Dutch Defense

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Overview

Dutch Defense is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A84.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

It is reached after 3 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 f5 2. c4.

It is a variation of Dutch Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

It branches into 3 notable variations — Bladel Variation, Classical Variation, Normal Variation.

Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 33 documented sub-variations.

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ECO code: A84
Group: Flank Openings (A)
Plies: 3
Parent: Dutch Defense
Direct variations: 3
Total in subtree: 33

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Statistics from Lichess

5,838,724 games · White 48.4% / Draw 4.8% / Black 46.8%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
Nf6	4,425,673
e6	939,299
g6	219,803
d6	98,280
c6	56,511
d5	29,790
b6	26,149
c5	14,066

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:51:34

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Variations (3)

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Variations (3)

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