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my question is.
is the dutch defense strong?

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Depends who you ask. It's always served me well.

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Definitly if you play white!

I played it many times as black with moderate succes in cc. Better results in OTB.

At least you decide the opening as black. That a small advantage in cc but more important in otb.

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Originally posted by bot 6
my question is.
is the dutch defense strong?
http://www.youtube.com/user/krakkaskak

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yes

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Originally posted by backfrom1994
Definitly if you play white!

I played it many times as black with moderate succes in cc. Better results in OTB.

At least you decide the opening as black. That a small advantage in cc but more important in otb.
i havent played to many people who have used it. actually i dont think ive played any. but thats one of the reasons its kind of interested me. i havent practiced it enough to make my own variations, but its something i want to get good at

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Originally posted by backfrom1994
Definitly if you play white!

I played it many times as black with moderate succes in cc. Better results in OTB.

At least you decide the opening as black. That a small advantage in cc but more important in otb.
so white opens with f4?

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Originally posted by bot 6
my question is.
is the dutch defense strong?
I think it is very sharp, and gives black good attacking chances.

For the most part, I would recomend playing the Leningrad lines, though if white does some dumb stuff, then the stonewall or classical lines can be handy.

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Originally posted by bot 6
so white opens with f4?
sure, I play reversed leningrad with white as my main opening.

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What about somebody posting a game in the Lenningrad? it maybe very instructive.
I fancy mixing things up aginst 1.d4 myself.

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Originally posted by Talisman
What about somebody posting a game in the Lenningrad? it maybe very instructive.
I fancy mixing things up aginst 1.d4 myself.
yusupov vs bareev 1993

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ivanisevic vs danielsen 2006

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
http://www.youtube.com/user/krakkaskak
You may play 1. f4, but do you call it the "Polar Bear"?

🙂

Seriously though, if any of you haven't gotten around to Henrik's site, it's a wonderful site. www.videochess.net

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Originally posted by sh76
You may play 1. f4, but do you call it the "Polar Bear"?
well, it's reversed leningrad, or a bird, but as practically no theory exists for it, danielsen renamed it as 'polar bear'.



grrrr! 🙂

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I've always had a soft spot for the Classical, but it appears at least to me that White can gain a healthy edge.