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Starting Out: The Dutch Defence Staunton pieces if you're playing with particularlyThe 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