Semi-Closed · a defense for Black
Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Modern
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1.d4f52.Qd3d63.g4
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Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Modern5.0k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
63%3.2k41%
21%1.0k45%
9.2%46447%
3.3%16742%
1.1%5542%
0.8%3855%
0.8%3855%
0.4%1850%
0.2%1221%
0.2%1258%
Famous games in this line7 master games
Feuerstein, Arthur William (2395) – De Fotis, Gregory (2425)Schneider, Ilja (2392) – Grafl, Florian (2413)Barva, Attila (2290) – Garbisu de Goni, Unai (2395)Disconzi da Silva, Rodrigo (2315) – Bravo Sedamanos, Hector (2300)Bayer, Ernst Wolfgang (2266) – Schiffer, Kai Uwe (2316)Zhuravlev, Anatoly (2207) – Lebedev, Alexander1 (2268)Munanira, Isaak (2200) – Galiana Salom, Juan Ramon (2257)Heroes of this opening Schneider, Ilja · Garbisu de Goni, Unai · Bravo Sedamanos, Hector · Schiffer, Kai Uwe
- Family
- Dutch Defense
- Category
- Semi-Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A80
- Line
- 1. d4 f5 2. Qd3 d6 3. g4
GambitSharp
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From the archives
Botvinnik and Bronstein both played the Dutch in their 1951 world-championship match. Alekhine tried it against Euwe in 1935 and lost the 'Pearl of Zandvoort' with it, which is the honest half of its reputation. 1...f5 grabs kingside space before White finishes tying a shoe — at the cost of weakening the king forever.
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