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Reference position · White to move

A96 Dutch Defense: Classical Variation

A96 holds three named lines, all under the name Dutch Defense. It leaves A92, a position of the same name, with 6.O-O d6. Both kings have castled by the end of the reference line, White on move 6 and Black on move 5. That final move, by the d-pawn, covers c5 and e5 and opens a line for the bishop on c8 and the queen on d8.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4f5
2c4Nf6
3g3e6
4Bg2Be7
5Nf3O-O
6O-Od6

Lines filed under A96

All three share their first 12 plies, the whole reference line.

NameAfter the shared startPliesAt the end
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation(the shared start itself)12both castled
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Buenos Aires Variation7.Nc3 a514both castled
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Huisl Variation7.Nc3 Ne414both castled

Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Buenos Aires Variation

  1. 7.Nc3 The knight leaves b1 for c3, opening a line for the rook on a1.
  2. 7...a5 The a-pawn advances two squares to a5, covering b4, opening a line for the rook on a8.

Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Huisl Variation

  1. 7.Nc3 The knight leaves b1 for c3, opening a line for the rook on a1.
  2. 7...Ne4 The knight goes from f6 to e4, opening a line for the bishop on e7 and the rook on f8, attacking the knight on c3.

The road to A96

  1. 1.d4 … 4.Bg2six earlier stops: A40, A80, A84, A86, A90
  2. 4...Be7A91 Classical Variation
  3. 5...O-OA92 Classical Variation
  4. 6...d6A96

The position after 6...d6

White has brought out the knight on f3 and bishop on g2; Black the knight on f6 and bishop on e7. White is to move and has 34 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed22Moves spent on pawns33Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half62castled kingside, move 6castled kingside, move 5

Codes that branch off from A96

The reference lines of one other code leave A96 from the position after 6...d6, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
A977.Nc3 Qe8Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
A93Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation, Botvinnik Variationfour squares: b2, b3, d5, d6
A95Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variationsix squares: b1, c3, d5, c6, d6, c7
A98Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Linesix squares: b1, d1, c2, c3, d8, e8
A99Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Modern Main Linesix squares: b1, b2, b3, c3, d8, e8
E07Catalan Opening: Closedsix squares: d5, f5, d6, d7, f7, b8
A88Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Warsaw Variationeight squares: b1, c3, c6, e6, g6, c7, e7, g7
A89Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Matulovic Variationeight squares: b1, c3, c6, e6, g6, e7, g7, b8

Where lines continue from here

Four named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 6...d6. Besides the codes above, they belong to A98, A99.

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