A84Closed
Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation
Main Line
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5
Overview
Black builds a solid wall of pawns on c6-d5-e6-f5. The e4 square becomes a powerful outpost for a knight. The weakness is the dark squares, especially e5. Botvinnik was a famous practitioner.
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Open chess.rodeo ↗Related Openings
D06Queen's Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4
D30Queen's Gambit Declined
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
D20Queen's Gambit Accepted
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4
D10Slav Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
D43Semi-Slav Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6
D47Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5