Wulebgr. Leningrad Dutch with 8.Nd5!

2002. — 38 p.The Leningrad variation of the Dutch Defense takes its name from its innovative development by several strong players in Leningrad during the mid-twentieth century, although it had been played as early as 1922. These players, among whom the strongest was Yevgeny Kuzminykh, imported strategic ideas from the King’s Indian Defense into the Dutch with some success.Then Viktor Korchnoi adopted the system among his vast and diverse repertoire, helping popularize it. The main line Dutch Leningrad arrives after the moves 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 (diagram). But the opening frequently comes about though a variety of other move orders. For example, in a database of 7256 Dutch Defense games in which black plays Bg7, 1078 games began 1. Nf3 f5.