Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack

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Overview

Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A81.

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

The line arises from 3 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 f5 2. g3.

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

It branches into 4 notable variations — Dutch Defense: Blackburne Variation, Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Carlsbad Variation, Dutch Defense: Leningrad, Basman System, and others.

Together the deeper variations number 6 across the full subtree.

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ECO code: A81
Group: Flank Openings (A)
Plies: 3
Parent: Dutch Defense
Direct variations: 4
Total in subtree: 6

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Statistics from Lichess

594,802 games · White 51.2% / Draw 6.3% / Black 42.6%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
Nf6	472,148
e6	61,708
g6	25,043
d5	17,651
d6	8,938
c6	3,534
b6	1,722
Nc6	1,301

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:51:28

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Variations (4)

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Variations (4)

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