Dutch Defence Wikipedia. The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves 1. Blacks 1. f. 5 stakes a serious claim to the e. Whites kingside however, it also weakens Blacks kingside some especially the e. Blacks development. Like its 1. e. 4 counterpart, the Sicilian Defence, the Dutch is an aggressive and unbalancing opening, resulting in the lowest percentage of draws among the most common replies to 1. Through the ages White has tried all sorts of methods to exploit the kingside weaknesses, such as the Staunton Gambit 2. Korchnoi Attack 2. Blacks resources seem just about adequate. The Dutch has never been a main line against 1. Alexander Alekhine, Bent Larsen, Paul Morphy and Miguel Najdorf, have used it with success. Perhaps its high water mark occurred in 1. World Champion. Mikhail Botvinnik and his challenger, David Bronstein, played it in their 1. World Championship match. Among the worlds top 1. Hikaru Nakamura is a consistent practitioner. HistoryeditElias Stein 1. Alsatian who settled in The Hague, recommended the defence as the best reply to 1. Nouvel essai sur le jeu des checs, avec des rflexions militaires relatives ce jeu. Siegbert Tarrasch rejected the opening as unsound in his 1. The Game of Chess, arguing that White should reply with the Staunton Gambit, with White being better after 2. Nc. 3 Nf. 6 4. Bg. White most often fianchettoes his kings bishop with g. Bg. 2. Black also sometimes fianchettoes his kings bishop with. Bg. 7 the Leningrad Dutch, but may instead develop his bishop to Be. White plays c. 4 before castling. Play often runs 2. Nf. 6 3. Bg. 2 e. Nf. 3 4. Nh. 3Nf. Black plays the Stonewall Variation Be. Black chooses between 6. Stonewall, 6. d. IlyinZhenevsky System less popular today, or Alekhines move 6. Ne. 4 retaining the option of moving the d pawn either one or two squares. The Stonewall Dutch enjoyed a resurgence of interest in the 1. Artur Yusupov, Sergey Dolmatov, Nigel Short and Simen Agdestein helped develop the system where Black plays an earlier. Termed the Modern Stonewall, this setup has remained more popular than the traditional early. Be. 7. The openings attacking potential is shown in the Polish Immortal, in which Miguel Najdorf, using the Stonewall Variation, sacrificed all of his minor pieces to win by checkmate. White continuationseditPosition after 2. Nf. 6 3. Bg. 2 g. Welcome to the HowickPakuranga Chess Club Howick Bowling Club, 33 Selwyn Road, Cockle Bay, Auckland 2014, New Zealand. Auckland Council is the sponsor of the Howick. Download the free trial version below to get started. Doubleclick the downloaded file to install the software. Nf. 3 Bg. 7 5. 0 0 0 0 6. The traditional move order involves White playing 2. More commonly, White will start with 2. Some common variations are c. Bg. 2 c. 4 is played after Nf. Examples traditional 2. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 g. 6 4. Bg. 2 Bg. 7 5. Nf. Nf. 6 3. Bg. 2 g. Big Book Of Buds Volume 2 Pdf there. Nf. 3 Bg. 7 5. 0 0 0 0 6. Other second moveseditWhite has various more aggressive alternatives to the standard moves, including. Nc. 3 Nf. 6 or d. Bg. 5 2. Bg. 5 2. Staunton Gambit, named after Howard Staunton, who introduced it in his match against Bernhard Horwitz. The Staunton Gambit was once a feared attacking line,7 but it has been out of favour for over 8. Grandmaster. Larry Christiansen and International Master. Jeremy Silman have opined that it offers White equality at best. Carl Mayet introduced a completely different gambit approach to the Dutch in 1. Lasa, playing 2. h. Von der Lasa later published analysis of this line in the first edition of the Handbuch des Schachspiels. Viktor Korchnoi, one of the worlds leading players, reintroduced the line into tournament practice in KorchnoiKnel, Biel 1. GM Christiansen later concluded, as von der Lasa and Staunton had done over 1. The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves 1. Blacks 1. f5 stakes a serious claim to the e4square and envisions an attack in the. The French Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves 1. This is most commonly followed by 2. Black intending. c5 at a later stage. Black could get a good game by declining the gambit with 2. Nf. 6 3. g. 4 d. 51. Black sometimes starts with the move order 1. Black must be ready to play the French Defense if White plays 2. Black can no longer play the Leningrad Dutch. