Korchnoi Attack
- 1.d4f5
- 2.h3
1,993 games
Dutch Defense sideline 2. h3, preparing g4 to undermine Black's f5-pawn; an offbeat gambit idea revived by Viktor Korchnoi in 1979.
Train it in TheoriaAbout the Korchnoi Attack
The Korchnoi Attack, 2. h3, prepares 3. g4 to undermine the f5-pawn and contest e4, a refined version of the Krejcik Gambit. After the usual 2...Nf6, 3. g4 becomes the Janzen-Korchnoi Gambit, which Black can decline with 3...d5 and obtain a good game. The immediate 2...d5 lets the bishop guard f5 and makes 3. g4 dubious; it scores best for Black. Mayet played 2. h3 in 1839, and Korchnoi revived it at Biel in 1979.