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Posted by loreta play-chess-online.com 7/13/2008 13:00:31 play online chess	Subject: Around Dutch defence Message: a) Dutch defence (1. d4 f5) isn't very popular in top rated ames, is it? How do you think - why? b) Anyway, there're Dutch players - and in Gameknot as well. It is interesting, which variation they play? Dutch defence players, - your word! Which schema does White ussually plays against you? c) And there still are some 1. d4 players - what do you feel when you meet Dutch defense? Which variation do you prefer?
Posted by ionadowman play-chess-online.com 7/14/2008 05:40:41 play online chess	I played ... Message: ... a Dutch Defence against a Dutch buddy opponent. He reckoned he would play a New Zealand Attack against it. I didn't come out of it looking very shiny... ronald46 vs ionadowman - a draw, though I tried very hard not to make it a draw! I've played a few Dutch Defences on GK, but it's the sort of opening one chooses if feeling confident. In general I find it too committal - too uncompromising in its approach. But against the English Opening, I do like the "Dutch Defence System" that goes 1.c4 e5 2.... d6 3... f4 - an aggressive set up that leads to quite double-edged and exciting games. On GK cormel vs ionadowman (2005?) and diemjay vs ionadowman (2008) are a couple of games with this line in which Black did well; but in pinkoy vs ionadowman (2005) Black crashed and burned rather ignominiously. I tried the King's fianchetto in that game, an experiment I am in no rush to repeat! Facing the Dutch recently, I fianchettoed on the K-side, moved Qc2 then developed the King's knight to h3 to support the bishop's move to f4. Once the situation stabilised in the centre, I went for a minority attack on the Q-side that eventually led to the win of a pawn, then finally a breakthrough on that flank. How usual this procedure is, I have no idea. This game has been annotated recently (ionadowman vs jstevens1). Cheers, Ion
Posted by loreta play-chess-online.com 7/14/2008 07:22:19 play online chess	Uncompromising? Message: Hi Iona, What do you mean by "uncompromising"? :) ------- My experience: in last couple years I've experienced heavily on variations with ... Bb4 (often with Q-side fianchetto) - in quick games (blitz for 5-10 minutes).
Posted by ionadowman play-chess-online.com 7/14/2008 15:02:22 play online chess	"Uncompromising"... Message: ... unyielding, stubborn, but in the case of the Dutch, a certain rigidity - a lack of flexibility. I have tried the ...Bb4+ line (the same chosen by Alekhine in his famous game against Bogoljubov, London 1922. The game <a href="/