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ECO A97: Dutch Defense: Classical Variation

ECO A97 is part of volume A, Flank Openings. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it. The shortest is Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation: 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8. All of them are lines of the Dutch Defense: Classical Variation.

That position has come up in 58,936 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 51.1%, 5.5% were drawn and Black won 43.4%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 59K 7 moves
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Winter Variation 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 17K 8 moves