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- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Dutch Defense A80
- Dutch Defense A84
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Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation
Overview
Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A85.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 5 plies and takes 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Dutch Defense: Normal Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
It continues primarily into one named line, Dutch Defense: Krause Variation.
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- ECO code
- A85
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 5
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
3,434,634 games · White 48.1% / Draw 4.8% / Black 47.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| e6 | 2,116,926 | |
| g6 | 801,472 | |
| d6 | 241,943 | |
| c6 | 109,229 | |
| b6 | 70,142 | |
| d5 | 52,285 | |
| c5 | 13,768 | |
| Nc6 | 10,619 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:05:28
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