London, because they often overexpand and you suprise them by longcastles and a pawnstorm on right side of the board...
Which answer do you like to give the Dutch Defense as White?
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bf4
Jan 3, 2022
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#5
David_Mary wrote:
White plays d4, black counters with f5. What do you do next? Choose your own adventure, and explain why you like your choice.
Staunton Attack
Hopton Gambit
Fianchetto Attack
Other?
I don't play 1.d4 too often.
If I face the Dutch, it'll happen from 1.Nf3.
And I'll usually fianchetto on the queenside:
2 nf3...practice as black with an extra move.
Jan 3, 2022
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#8
Other: Raphael Variation.
Just like the GM told the kids:
Minute 10:50
You 0-0-0 and bombs away! fun!
Although I don't see why the GM assumes that Black would play e6. The database say Black can, and would, play Nf6 right away.
So I guess it's a Stauton Gambit via Raphael Variation:
Jan 3, 2022
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#10
HarshSaberTwitch wrote:
I like to play d4 f5 Bg5, not sure of the name though.
Hopton Attack, one of the three I am considering, after watching Stjepan's intro video on the Dutch.
Jan 3, 2022
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#11
David_Mary wrote:
HarshSaberTwitch wrote:
I like to play d4 f5 Bg5, not sure of the name though.
Hopton Attack, one of the three I am considering, after watching Stjepan's intro video on the Dutch.
Just a general note, I used to play the Hopton Attack, because the Lichess.org analysis board database, said it's the best, and showed 0.7+ for White, but, it seems like this thing is changing from time to time... Right now (=3.1.2022) it said that 2.c4 is the best, showing 0.6+ for White, while 2.Bg5 gets only 0.5+, so what can I say...
Jan 3, 2022
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#12
White is better against Baltic in that video also because e4 kicked the knight with tempo, and white is also closer to castling short?
Jan 3, 2022
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#13
I skipped forward after the Baltic to the Dutch, and I'm sold. I'll try it. Thanks Solmyr1234.
I've never played against it yet but I might do something like this :
and then it's a race against time if white can crack the f and e files before Black opens white's queenside
It could also be something like this
I like playing a mix of Bg5, Nc3, and e4, and then it’s 50/50 if I castle kingside or queenside, depending on which pawns black decides to push. The general idea is to weaken black's hold on e4, and then to place my light squared bishop on either c4 or d3, aiming at either f7 or h7, respectively. Paired with Nc3-e4-g5, at least I get some sort of idea of what to do.
Whether those plans work out is a different story
Whether those plans work out is a different story
2. Bg5 is a recent move that's gaining popularity and it turns out its actually very good but in a classical game I would stick to the main-line with the kingside fianchetto, c4, Nf3, Nc3, O-O...
e4 in a few starting transposition moves because I respect the dutch defense. Prolly have ideas against it as well.
adityasaxena4 rakstīja:
It could also be something like this
I would call it a butterfly attack as the right side pawns form a butterfly like creature! 
Just the main line c4, Nf3, g3, Bg2, O-O, Nc3
Dutch is unsound, see figure 4. (a)
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.04374.pdf
White plays d4, black counters with f5. What do you do next? Choose your own adventure, and explain why you like your choice.
Staunton Attack
Hopton Gambit
Fianchetto Attack
Other?