Dutch Defense
ECO: A84Flank Openings1.d4 f5 2.c4
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
Start
1.2.
About the Dutch Defense
The Dutch Defense is catalogued under ECO code A84, in the Flank Openings section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 f5 2.c4, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Dutch Defense has 69 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- Dutch Defense: Classical VariationA84 · 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6
- Dutch Defense: Normal VariationA84 · 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6
- Dutch Defense: Bellon GambitA84 · 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.e4
- Dutch Defense: Fianchetto VariationA86 · 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3
- Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight VariationA85 · 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3
- Dutch Defense: Rubinstein VariationA84 · 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3
Other lines of the Dutch Defense
- Dutch DefenseA80 · 1.d4 f5
- Dutch Defense: Alapin VariationA80 · 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3
- Dutch Defense: Fianchetto AttackA81 · 1.d4 f5 2.g3
- Dutch Defense: Hopton AttackA80 · 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5
- Dutch Defense: Korchnoi AttackA80 · 1.d4 f5 2.h3
- Dutch Defense: Krejcik GambitA80 · 1.d4 f5 2.g4
- Dutch Defense: Raphael VariationA80 · 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3
- Dutch Defense: Staunton GambitA82 · 1.d4 f5 2.e4