Originally posted by Fat Lady I think White can do better than that:
1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5 4.Bg3 Bg7 5.e4 and if 5. ... f4 then 6.Bxf4 gxf4 7.Qh5+ Kf8 8.Qf5+ Ke8 9.Be2 and I think White gets the piece back with a much superior position.
In my opinion Black's position after move 4 is overextended and a simple plan for White is to castle queenside and open up the kingside.
Here's a bad variation for white:
1.d4 f5
2.Bg5 h6
3.Bh4 g5
4.e4? Bg7! winning the bishop like this:
5.exf5 gxh4
6.Qh5+ Kf8, with advantage
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This is all really interesting. I like to play Colle/Stonewall type of openings as White so I thought that maybe I'd like the Dutch as Black.
But it looks altogether too risky to me. Just look how draughty it is around the king!
On top of that, Black's queenside pieces are all still in bed.
I'll try to find some of the master games mentioned further up the page to see how they survived when playing it, but I've got a feeling that I'm going to stick to playing d5 in reply to d4!
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 d5? Watch this: 5.Bxf6! exf6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxd5 f5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.0-0-0, with f3 eventually and white with the advantage.
Here's the correct way black should play the Staunton Gambit:
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6! 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qd5 Nf7 (d6, 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.Qxe4 isn't too bad I guess) 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.Nxe4 (or Qxe4+) Be7 9.0-0-0 0-0, with a slight advantage to white due to black's kind of cramped-up position even though there's still plenty of play left.
Dutch Defence (1.d4 f5)
11 Jul '07 20:394 edits
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