Queen's Pawn Game ♜ ♞ ♝ ♛ ♜ ♚ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♞ ♝ ♟ ♟ ♝ ♞ ♟ ♞ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♟ ♜ ♛ ♚ ♝ ♜ Queen's pawn systems after 1.d4 that stay away from the main theory, such as the London, Colle and Torre set-ups, ideal for steering the opponent out of book.
381 master games
2616 avg. Elo
10 variations
White wins %24 · draw %57 · Black wins %18
Played by: Praggnanandhaa, Caruana, Erigaisi, Abdusattorov, Aronian, Firouzja, Vidit, Carlsen
Main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 h6 12.O-O Qf6 13.b4 Bb6 14.b5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4
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Try 7 days free → Variations played by masters (10) Symmetrical Variation · ECO D02 · for White 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 …
119 games · avg. Elo 2614 · W/D/L 17/81/21 · Model game: Wang Hao – Esipenko, 2026 (1-0)
London System · ECO D02 · for White 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.c3 e6 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be2 h6 10.Qd1 Be7 …
66 games · avg. Elo 2614 · W/D/L 19/40/7 · Model game: Rapport – Maghsoodloo, 2025 (0-1)
Main line · ECO A41 · for White 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 h6 9.h3 Re8 10.Ba2 exd4 …
61 games · avg. Elo 2598 · W/D/L 10/39/12 · Model game: Sjugirov – Kadric, 2024 (1/2-1/2)
Zukertort Variation · ECO D02 · for White 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 b6 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.Be2 Ba6 10.O-O Nbd7 …
25 games · avg. Elo 2602 · W/D/L 8/14/3 · Model game: Dreev – Lagno, 2024 (1-0)
Modern Defense · ECO A40 · for White 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.h4 h5 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.f3 Bxh3 8.Rxh3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 c6 10.Nd1 O-O …
24 games · avg. Elo 2610 · W/D/L 12/6/6 · Model game: Donchenko – Jacobson, 2025 (0-1)
Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan · ECO D02 · for White 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O g6 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.c4 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nb3 Nb6 10.a4 Be6 …
23 games · avg. Elo 2642 · W/D/L 5/16/2 · Model game: Gukesh – Erigaisi, 2025 (1-0)
Chigorin Variation · ECO A45 · for White 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Na6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h4 Ne4 8.a3 c5 9.c3 Bd7 10.a4 c4 …
22 games · avg. Elo 2655 · W/D/L 11/6/5 · Model game: Martinez Alcantara – Ivic, 2025 (1/2-1/2)
Colle System · ECO D04 · for White 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Qc7 9.h3 b6 10.b3 cxd4 …
16 games · avg. Elo 2646 · W/D/L 5/5/6 · Model game: Sanal – Petkov, 2025 (0-1)
Accelerated London System · ECO D00 · for White 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.h3 Bd6 8.Ne5 Qc7 9.Ndf3 c4 10.g4 Ne4 …
13 games · avg. Elo 2603 · W/D/L 3/5/5 · Model game: Suleymanli – Sokolovsky, 2025 (1/2-1/2)
Krause Variation · ECO D02 · for White 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.Be3 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 e6 10.f3 Ne7 …
12 games · avg. Elo 2624 · W/D/L 2/7/3 · Model game: Carlsen – Erdogmus, 2026 (1-0)
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Try 7 days free → Other openings Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.
