BlackMood Openings

The Dutch Attack

Starting with 1…e6 we avoid many toxic variations and gambits.

Others can’t start with 1…e6 because after 2.e4 it’ll transpose to French.
But we can! French Attack is in our repertoire.

Later we have 2 systems:

1. Fianchetto attack
2. Stonewall system
 1 – Fianchetto attack 2 – Stonewall vs g3

I recommend going with Fianchetto attack against all White’s setups, except g3,
where we go Stonewall.

Let’s go one-by-one.

London system

2. Bf4 2.Nf3 then 3.Bf4

There is no difference for us. We react the same way:

I recommend to delay castling and start attacking on White’s King.

It’s going to be very fast, because when we push g5, h5, these moves come with a
tempo!

We have different plans:

Plan 1 Plan 2
Early h3

London players at some point play h3, securing the h2 square for their Bishop.
We’ll be very happy to see this move because our attacks will be faster, as we’ll
use h3 as a target!
The summary of London vs Dutch
We’re not going to play normal, long-term strategical chess, as many London
players do.
We’ll attack their King… and don’t mind finishing the game before move 20.

A few things to remember:

1. We can delay castling any side of the board not showing our cards.
2. The “Ne4” is a key move to prepare g5.
3. We don’t mind mating the opponent without using all of our pieces, especially
the Ra8, Bf8 and Nd7…
4. Bb7 is the most important attacker. Take care of your monster.

Normal Development

Many of your opponents will play like they do against the Queen’s gambit and
other openings: develop the Knights, the dark-squared Bishop and then e3,
preparing castle short.
Our plan is the same – attack the King!
But we’ll also try to get rid of our useless dark-squared Bishop before playing d6!
And then we go with similar plans as against London.

The same setup, just without the useless dark-squared Bishop.

One thing to remember.

After 4…Bb4, if they allow us to take on c3 and ruin their pawn structure, we do it,
without waiting for the opponent to force us.
After that we can choose between attacking the King or playing positionally vs.
White’s weak pawns.

Plan 1: As earlier Plan 2: Targeting the c4 pawn

The Rook lift plan

Personally, I prefer to attack. If you do too, there is one strong plan to remember.
A tip for your attacks

When White’s Bishop is on f4, our g5, h5 plan is strong.

When the Bishop isn’t on f4, and isn’t controlling the h6 square, the Rook lift plan
is very dangerous.

5.Bd2
When they don’t allow us to ruin their pawn structure, then we don’t take on c3,
but finish our development. If 6.a3 then we take.

We have the familiar pawn structure, without the useless Bishop on f8!
You can also delay castling and not show your cards. It’s often a smart thing to do
in Dutch Attack.

Delaying castling.
 Stonewall vs g3

In both cases, with or without c4, when White plays g3, we don’t have time for
getting a fianchetto Bishop.

No worries, we switch to Stonewall.

The downsides:
Weak e5 square
Bad c8 Bishop

The upsides:
Strong pawn structure
Control over e4 square
Opponent’s limited g2 Bishop

Our plan:

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

 Stonewall – A few things to remember

1. We play c6, before Bd6

❌ ✅

2. If cd5 we take ed5

3. In fianchetto attack, our light-squared Bishop was the strong one.
In Stonewall – reverse.

Fianchetto Attack Stonewall

4. If Bf4, we take and ruin White’s pawn structure and expose the King.
 5. Qe7 move

We don’t give it up easily.

 Torre Attack

The Torre Attack is an interesting system. But not against our Dutch Attack.
It helps us to get rid of the dark-squared Bishop.

3…Be7, and we go with our plan Yeah, I love to delay castling 😎

 Colle System

This is a very passive setup. We go with our Fianchetto attack.

And as White just limited their Bishop, Rook lift to h6 becomes very effective.

But other attacking plans will work well too.

 Veresov Attack

Now we don’t play 2…f5 because of 3.e4

But we go either 2…d5 or 2…Nf6

2…f5? ❌ 2…d5!? 👌 2…Nf6! 😎

I prefer 2…Nf6 😊

If White goes 3.e4, after 3…d5 it’ll be transposed to French Attack!

And if 3.Bf4, we go 3…Bb4

Later we can transpose to our ideas.

 Delayed Staunton Gambit – 3.e4

It doesn’t work for White. We not only stay a pawn up, but also with the initiative.
After accepting the pawn sacrifice, we develop our kingside pieces. Nf6, Bb4, 0-0…

Whenever f3 – we answer with d5!

 Delayed Krejcic Gambit – 3.g4

We have 2 strong options: 4…g3 and 4…Qh4

4…g3 with 5…c5 4…Qh4

Both are fine, choose the one you like more.

Good luck with Dutch Attack and enjoy this beautiful game.
Best wishes,
Avetik

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