A80Opening
Dutch Defense
1. d4 f5
White to move
- Legal moves
- 28
- Games in the next 4 moves
- 359,553
- Different positions among them
- 127,994
- Named lines from here
- 69
Named after Elias Stein, a Dutch-based player who recommended it in 1789. Black takes control of e4 with 1...f5 and often aims for a kingside attack.
It is reached after 2 moves: 1. d4 f5.
White is to move and has 28 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 359,553 different games. Those games reach 127,994 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 2.8 on average.
The Lichess opening list names 69 further lines after this position, such as Staunton Gambit (2. e4) and Fianchetto Attack (2. g3).
Move by move
- 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
- 1... f5Dutch Defense
Named lines from here
- Staunton GambitA822. e4
- Dutch DefenseA842. c4
- Fianchetto AttackA812. g3
- Alapin VariationA802. Qd3
- Raphael VariationA802. Nc3
- Krejcik GambitA802. g4
- Korchnoi AttackA802. h3
- Hopton AttackA802. Bg5
- Omega-Isis GambitA802. Nf3 e5
- Barcza VariationA802. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3
- Senechaud GambitA802. Bf4 e6 3. g4
Related openings
- Queen's Pawn GameA401. d4
- Queen's GambitD061. d4 d5 2. c4
- Indian DefenseA451. d4 Nf6
- Benoni Defense: Old BenoniA431. d4 c5
- Old Indian DefenseA411. d4 d6 2. c4
- Queen's Pawn Game: London SystemD021. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London SystemD001. d4 d5 2. Bf4
- Rapport-Jobava SystemD011. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle SystemD041. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3
- Blackmar-Diemer GambitD001. d4 d5 2. e4
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