Chessmate

Dutch Defense · White

Leningrad, Nd2-e4 and the c3-f4 Plan · White (A81)

Claim central space and make Black reveal how the Dutch pawn on f5 will be supported.

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Dutch Defense · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO A80–A88

Sample line with full explanations: Leningrad Warsaw, 8.d5 and the ...e5 Break · Black.

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ECO A81–A97

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  1. Leningrad, Nd2-e4 and the c3-f4 Plan · WhiteSample

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 d5 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. f4 Qd6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. O-O Rae8 13. Re1

  2. Leningrad, ...c6 and the c4 Break · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. c4 O-O 10. f4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nf3 e6 13. O-O

  3. Leningrad, ...O-O and the Nh3 Development · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. c3 c6 10. Nh3 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. f4 e6 13. Nf2

  4. Leningrad, ...Be6 and the Nf4 Pressure · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 d5 8. Bg2 Be6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nf4 Bf7 12. Re1

  5. Leningrad, 4...d6 and the Central Initiative · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 d6 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qb3

  6. Leningrad, 4...Nc6 and the ...Ne5 Retreat · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 d6 9. f4 Nf7 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. O-O

  7. Leningrad, Punishing the Misplaced 6...Na6 · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. d5 Nb4 6. a3 Na6 7. e4 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 d6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. O-O

  8. Leningrad-Stonewall Hybrid, the Nf4-d3 Reroute · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 d5 5. c4 e6 6. Nh3 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nf4 O-O 9. Nd3 Qe7 10. Nf3

  9. Stonewall Dutch, Nbd2 and the e4 Outpost Fight · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5

  10. Classical Dutch, 7...Qe8 and the e4 Break · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 Qh5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4

  11. Nimzo-Dutch, 4...Bb4+ and the e4 Break · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4

  12. Leningrad, Punishing the Premature 6...d5? · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. c4 dxc4 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O

  13. Leningrad Move Order, Punishing 2...g6?! · White

    1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. h5 gxh5 5. e4 fxe4 6. Qxh5+ Kf8 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qe2 d5 9. Bf4