Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Dutch Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A01), reached after 2 half-moves: 1. b3 f5.

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About this opening

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Dutch Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A01. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 2 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. b3 f5.

It belongs to the Nimzo-Larsen Attack family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Dutch Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.b3 f5. 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.