Editing Dutch Defence (section)

==White continuations==
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|pd|pd|pd|  |pd|  |bd|pd
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|  |  |pl|pl|  |  |  |  
|  |  |  |  |  |nl|pl|  
|pl|pl|  |  |pl|pl|bl|pl
|rl|nl|bl|ql|  |rl|kl|  
| Position after 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 d6
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The traditional {{chessgloss|move order}} involves White playing 2.c4. More commonly, White will start with 2.g3. Some common variations are: c4 is played after g3 and Bg2; c4 is played after Nf3; and c4 is played after 0-0.

Examples:
* traditional: 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 d6
* common: 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 d6 ({{em|diagram}})

===Other second moves===
White has various more aggressive alternatives to the standard moves, including: 
* 2.Nc3 Nf6 (or 2...d5) 3.Bg5, the Raphael Variation 
* 2.Bg5, the Hopton Attack; e.g. 2...Nf6 (2...g6 is the most popular move) 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 or e4
* 2.Bf4 or 2.Nf3 and 3.Bf4, the [[London System]]
* 2.g4, the Krejcik Gambit
* 2.e4!?, the [[#Staunton Gambit|Staunton Gambit]]
* 2.h3 followed by 3.g4, [[Carl Mayet]] introduced this completely different gambit approach to the Dutch in 1839 against [[Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa|von der Lasa]].<ref>{{cite book
 | title=Berliner Schach-Erinnerungen
 | author=von der Lasa, T.
 | url=https://archive.org/details/berlinerschache00lasagoog
 | year=1859
 | publisher=Verlag von Veit & Co, Leipzig
 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/berlinerschache00lasagoog/page/n91 79]–80
 | author-link=Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa
}}</ref> Von der Lasa later published analysis of this line in the first edition of the ''[[Handbuch des Schachspiels]]''.<ref>{{cite book
 | title=Handbuch des Schachspiels
 | author=Bilguer, P.
 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BU8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA234
 | year=1843
 | publisher=Verlag von Veit & Co, Berlin
 | pages=234–35, section 3, rows 4–6
 | isbn=9785879246339
 | author-link=Paul Rudolf von Bilguer
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
 | title=The Anti-Dutch Spike: g4! in the Krejcik, Korchnoi, and Alapin Variations
 | author=Alan L. Watson
 | year=1995
 | publisher=Blackmar Press
 | page=36
 | isbn=0-9619606-2-0
}}</ref> [[Viktor Korchnoi]], one of the world's leading players, reintroduced the line into tournament practice in Korchnoi–[[Hansjürg Kaenel|Känel]], [[Biel]] 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1082507|title=Viktor Korchnoi vs. Hansjuerg Kaenel, Biel 1979 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref> GM Christiansen later concluded, as von der Lasa and Staunton had done over 140 years earlier, that Black could get a good game by declining the gambit with 2...Nf6 3.g4 d5!<ref>{{cite book
 | title=The Dutch Defense
 | author=Christiansen, L.
 |author2=Silman, J. |author-link2=Jeremy Silman 
 | year=1989
 | publisher=Chess Digest
 | page=144
 | isbn=0-87568-178-6
 | author-link=Larry Christiansen
}}</ref>
* 2.Qd3, the Alapin Variation

Black sometimes starts with the move order 1...e6 to avoid these lines, although Black must then be ready to play the [[French Defence]] if White continues 2.e4, rendering the Dutch no longer an option. The Staunton Gambit remains a good choice of opening for White in blitz tournaments where Black has little time to ponder the most accurate defence.