Current position
Dutch Defense: Krejcik Gambit
1.d4 f5
The Dutch Defense starts with 1.d4 f5 and is catalogued under ECO A80, in the flank openings half of the book. The catalog indexes 69 lines inside it, grouped into 58 named variations, and the position after those moves has 1 playable continuation to walk from here.
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Current setup
Move ideas
Takes central space with a protected pawn and frees the queen’s bishop.
Idea: Build a stable center that supports a broad positional setup.
Controls e4 with the f-pawn and signals immediate kingside ambition.
Idea: Build an attacking setup, accepting some looseness around Black’s king.
Advances the g-pawn to gain kingside space and control new squares.
Idea: Prepare a fianchetto or discourage the opponent’s expansion on that wing.
Captures the pawn on g4 and changes the local pawn or piece balance.
Idea: Open lines in the kingside and reshape the center for the next phase.
Advances to e4 to claim central space and control nearby key squares.
Idea: Give the pieces room to develop behind a durable central foothold.
Advances to d5 to claim central space and control nearby key squares.
Idea: Give the pieces room to develop behind a durable central foothold.
Waiting for Lichess game popularity.
Each line below is an indexed entry under Dutch Defense. Open one to load it on the board and keep exploring from that position.
34 more named lines sit inside this family — the tree above walks all of them.
ECO groups openings by the structures they lead to, so these families tend to share plans with the Dutch Defense.