Dutch Defense: Hort-Antoshin System

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Qc7

Dutch Defense: Hort-Antoshin System after 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Qc7 87654321abcdefgh

The Dutch Defense: Hort-Antoshin System is a chess opening classified as ECO A86, reached after 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Qc7. 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: +0.55 (Stockfish, depth 26; best line 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O Be7)

ECO
A86
Moves
10 plies
FEN
rnb1kb1r/ppq1p1pp/2pp1n2/5p2/2PP4/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 2 6
PGN
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Qc7

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Comes from

Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Variation 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3

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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.