Dutch Attack – Bird’s Opening

Replay these chess games played with the Dutch Attack, also called Bird’s Opening. Replay them below from recent times. These games were played by top chess grandmasters worldwide. I selected wins and losses only to make it interesting. Study the various lines and chess ideas.

1. f4

Dutch Attack – This chess opening is for amateurs and is not popular at top level chess and seldom played amongst chess grandmasters. They mostly play this chess opening in blitz games or rapid chess games where they can’t lose Elo rating points.

The reason for this is that by playing f4 you fundamentally weaken the diagonal e1 h4 which may prove disadvantageous.

Replay Chess Games of the Dutch Attack

Flip Board: Press F-Key (or click e7 or d2 on top) Select a game: Click on grey bar