Starting Out: The Dutch Defence Staunton pieces Test your knowledge – Each

Test your knowledge – Each chapter includes tips

The fourth chapter presents four example games

We recommend playing these pieces on the following boards:

Benet's beechwood effect box with magnetic fastening

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Starting Out: The Dutch Defence Staunton pieces Test your knowledge – EachThe Dutch Defence is an ambitious and underrated counter to the queen's pawn opening. With his very first move, Black creates an asymmetrical pawn structure, thus unbalancing the position from a very early stage and allowing both White and Black players to fight for the initiative. Black also has many options within the Dutch Defence, from the ultra solid Stonewall formation through to the fluid Classical System and the dynamic Leningrad Variation. In