Chess openings / Dutch Defense
Dutch Defense: Normal Variation
Dutch Defense: Normal Variation (A84) starts 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6. In 2,093 games between strong players, White wins 46%, 12% are drawn and Black wins 42%; the most played move is 3.Nc3 (49%).
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6
- ECO
- A84
- Games between strong players
- 2,093
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.Nc3 | 49% (1,033) | Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation | |
| 3.Nf3 | 25% (518) | – | |
| 3.g3 | 23% (477) | Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Variation | |
| 3.e3 | 1% (18) | – | |
| 3.Bg5 | 1% (11) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5
- Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation 1,113 games
- Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Variation 513 games
More Dutch Defense lines
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation 2,555 games
- Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack 1,941 games
- Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation 1,279 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: Leningrad Variation, Matulovic Variation 427 games
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