Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by many opponents, and theory, based on a small number of 'reliable' games, must be rather unreliable.

The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.

The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!

I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think I should respect them. It is too risky to play sharply to beat them in 20 moves.

Chess is my profession. I am my own boss; I am free. I like literature and music, classical especially. I am in fact quite normal; I have a Bohemian profession without being myself a Bohemian. I am neither a conformist nor a great revolutionary.

In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.