The Leningrad Dutch - Playing Against an Unusual System (white plays an early b2-b4)
This is the first look into the game I listed in the article An Interesting Defeat in the Dutch Defence - that is, the first of several looks into this game at various stages. I’m very unimpressed with my play in this game – indeed, it’s one of those games where I look at some […]
An Interesting Defeat in the Dutch Defence
I recently played in the Hereford Spectrum Chess Congress (see the Spectrum Chess web site for more details). It was a five round swiss system event, and I (like many others) took a bye in round three (Sat evening), so I actually played four games over the board. I didn’t do very well, scoring only […]
Ruminations on the Dutch Defence
When white plays 1.d2-d4, black replies 1… f7-f5, and we have the Dutch Defence!
I guess there are easier openings for a player of my strength to play, but just after I started my adult chess career back in the early 1990s, I took it up for essentially two reasons:
1) There is no way for white […]