Dutch Defense
1.d4 f5
Black fights for e4 with the f-pawn, leading to unbalanced positions with chances on the kingside.
As White: 63% score in 126 games (75 wins, 10 draws, 41 losses).
As Black: 58% score in 443 games (233 wins, 47 draws, 163 losses).
Who plays it most
- WGM Elizaveta Malakhova: 105 games as Black, scores 49%
- GM Raven Sturt: 28 games as Black, scores 59%
- GM Alexey Korotylev: 27 games as Black, scores 87%
- GM Simon Williams: 23 games as Black, scores 54%
- GM Patrick Wolff: 22 games as Black, scores 61%
- GM Dmitry Gordievsky: 20 games as Black, scores 70%
- WFM Alexandra Botez: 17 games as Black, scores 62%
- GM xupermanx1: 14 games as Black, scores 46%
- GM Alexandra Kosteniuk: 13 games as Black, scores 65%
- GM David Smerdon: 11 games as Black, scores 55%
- WGM Anna-Maria Botsari: 11 games as White, scores 82%
- GM אהרן בגראטיוני: 10 games as Black, scores 40%
- GM Valery Kazakouski: 9 games as Black, scores 78%
- GM Arturs Neiksans: 9 games as Black, scores 89%
- GM Hedinn Steingrimsson: 9 games as Black, scores 56%
From the recent public Chess.com games of 110 players on the top players list, updated about once a week. Score = wins plus half the draws.