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Dutch Defense: Janzen-Korchnoi Gambit

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Overview

Dutch Defense: Janzen-Korchnoi Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code A80 within the Flank Openings family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

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. h3 Nf6 3. g4, after 5 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Dutch Defense: Korchnoi Attack, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
A80
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
5
Parent
Dutch Defense: Korchnoi Attack

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