Opening · played as Black
Leningrad Dutch
Answer 1.d4 with 1...f5 and fianchetto: ...Nf6, ...g6, ...Bg7, ...O-O, ...d6. Black takes the kingside space the Dutch is played for and keeps the ...e5 break in hand. Includes the Hopton Attack (2.Bg5), which is what you actually meet most often.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- Black
- Variations covered
- 30
The main line
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O c6 8.d5 cxd5
Some of the variations
- 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O c6
- 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be3 d6 7.Bg2 Qe8
- 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 d6
- 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.O-O c6
- 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.b4 Nc6 6.a3 d6 7.Bb2 e5
- 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.b4 Nc6 6.b5 Na5 7.Nbd2 Ne4
…and 24 more in the trainer.
Train it
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