Queen's Pawn Game

Queen's Pawn Game is a chess opening with the ECO code D00. It goes 1. d4 d5. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... d5. After 2 moves it is White to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

• 1. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
• 1... d5 – Black plays the pawn to d5

In chessGM's opening book this position continues with 2. Nf3, 2. c4, 2. Bf4, 2. Nc3, 2. e4.

About the Queen's Pawn Game

White opens with 1.d4 and plays a system without an early c4. It covers many calm setups like the Colle, London and Zukertort ideas.

• White develops simply: Nf3, e3 or Bf4, Bd3, O-O.
• A typical plan is the e4 push, often prepared with Nbd2 and c3.
• Black has easy equality with ...d5, ...Nf6 and ...c5, so play actively.

chessGM has a full course for this line: open the Queen's Pawn Game course lesson.

Related openings

• It extends: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4)
• Continues with: Amazon Attack – adds 2. Qd3
• Continues with: Blackmar-Diemer Gambit – adds 2. e4
• Continues with: Queen's Pawn Game – adds 2. e3
• Continues with: Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System – adds 2. Bf4
• Continues with: Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation – adds 2. Nc3
• Continues with: Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack – adds 2. Bg5
• Continues with: Queen's Pawn Game: Mason Attack – adds 2. f4
• Continues with: Queen's Pawn Game: Zurich Gambit – adds 2. g4
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Dutch System (1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5 2. e3)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation, Main Line (1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack (1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System (1. d4 d5 2. Bf4)

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