Hungarian Opening: Dutch Defense

1. g3 f5

Hungarian Opening: Dutch Defense after 1. g3 f5 87654321abcdefgh

The Hungarian Opening: Dutch Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g3 f5. It is a line of the Hungarian Opening. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1,376 times by this move order. White won 51%, 5% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 2. Bg2 (85% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.43 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O Nf6)

ECO
A00
Moves
2 plies
FEN
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PGN
1. g3 f5

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-149938254%41%
1500-199972551%45%
2000+26946%45%
All1,37651%44%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
2. Bg21,171 (85%)52%44%
2. b337 (3%)49%13%38%
2. d426 (2%)15%77%
2. Nf326 (2%)54%42%
2. d324 (2%)46%50%
2. e318 (1%)50%39%
2. f412 (1%)42%58%
2. c310 (1%)40%50%

Master games

426 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 20%, Black 33%). The strongest:

Search all games of the Hungarian Opening: Dutch Defense and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

Comes from

Hungarian Opening 1. g3

Continuations

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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.