines · A90Stonewall Variation7 lines · A90 to A95Alekhine Variation1 lines · A92

Named gambits and traps

23 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 23.

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