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stwils

I've been playing in a classical Dutch tourney and just played normally. I had no idea it was an opening or defense. Could someone enlighten me? Stwils

Crazychessplaya

Classical Dutch is an opening which goes 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6. Therefore, in a theme tournament, you are (as black) expected to answer 1...f5 to 1.d4 and at least follow up with ...e6 and ...Nf6.