A84: Dutch defence

1. d4 f5 2. c4

Dutch defence

A84 Sub-variants:

Dutch defence
1. d4 f5 2. c4

Dutch defence, Bladel variation
1. d4 f5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Nh6

Dutch defence
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6

Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3

Dutch, Staunton gambit deferred
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. e4

Dutch defence
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6

Overview

Games on Database:

10450

Last Played:

Jun 2025

Overall score:

36.3%

27.9%

35.8%

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Played frequently by:

White
Ivan Farago	20 games
Wolfgang Uhlmann	16 games
Alexander G Beliavsky	14 games

Black
Vladimir P Malaniuk	41 games
Pavel Potapov	35 games
Thanh Trang Hoang	32 games

Possible continuations:

2... Nf6

8202

35.5 %

28.5 %

36 %

2... e6

1313

38.1 %

28 %

34 %

2... g6

692

39.9 %

21.7 %

38.4 %

2... d6

163

38 %

29.4 %

32.5 %

2... c6

35.5 %

16.1 %

48.4 %

2... b6

60 %

30 %

2... c5

85.7 %

14.3 %

2... d5

50 %

2... Nc6

100 %