Dutch Defence

Dutch Defence is a chess opening, it’s played against 1.d4 and it’s characterised by the move 1..f5

[fen]rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/5p2/3P4/8/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq – 0 1[/fen]

In this opening black usually has the idea to do or the stonewall

[fen]rnbqkbnr/pp4pp/2p1p3/3p1p2/3P4/5NP1/PPP1PPBP/RNBQK2R w KQkq – 0 1[/fen]

or the Lenigrad System characterised by this position

[fen cal=Gd7d6,Ge7e5,Ge8g8]rnbqk2r/ppppp1bp/5np1/5p2/2PP4/5NP1/PP2PPBP/RNBQK2R w KQkq – 0 1[/fen]

in which black has often the idea to push on e5, to make an attack on the king’s side

My tip as white is play the Hopton Attack, it’s very interesting and it’s characterised by the move 2.Bg5 !? with the idea to make pressure on f6 and pin the pawn “e”

[fen csl=Re7 cal=Gg5d8]rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/5pB1/3P4/8/PPP1PPPP/RN1QKBNR w KQkq – 0 1[/fen]

About this opening, I made an interesting video series, to see it click here.