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Dutch (A92)
1 d4 f5 2 c4 Nf6 3 g3 e6 4 Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 O-O

Number of games in database: 189
Years covered: 1926 to 2013
Overall record:
   White wins 39.2%
   Black wins 29.6%
   Draws 31.2%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Samuel Reshevsky  4 games
Miroslav Grabarczyk  3 games
Efim Geller  3 games
Kevin Spraggett  9 games
Nigel Short  7 games
Alexander Alekhine  6 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936
Speelman vs Short, 1991
A Budo vs Ragozin, 1932
J Parker vs N Pert, 1999
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1934
Saemisch vs Alekhine, 1936
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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 189  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Carlos Torre vs A Freyria 1-020 1926 Mexico City Mexican ch, MEXA92 Dutch
2. S Takacs vs Tartakower  0-144 1930 Hamburg ol (Men)A92 Dutch
3. A Budo vs Ragozin  1-047 1932 Leningrad ChampionshipA92 Dutch
4. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine 0-162 1934 Alekhine-Bogoljubov World Championship RematchA92 Dutch
5. Saemisch vs Alekhine 0-156 1936 DresdenA92 Dutch
6. Capablanca vs Alekhine 1-038 1936 NottinghamA92 Dutch
7. Flohr vs Alekhine  ½-½35 1936 PodebradyA92 Dutch
8. Fine vs Alekhine  ½-½24 1936 AmsterdamA92 Dutch
9. Pelikan vs K Skalicka  1-044 1936 PodebradyA92 Dutch
10. Reshevsky vs W Suesman 1-026 1938 USAA92 Dutch
11. Paul Rosenzweig vs W Murdock  1-026 1938 ACF CongressA92 Dutch
12. R Daniel vs J Fricker  ½-½34 1938 Nice-AA92 Dutch
13. Trompowsky vs Tartakower  ½-½55 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-AA92 Dutch
14. M Bain vs M L Hanauer  0-152 1939 Ventnor CityA92 Dutch
15. Tartakower vs Opocensky  ½-½53 1939 8th OlympiadsA92 Dutch
16. Lokvenc vs Kieninger  ½-½30 1941 GER-chA92 Dutch
17. Kotov vs Lisitsin  1-041 1942 Moscow-chA92 Dutch
18. Foltys vs Alekhine  ½-½30 1943 PrahaA92 Dutch
19. Reshevsky vs S Rubinow  1-048 1946 USA-chA92 Dutch
20. A Bozic vs B Kostic  ½-½50 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUGA92 Dutch
21. W Ernst vs Teschner  0-174 1948 Essen West German chA92 Dutch
22. Averbakh vs Panov  1-079 1948 USSR ChampionshipA92 Dutch
23. A Selezniev vs O Sarapu  0-157 1948 Oldenburg, GermanyA92 Dutch
24. V Mikenas vs Ragozin  1-054 1949 USSR ChampionshipA92 Dutch
25. R M Bruce vs A Knight  ½-½30 1950 SouthseaA92 Dutch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-12-04  mack: Surprised no-one has discussed the Dutch yet. It's certainly a solid option against 1.d4 if you get the move order right (if you don't it can be disasterous). I often panic in the face of 2.g4... any ideas?
Aug-12-04  Dudley: I like the Dutch but I'm not sure it's too solid. If you don't mind playing the French and want to play the Stonewall you can get into it by 1.d4 e6. I don't have a clue about 2.g4 but why not just take the pawn, don't try to hold it and develop quickly,perhaps castling Q side. After all, white can't castle K side either after a move like that unless he is crazy! The Dutch is distinctly unfashionable and has a poor winning % which puts most people off. However, it can be very dangerous if white doesn't know it very well.
Aug-13-04  TheGreatNN: Black often castles kingside after ..g5 in the KGA. I don't see why white can't caslte kingside after g4. Anyway I don't see where you develop if white plays 3.e5 or why you would give up the pawn. I would play 3. ..d5 to attack the KP and defend the pawn gained (the same move is fine if 3.Bg2, I think), and to me it looks like black just stays a pawn ahead.
Aug-13-04  TheGreatNN: Check out Trevor Coote vs David Ledger, 2002, where black plays the defense I mentioned above but does give up the pawn in order to open white's kingside, and also K Litkiewicz vs Thomas Paehtz, 1974, where black plays (probably better) ..d6 in order to develop the KKt.
Jan-02-07  AbhinavAsthana: g4 does not seem to be a good move from my perspective. After 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3. g4!?,
3...Nf6 looks good to me.
Jan-02-07  Karel: This line is suggested by Neil McDonald in "Starting out: Dutch Defence" in order to disrupt white's g4 party tricks

1.d4 f5 2.g4 fxg4 3.h3 g3 4.fxg3 d5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg2 e6 followed by ...Bd6 ect Black has a solid centre

"h3 aims to open up lines on the kingside and gain a lead in development after 3.-gxh3 4. Nxh3?! when an attack will follow on h7 with Qd3 and Ng5, ect. But black can cross white's plan with the neat trick 3.-g3! returning the pawn in order to keep the kingside blocked and prevent white gaining a lead in development."

Jan-02-07  sleepkid: I'm always surprised by the fact that the Dutch have never won the World Cup. Especially during the 70's: Cruijff, Neeskens, Johnny Rep, Resenbrink, et al.
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