A80 Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves (1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6)

After I started this blog in July 15th 2014, I have analysed more of my games than I have in years. This year has been somewhat weird for me, in a few places in the internet where I play chess, I have managed to get my highest ever ratings. This also correspondence chess sites, which might be the oddest thing about my rating progress since I have only used minimal time to look at each move on my corr games. At the same time that this weirdness has been going on this year, in other parts of my life the past nine months or so have probably been worse than ever before. Well the last two of those months have at least gone in better direction. Analysis updated on December 23rd, 2019.

[Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2014.06.04"] [Round "?"] [White "ChessAkrasia"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "1592"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {[%evp 9,52,-37,23,-45,55,-25,33,-60,-31,-83,-64,-96,87,53,71,42,202,-44,-13, -60,-26,-75,-75,-111,-103,-144,-55,-148,0,-124,-111,-100,-96,-237,-143,-296, -250,-262,-231,-318,-206,-247,-239,-646,-628]} 1. d4 f5 {A80 Dutch Defense} 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 {A80 Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} 4. Nbd2 (4. e3 d5 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. h4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 e6 10. Nb3 b6 11. Qd3 a5 12. Qc3 Ra7 13. f3 Qe7 14. a3 Nh5 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. f4 Nf6 17. Bf3 h5 18. Kf2 Bd7 {Krueger, K (2325)-Kuehl,R Kiel 1992 1/2-1/2}) 4... Bg7 5. h4 $146 (5. c3 O-O 6. h4 (6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qb3+ d5 9. O-O Qb6 10. Rfc1 Be6 11. Ng5 Bf7 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. c4 e6 14. Bd6 Rd8 15. Qa3 Qa6 16. cxd5 Qxa3 17. dxe6+ Kxe6 18. Bxa3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Nf3 Ke7 {Mundell,P (1927)-Chambourdon,A (1560) Montigny le Bretonneux 2013 1-0 (36)}) 6... d6 7. e3 Qe8 8. Bc4+ Kh8 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bd3 e5 12. h5 Nxh5 13. d5 Nxf4 14. exf4 exf4 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. O-O-O Qf7 17. Rxh7+ Kg8 18. Ng5 Rfe8 19. Nxf7 Rxe2 {Lucas,M-Fries,E (1697) Belgrade 2010 1-0 (54)}) (5. h3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. c3 (7. Bc4+ d5 8. Be2 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bh2 f4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxh5 Nd3 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qb3 b5 17. g4 fxg3 18. fxg3 e6 19. g4 Qg5 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {Manowski,W (1440) -Oelrichs,M (1620) Pinneberg 2010 0-1}) 7... h6 8. Qb3+ Kh7 9. Be2 Qe8 10. h4 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bb5 c6 14. Be2 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bh2 c5 17. Nc4 Ne4 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 e4 {Lueders,G (1663) -Pfueller,V (1585) Berlin 2010 1-0 (65)}) 5... e6 {0.23/26} (5... Nc6 $15 { -0.37/24}) 6. e3 {-0.45/25} (6. c3 $11 {0.23/26}) 6... b6 {0.55/25} ({Black should try} 6... d6 $15 {-0.45/25}) 7. Bd3 {-0.25/25} (7. Ne5 $14 {0.55/25}) 7... Bb7 {0.33/28} (7... O-O $11 {-0.25/25}) 8. h5 {-0.60/22} ({Better is} 8. Qe2 $14 {0.33/28}) 8... Nxh5 $15 9. Rxh5 gxh5 10. Ng5 {[%tqu "En","","","", "d8f6","",10]} O-O $2 {0.87/25} (10... Qf6 $1 $17 {-0.96/26 and life is bright. } 11. Qxh5+ Qg6) 11. Qxh5 $16 {[#]} h6 12. Ngf3 Qf6 $2 {2.02/21} (12... Qe8 $14 {0.42/26} 13. Qh4 Rf6) 13. Be5 $2 {-0.44/28} (13. g4 $18 {2.02/21}) 13... Qf7 $15 14. Qh3 {-0.60/27} (14. Qxf7+ $11 {-0.13/27 deserves consideration.} Rxf7 15. Bxc7) 14... d6 {[%tqu "En","", "","","e5f4","",10]} 15. Bxg7 {-0.75/22} ( 15. Bf4 $1 $11 {-0.26/26 is more appropriate.}) 15... Qxg7 $17 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Rh1 {-1.44/22} (17. Nf1 $142 {-1.03/27}) 17... Rf6 {-0.55/26} ({Black should play} 17... Nf6 $17 {-1.44/22} 18. Bc4 Rae8) 18. e4 {-1.48/23} (18. Nf1 $15 {-0.55/26}) 18... fxe4 {0.00/28} (18... Qg4 $17 {-1.48/23} 19. exf5 exf5) 19. Nxe4 {-1.24/27} (19. Bxe4 $11 {0.00/28 was the only way to keep the balance.} d5 20. Bd3) 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Raf8 {[%mdl 32]} 21. Nh4 {-2.37/25} ( 21. a3 $17 {-0.96/26}) 21... R8f7 22. f3 $2 {-2.96/28 [#]} (22. Nf3 $17 { -1.43/26 was necessary.}) 22... Qg5+ $19 23. Kb1 Rg7 24. g4 c5 25. d5 exd5 26. Bxd5+ $2 {-6.46/23} (26. Bf5 {-2.39/30} Ne5 27. c3) 26... Qxd5 {Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 19%.} 0-1