Queen's Pawn Game

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Overview

Queen's Pawn Game is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D00.

The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.

Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6, after 4 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Queen's Pawn Game, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Stonewall Attack.

Step through the moves on the interactive board below, review the live Lichess statistics, or play this position against Stockfish at one of six difficulty levels.

ECO code: D00
Group: Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies: 4
Parent: Queen's Pawn Game
Direct variations: 1

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Variations (1)

D00 Stonewall Attack