Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System

Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System is a chess opening with the ECO code D00, part of the Queen's Pawn Game family. It goes 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... d5. After 3 moves it is Black 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
• 2. Bf4 – White plays the bishop to f4

In chessGM's opening book this position continues with 2... c5, 2... Nf6.

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: Accelerated London System course lesson.

Related openings

• It extends: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5)
• Continues with: Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit – adds 2... c5
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit (1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5 2. e3)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit Accepted (1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. dxc5)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit, Morris Countergambit (1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4)
• Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Dutch System (1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5)

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