A80 Dutch Defense
Also filed here: Queen’s Pawn Game.
A80 holds 19 named lines from two openings, most of them (18) under Dutch Defense. It leaves A40 (Queen’s Pawn Game) with 1...f5. Lines of 19 other codes continue from its position, the widest spread of the 20 Dutch Defense codes. With 19 named lines it is the largest code of the 20 Dutch Defense codes. At two plies, its reference line is the shortest of the 20 Dutch Defense codes.
| # | White | Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | d4 | f5 |
The move that completes A80
The reference line of A81 plays all of these moves and continues beyond them; A80 is the position reached at 1...f5.
- 1...f5 The f-pawn advances two squares to f5, covering e4 and g4.
Lines filed under A80
All 19 share their first two plies, the whole reference line and then split seven ways at White’s move 2.
| Name | After the shared start | Plies | At the end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Defense | (the shared start itself) | 2 | |
| Dutch Defense: Alapin Variation | 2.Qd3 | 3 | |
| Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack | 2.Bg5 | 3 | |
| Dutch Defense: Korchnoi Attack | 2.h3 | 3 | |
| Dutch Defense: Krejcik Gambit | 2.g4 | 3 | |
| Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation | 2.Nc3 | 3 | |
| Dutch Defense: Hevendehl Gambit | 2.g4 e5 | 4 | |
| Dutch Defense: Omega-Isis Gambit | 2.Nf3 e5 | 4 | |
| Queen’s Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Dutch System | 2.Nc3 d5 | 4 | |
| Dutch Defense: Barcza Variation | 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 | 5 | |
| Dutch Defense: Janzen-Korchnoi Gambit | 2.h3 Nf6 3.g4 | 5 | |
| Dutch Defense: Kingfisher Gambit | 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 | 5 | |
| Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Classical Line | 2.Qd3 e6 3.g4 | 5 | |
| Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Leningrad | 2.Qd3 g6 3.g4 | 5 | |
| Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Modern | 2.Qd3 d6 3.g4 | 5 | |
| Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Stonewall | 2.Qd3 d5 3.g4 | 5 | |
| Dutch Defense: Senechaud Gambit | 2.Bf4 e6 3.g4 | 5 | |
| Dutch Defense: Spielmann Gambit | 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g4 | 5 | |
| Dutch Defense: Krejcik Gambit, Tate Gambit | 2.g4 fxg4 3.e4 d5 4.Nc3 | 7 | Black +1 |
The road to A80
- 1.d4A40 Queen’s Pawn Game
- 1...f5A80
The position after 1...f5
White is to move and has 28 legal moves.
Codes that branch off from A80
The reference lines of three other codes leave A80 from the position after 1...f5, each with its own moves.
| Code | Moves | Reference line |
|---|---|---|
| A81 | 2.g3 | Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack |
| A82 | 2.e4 | Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit |
| A84 | 2.c4 | Dutch Defense |
Closest boards in other codes
| Code | Line | Differs on |
|---|---|---|
| A41 | Queen’s Pawn Game | four squares: f5, d6, d7, f7 |
| A43 | Benoni Defense: Old Benoni | four squares: c5, f5, c7, f7 |
| A45 | Indian Defense | four squares: f5, f6, f7, g8 |
| D00 | Queen’s Pawn Game | four squares: d5, f5, d7, f7 |
| D20 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted | five squares: c2, c4, f5, d7, f7 |
| A00 | Van Geet Opening | six squares: b1, d2, c3, d4, f5, f7 |
| A01 | Nimzo-Larsen Attack | six squares: b2, d2, b3, d4, f5, f7 |
Where lines continue from here
Besides the codes above, they belong to A83, A85, A86, A87, A88, A89, A90, A91, A92, A93, A94, A95, A96, A97, A98, A99.