Normal Topic Dutch 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.Nc3!? (Read 3650 times)
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Re: Dutch 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.Nc3!?
Reply #2 - 04/16/08 at 15:01:43
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Yes, I agree with your assessment. I mentioned in the other thread that I was preparing against 2. Qd3 for a recent OTB game. What actually happened was: 1. d4 f5 2. Qd3 d6 3. Nc3 and after thinking for a few minutes, I decided to go for 3. ... d5(?!). I had virtually no experience with the Stonewall and ended up in a difficult position. My opponent didn't even go for e4.

What can I say.. it's an interesting line, but I'll try to thoroughly analyse this game before deciding on my 2nd and my 3rd move, but I sense I'll stick with 2. ... d6.  Cool

P.S.: Such a pity I hadn't see this thread back then, as I would have been better prepared!.. Sad
  

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Re: Dutch 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.Nc3!?
Reply #1 - 04/15/08 at 19:30:28
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I play the Leningrad as well, but against 2 Qd3 I play 2 .. d5. And then I try to play healthy moves. For instance the white queen causes sometimes a little trouble sometimes when black fianchetto's its bishop to a6. I think it is then easier to play black then white.

After 2 .. d6, white gets lots of play in the center, and black has to be carefull I think, not to run into trouble. Since it is often easy for white to get e4 in. 

Ot the line you give, I am not convinced about 6 d5 and 8 Be2, if they are the most challanging moves. I would asses the position after Be2 as unclear. However I think 3 Nc3 is very natural.
  
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Dutch 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.Nc3!?
02/11/08 at 15:56:39
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I recently prepared for an opponent who sometimes plays 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3!?
Kindermann gives both 2. ... d5 and 2. ... d6 as playable, as a Leningrad player I like 2. ... d6 more.
Then he gives 3.g4 and 3.e4 fe4: 4.Qe4: Nf6 5.Qh4 Bf5! winning more time by the attack on c2 and black is slightly better.
However I nowhere found anything about 3.Nc3, which seems very plausible to me. White perpares to play e4 and take with the knight.
In the database there were 3 games, white made 2,5/3.
I don't like black's position after 3. ... Nf6 4.e4 (4.Bg5!?) Nc6 5.Nf3 when it is not so obvious how black should continue his development.
E.g. 5. ... g6 6.d5 Ne5 7.Ne5: de5: 8.Be2 +=
  
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