Bg5 Against Dutch Defense

Ebochess of Belgium loves playing Bg5 against any variation of the Dutch Defense whether it be the Stonewall, Lenigrad, or the the more fluid setups. The strategy is well founded as Black has already weakened his king side with f5 and White intends to rip off the f6 Knight further denuding the king side of a much needed defender.

In the following game played at the internet chess club, he does just that. Black reacts with c5 pressuring the White center. Black also elected to play d5 driving the Knight from the e4 square leaving the second player with a backward e6 pawn and a problem Bishop at c8.




In this particular game, Black managed to get in e5 creating a strong pawn center and liberating the c8 Bishop and eventually mating the strong chess player from Belgium who eliminated the United States in World Cup Soccer.