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- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Dutch Defense A80
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Dutch Defense: Alapin Variation
Overview
Dutch Defense: Alapin Variation is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A80.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 3 plies and takes 1. d4 f5 2. Qd3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Dutch Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It branches into 4 notable variations — Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Classical Line, Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Leningrad, Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Modern, and others.
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- ECO code
- A80
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 3
- Parent
- Dutch Defense
- Direct variations
- 4
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