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a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
Reference position · Black to move

A85 Dutch Defense: Queen’s Knight Variation

A85 holds a single named line. It leaves A84 (Dutch Defense: Normal Variation) with 3.Nc3. Black, to move in that position, has 24 legal moves, the fifth-lowest count of the 20 Dutch Defense codes. At five plies, its reference line is the fifth-shortest of the 20 Dutch Defense codes.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4f5
2c4Nf6
3Nc3

Moves only A85 plays

Same as A86 up to 2...Nf6, then:

  1. 3.Nc3 The knight leaves b1 for c3, opening a line for the rook on a1.

The road to A85

  1. 1.d4 … 1...f5two earlier stops: A40, A80
  2. 2.c4A84 Dutch Defense
  3. 2...Nf6A84 Normal Variation
  4. 3.Nc3A85

The position after 3.Nc3

White has brought out the knight on c3; Black the knight on f6.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed11Moves spent on pawns21Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half62not castlednot castled

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
A16English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen’s Knight Variationfour squares: d2, d4, f5, f7
A50Indian Defense: Normal Variationfour squares: b1, c3, f5, f7
E61King’s Indian Defensefour squares: f5, g6, f7, g7
A15English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defensesix squares: b1, d2, c3, d4, f5, f7
A17English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog Systemsix squares: d2, d4, f5, e6, e7, f7
A22English Opening: King’s English Variation, Two Knights Variationsix squares: d2, d4, e5, f5, e7, f7
A45Indian Defensesix squares: b1, c2, c3, c4, f5, f7

Where lines continue from here

One named line filed under other codes passes through the position after 3.Nc3. It belongs to A84.

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