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A10

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense

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Overview

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A10.

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 2 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. c4 f5.

It branches immediately from English Opening in the opening tree.

4 named variations grow from this line, including Hickmann Gambit, English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Chabanon Gambit, English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Ferenc Gambit, and others.

In total, the branch covers 5 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
A10
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
2
Parent
English Opening
Direct variations
4
Total in subtree
5

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Variations (4)

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