Dutch Defense
Kingside attack with f5. Ambitious.
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1. d4 › Dutch Defense
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Sequence
1.d4f52.c4
Possible Variations24
2... Nf620 variations
2... e63 variations
2... g6Bladel Variation2... g6 3. Nc3 3... Nh6
About this opening
With 1.d4 f5, the Dutch Defense stakes an immediate claim to the e4 square and shows kingside ambitions. Three main structures emerge: the very solid Stonewall (d5-e6-f5 pawns), the Leningrad with a ...g6 fianchetto, and the Classical with ...e6 and ...Be7. The downside is the weakened a2-g8 diagonal. Botvinnik and, more recently, Nakamura made it a combative weapon against 1.d4.