Tree path 4 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Dutch Defense › Fianchetto Attack › Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Dutch Defense A80
- Fianchetto Attack A81
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Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation
Overview
Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A81.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It is reached after 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6.
It is a variation of Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Matulovic Variation, Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Warsaw Variation.
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- ECO code
- A81
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 2
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