Dutch Defense
Dutch Defense (A80) starts 1.d4 f5. In 10,641 games between strong players, White wins 47%, 12% are drawn and Black wins 41%; the most played move is 2.c4 (23%).
1.d4 f5
- ECO
- A80
- Games between strong players
- 10,641
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.c4 | 23% (2,426) | – | |
| 2.Nf3 | 19% (2,004) | – | |
| 2.g3 | 18% (1,930) | Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack | |
| 2.Nc3 | 12% (1,276) | Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation | |
| 2.Bg5 | 9% (987) | Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack | |
| 2.e4 | 7% (733) | Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation 2,555 games
- Dutch Defense: Normal Variation 2,093 games
- Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack 1,941 games
- Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation 1,279 games
- Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack 987 games
- Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit 736 games
- Dutch Defense: Krejcik Gambit 187 games
- Dutch Defense: Korchnoi Attack 119 games
- Dutch Defense: Alapin Variation 82 games
Every Dutch Defense line
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation 2,555 games
- Dutch Defense: Normal Variation 2,093 games
- Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack 1,941 games
- Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation 1,279 games
- Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation 1,113 games
- Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack 987 games
- Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Warsaw Variation 872 games
- Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation 853 games
- Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation 804 games
- Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit 736 games
- Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit Accepted 691 games
- Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation, Modern Variation 674 games
- Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation 596 games
- Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Variation 513 games
- Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Matulovic Variation 427 games
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Huisl Variation 405 games
- Dutch Defense: Nimzo-Dutch Variation 198 games
- Dutch Defense: Krejcik Gambit 187 games
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation 170 games
- Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation 127 games
- Dutch Defense: Korchnoi Attack 119 games
- Dutch Defense: Blackmar's Second Gambit 117 games
- Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Lasker Variation 94 games
- Dutch Defense: Blackburne Variation 84 games
- Dutch Defense: Alapin Variation 82 games
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Blackburne Attack 82 games
- Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Chigorin Variation 65 games
- Dutch Defense: Janzen-Korchnoi Gambit 60 games
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Winter Variation 59 games
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