Chess Opening Theory/1. c4/1...f5

Anglo-Dutch Defence rd nd bd qd kd bd nd rd pd pd pd pd pd pd pd pd pl pl pl pl pl pl pl pl rl nl bl ql kl bl nl rl English Opening 1.c4 f5 A10 English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defence 1...f5 Black plays in similar fashion to the Dutch Defence, controlling the e4 pawn with the f-pawn. Named the Anglo-Dutch Defence, this offbeat response to the English Opening mimics 1. d4 f5 and can transpose to it regularly. White can choose from a variety of responses, such as: 2. d4, transposing to the Dutch Defence 2. Nc3, developing the queenside knight 2. Nf3, developing the kingside knight 2. g3, preparing to fianchetto the f1 bishop 2. b3, preparing to fianchetto the c1 bishop 2. Qc2, attacking the pawn on f5 with the queen 2. e4!?, the Hickmann Gambit 2. g4!?, the Wade Gambit Theory table . 1.c4 f5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nf3Nf6 g3g6 Bg2Bg7 O-OO-O ∞ Stonewall Variation g3Nf6 Bg2e6 Nf3d5 O-Oc6 d3Be7 Nc3O-O e4d4 += Leningrad Variation ...... ...g6 Nc3Bg7 d3O-O e4d6 Nge2c5!? exf5!gxf5 ∞ Wade Gambit g4... =+ English Opening References Unorthodox Chess Openings (1998). Eric Schiller. 0-940685-73-6.