Semi-Closed · a defense for Black
Dutch Defense: Normal Variation
4/4
1.d4f52.c4Nf6
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Dutch Defense: Normal Variation4.1M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
9.9%404k51%
4.4%178k49%
3.2%130k49%
1.3%53k50%
0.6%25k48%
0.5%19k50%
0.4%16k50%
0.2%9.9k50%
Famous games in this line4.6k master games
Wojtaszek, R. (2744) – Caruana, F. (2820)Mamedyarov, S. (2764) – Grischuk, A. (2797)Radjabov, Teimour (2784) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2775)Aronian, Levon (2813) – Kamsky, Gata (2741)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2775) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2756)Karjakin, Sergey (2769) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2759)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2764) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2760)Le Quang Liem (2739) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2751)Heroes of this opening Wojtaszek, R. · Radjabov, Teimour · Ponomariov, Ruslan · Nakamura, Hikaru
- Family
- Dutch Defense
- Category
- Semi-Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A84
- Line
- 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6
Sharp
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Variation3.g3 · 15 deeper linesDutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation3.Nc3 · 1 deeper lineDutch Defense: Leningrad Variation3.g3 g6Dutch Defense: Krause Variation3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6
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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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