The last 2 suck. The first only works if you know the latest ideas.
Three Gambits in the Dutch Defense
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They are dangerous enough openings as you don't face them often to keep the memory of the theory fresh. Further, pleanty of Dutch players start eith 1.e6 or transpose into Dutch set ups to avoid those positions.
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May 17, 2025
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#5
If you play the Dutch against 1. Nf3 there is a 4th gambit: the lisitsyn gambit: 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5
If you blitz …h6 to kick the knight then you get mated. But if you play …d5 black equalizes.
If you blitz …h6 to kick the knight then you get mated. But if you play …d5 black equalizes.
May 17, 2025
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#6
And I think with all three gambits you can face playing the Dutch (Staunton, Krejcik and Lisistsyn) you can go by:
1. Take the first pawn, not the second;
2. Try to play …d5 (I remember this by “Dutch Deviation, the d is the pawn i want to play”).
1. Take the first pawn, not the second;
2. Try to play …d5 (I remember this by “Dutch Deviation, the d is the pawn i want to play”).
May 18, 2025
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#7
GMegasDoux wrote:
They are dangerous enough openings as you don't face them often to keep the memory of the theory fresh. Further, pleanty of Dutch players start eith 1.e6 or transpose into Dutch set ups to avoid those positions.
I myself play 1...e6 to avoid all anti-Dutch lines, not just gambits (i.e. 2.Bg5, 2.Nc3 against which I play 2...Bb4, etc).
As White, I do play the Staunton Gambit. If they play 1...e6, I go 2.e4! You won't get a deferred Dutch against me.
May 18, 2025
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#9
Sussyguy4890 wrote:
What about the litisyn
Also avoided.
1.Nf3 e6. If 2.d4 or 2.c4 or 2.g3, then 2...f5. If 2.d3 or 2.e4 then 2...d5
May 18, 2025
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#10
The Pseudo-Dutch can also be fun... entering it from a Nimzo-Indian via b6, Ne4 and f5.
For some catastrophically bad play by White, check this out:
Staunton Gambit
Krejcik Gambit
Omega-Isis Gambit