Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Matulovic Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A89), reached after 14 half-moves: 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6.

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About this opening

Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, Matulovic Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A89. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 14 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6.

It belongs to the Dutch Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Leningrad Variation → Matulovic Variation line). The immediate parent line is Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation, transitioned via 7…Nc6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 f5, 2.g3 Nf6, 3.Bg2 g6, 4.Nf3 Bg7, 5.O-O O-O, 6.c4 d6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.