Tree path 11 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Dutch Defense › Dutch Defense › Normal Variation › Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Variation › Dutch Defense: Classical Variation › Dutch Defense: Classical Variation › Dutch Defense: Classical Variation › Dutch Defense: Classical Variation › Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation › Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line
A98

Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line

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Overview

Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A98.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

Play reaches this position via 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qc2, after 15 plies of opening development.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

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ECO code
A98
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
15
Parent
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation

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