Tree path 10 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: Stonewall Variation › Botvinnik Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Dutch Defense A80
- Dutch Defense A84
- Normal Variation A84
- Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Variation A86
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation A90
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation A91
- Dutch Defense: Classical Variation A92
- Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation A92
- Botvinnik Variation A93 you are here
Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation, Botvinnik Variation
Overview
Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation, Botvinnik Variation is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A93.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
The line arises from 13 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. b3.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
It continues primarily into one named line, Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation.
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- ECO code
- A93
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 13
- Direct variations
- 1
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