Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Tartakower Variation
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4
The Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Tartakower Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A82, reached after 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4. It is a line of the Dutch Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 32 times by this move order. White won 56%, 0% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 4… d5 (53% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.45 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 4… h6 5. g5 hxg5 6. Bxg5 d5 7. Qe2)
- ECO
- A82
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 8 | |
| 2000+ | 23 | |
| All | 32 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… d5 | 17 (53%) | |
| 4… h6 | 10 (31%) | |
| 4… d6 | 1 (3%) | |
| 4… e6 | 1 (3%) | |
| 4… c5 | 1 (3%) | |
| 4… c6 | 1 (3%) | |
| 4… g6 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
19 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 63%, draw 11%, Black 26%). The strongest:
- GM Vugar Rasulov (2478) – IM Artyom Zubritskiy (2442) 1-0 · Titled Arena Jan 2nd 2021 · 2021-01-02
- FM Dawid Czerw (2401) – FM Kaan Kucuksari (2369) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 12th Oct · 2021-10-12
- FM Aleksandar Tomic (2375) – Przemyslaw Koc (2346) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 19th May · 2020-05-19
- GM Miralles, G. (2433) – Thomas Flueckiger (2215) 1-0 · TCh-SUI 2019 · 2019-05-04
- FM Sergei Volkov (2277) – IM Goran N Todorovic (2307) 1-0 · Euro Online +2300 Day 1 · 2020-05-29
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Highest-rated Lichess games
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Comes from
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit Accepted 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4
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.