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ECO has twenty codes for the Dutch Defence, A8. A9. 9. A8. 0 1. d. A8. 1 1. d. 4 f. A8. Staunton GambitA8. Nc. 3 Nf. 6 4. Bg. Staunton GambitA8. A8. 5 1. d. 4 f. Nf. Nc. 3 Rubinstein VariationA8. Nf. 6 3. g. 3A8. 7 1. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 g. 6 4. Bg. 2 Bg. 7 5. Nf. Leningrad DutchA8. U1pdmNKcWuRpUWtHdzg.jpg' alt='The French Tarrasch Variation Pdf File' title='The French Tarrasch Variation Pdf File' />Nf. Bg. 2 Bg. 7 5. Nf. Nc. 3 c. 6 Leningrad DutchA8. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 g. 6 4. Bg. 2 Bg. 7 5. Nf. Nc. 3 Nc. 6 Leningrad DutchA9. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 e. 6 4. Bg. 2A9. 1 1. d. Nf. Bg. 2 Be. 7A9. 2 1. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 e. 6 4. Bg. 2 Be. 7 5. Nf. A9. 3 1. d. 4 f. Nf. Bg. 2 Be. 7 5. Nf. Botvinnik VariationA9. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 e. 6 4. Bg. 2 Be. 7 5. Nf. Football Manager Patch 2005 more. Ba. 3 StonewallA9. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 e. 6 4. Bg. 2 Be. 7 5. Nf. Nc. 3 c. 6 StonewallA9. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 e. 6 4. Bg. 2 Be. 7 5. Nf. A9. 7 1. d. 4 f. Nf. Bg. 2 Be. 7 5. Nf. Nc. 3 Qe. 8 IlyinGenevsky VariationA9. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 e. 6 4. Bg. 2 Be. 7 5. Nf. Nc. 3 Qe. 8 8. Qc. IlyinGenevsky VariationA9. Nf. 6 3. g. 3 e. 6 4. Bg. 2 Be. 7 5. Nf. Nc. 3 Qe. 8 8. b. IlyinGenevsky VariationSee alsoeditReferenceseditSee this trap for a dramatic example. Chess Opening Explorer. Retrieved 1. 7 July 2. Tarrasch, Siegbert 1. The Game of Chess. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 9. 78 0 4. Johnsen, Sverre Bern, Ivar 2. Win with the Stonewall Dutch. Gambit. p.  6. ISBN 1 9. Howard Staunton vs Bernard Horwitz, 3rd match game, London 1. Retrieved 2. 00. 8 0. Digital Playground Body Heat 2010'>Digital Playground Body Heat 2010. Hooper, D. Whyld, K. The Oxford Companion to Chess, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 1. 9 8. 66. In 1. 93. 9, Fine wrote that, The Staunton Gambit. White considerable attacking chances. Fine, R. Griffith, R. C. White, J. H. 1. Modern Chess Openings, 6th edition. David Mc. Kay. p. In 1. 96. 4, Horowitz wrote that the Staunton Gambit gives White sharp attacking chances for his Pawn and places the opponent at a psychological disadvantage by requiring Black to renounce his aggressive intentions and resign himself to an accurate and stubborn defense. Horowitz, I. A. 1. Chess Openings Theory and Practice. Simon and Schuster. More recent writers have observed that fear of the Staunton Gambit has discouraged many players from using the Dutch. Yet many have used it anyway Christiansen, L. Silman, J. The Dutch Defense. Chess Digest. p.  1. ISBN 0 8. 75. 68 1. Schiller, E. Bill Colias 1. How to Play Black Against the Staunton Gambit. Chess Digest. p.  4. ISBN 0 8. 75. 68 2. In 1. 92. 5, the editors of the Fourth Edition of Modern Chess Openings MCO 4 wrote that the Staunton Gambit has fallen out of favour for no clear reason. Griffith, R. C. White, J. H. and M. E. Goldstein 1. Modern Chess Openings, 4th edition. Whitehead Miller. In 1. 93. 9, Fine wrote in MCO 6, The Staunton Gambit fell out of favour some time ago and still remains so. Fine, R. Griffith, R. C. White, J. H. 1. Modern Chess Openings, 6th edition. David Mc. Kay. p. Grandmaster Nick de Firmian writes in MCO 1. Staunton Gambit is not in much favor today. Firmian, N. 2. 00. Modern Chess Openings, 1. Random House. p.  4. ISBN 9. 78 0 8. Christiansen, L. Silman, J. The Dutch Defense. Chess Digest. p.  1. ISBN 0 8. 75. 68 1. Lasa, T. 1. 85. 9. Berliner Schach Erinnerungen. Verlag von Veit Co, Leipzig. Bilguer, P. 1. 84. Handbuch des Schachspiels. Verlag von Veit Co, Berlin. Alan L. Watson 1. The Anti Dutch Spike g. Krejcik, Korchnoi, and Alapin Variations. Blackmar Press. p. ISBN 0 9. 61. 96. KorchnoiKnel, Biel 1. Christiansen, L. Silman, J. The Dutch Defense. Chess Digest. p.  1. ISBN 0 8. 75. 68 1. Further readingeditHooper, David and Kenneth Whyld 1. The Oxford Companion To Chess.