Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Buenos Aires Variation
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 a5
The Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Buenos Aires Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A96, reached after 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 a5. It is a line of the Dutch Defense. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.71 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 8. Bf4 h6 9. Qc2 Qe8 10. Rad1 Nc6)
- ECO
- A96
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/1pp1b1pp/3ppn2/p4p2/2PP4/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 8- PGN
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 a5
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Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 14%, draw 29%, Black 57%). The strongest:
- IM Zoran Novoselski (2318) – FM Bartlomiej Niedbala (2379) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 19th May · 2020-05-19
- Ratko Trajanovski (2164) – IM Nikola Nikolovski (2409) 0-1 · 29th TCh-MKD 2021 · 2021-08-16
- Zilun Lan (2180) – IM Guanchu Liu (2379) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CHN 2015 · 2015-07-24
- Ieysaa Bin-Suhayl (2183) – John D Carlin (2235) 1-0 · London Classic Masters · 2024-12-05
- Samuli Nieminen (2141) – Aarne von Wright (2133) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-FIN 2015-16 · 2015-09-13
Comes from
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation (6. O-O d6) 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6
More Dutch Defense lines (all)
- Dutch Defense (1. d4 f5) A80
- Dutch Defense: Alapin Variation A80
- Dutch Defense: Barcza Variation A80
- Dutch Defense: Hevendehl Gambit A80
- Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack A80
- Dutch Defense: Janzen-Korchnoi Gambit A80
- Dutch Defense: Kingfisher Gambit A80
- Dutch Defense: Korchnoi Attack A80
- Dutch Defense: Krejcik Gambit A80
- Dutch Defense: Krejcik Gambit, Tate Gambit A80
- Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Classical Line A80
- Dutch Defense: Manhattan Gambit, Anti-Leningrad A80
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.