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Reference position · White to move

A97 Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation

A97 holds two named lines, all under the name Dutch Defense. It leaves A96 (Dutch Defense: Classical Variation) with 7.Nc3 Qe8. Both kings have castled by the end of the reference line, White on move 6 and Black on move 5. Of all other reference positions, the board of A98 (Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line) comes closest, two squares apart.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4f5
2c4Nf6
3g3e6
4Bg2Be7
5Nf3O-O
6O-Od6
7Nc3Qe8

The move that completes A97

The reference line of A98 plays all of these moves and continues beyond them; A97 is the position reached at 7...Qe8.

  1. 7...Qe8 The queen goes from d8 to e8.

Lines filed under A97

Both share their first 14 plies, the whole reference line.

NameAfter the shared startPliesAt the end
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation(the shared start itself)14both castled
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Winter Variation8.Re115both castled

Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Winter Variation

  1. 8.Re1 The rook goes from f1 to e1.

The road to A97

  1. 1.d4 … 5.Nf3seven earlier stops: A40, A80, A84, A86, A90, A91
  2. 5...O-OA92 Classical Variation
  3. 6...d6A96 Classical Variation
  4. 7...Qe8A97

The position after 7...Qe8

White has brought out the knight on c3, knight on f3 and bishop on g2; Black the knight on f6 and bishop on e7. White is to move and has 37 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed32Moves spent on pawns33Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half63castled kingside, move 6castled kingside, move 5

Codes that branch off from A97

The reference lines of two other codes leave A97 from the position after 7...Qe8, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
A988.Qc2Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line
A998.b3Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Modern Main Line

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
A95Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variationsix squares: d5, c6, d6, c7, d8, e8
A88Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Warsaw Variationeight squares: c6, e6, g6, c7, e7, g7, d8, e8
A89Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Matulovic Variationeight squares: c6, e6, g6, e7, g7, b8, d8, e8
A93Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation, Botvinnik Variationeight squares: b1, b2, b3, c3, d5, d6, d8, e8
E18Queen’s Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variationnine squares: f5, b6, d6, b7, d7, f7, c8, d8 …
A92Dutch Defense: Classical Variationten squares: b1, e1, f1, g1, h1, c3, d6, d7 …
E07Catalan Opening: Closedten squares: b1, c3, d5, f5, d6, d7, f7, b8 …

Where lines continue from here

Two named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 7...Qe8. All of them belong to the codes listed above.

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