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Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System

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Overview

Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under 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.

It begins with 3 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 to reach the canonical position.

It branches immediately from Queen's Pawn Game in the opening tree.

It continues primarily into one named line, Steinitz Countergambit.

Together the deeper variations number 4 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
D00
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
3
Parent
Queen's Pawn Game
Direct variations
1
Total in subtree
4

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Variations (1)

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