Queen's Pawn Game
Queen's Pawn Game (A40) starts 1.d4. In 580,611 games between strong players, White wins 46%, 14% are drawn and Black wins 40%; the most played move is 1…Nf6 (54%).
1.d4
- ECO
- A40
- Games between strong players
- 580,611
- To move
- Black
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1…Nf6 | 54% (311,748) | Indian Defense | |
| 1…d5 | 27% (158,771) | – | |
| 1…e6 | 4% (24,558) | Horwitz Defense | |
| 1…d6 | 4% (20,695) | – | |
| 1…g6 | 3% (19,537) | Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense | |
| 1…c5 | 2% (13,862) | Benoni Defense: Old Benoni |
Where it comes from and where it goes
- Indian Defense 311,762 games
- Queen's Gambit 95,307 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation 53,415 games
- Horwitz Defense 24,558 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense 19,538 games
- Benoni Defense: Old Benoni 13,862 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System 10,647 games
- Dutch Defense 10,641 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack 3,227 games
- Englund Gambit 3,095 games
- Mikenas Defense 3,072 games
- Rat Defense: English Rat 2,684 games
- English Defense 2,563 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo Variation 2,291 games
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 1,418 games
- Wade Defense 1,370 games
- Rapport-Jobava System, with e6 1,121 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Irish Gambit 377 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Alburt Defense 375 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening 339 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack 240 games
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Reversed Albin Countergambit 213 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Shaviliuk Gambit 104 games
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Zeller Defense 102 games
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Countergambit 98 games
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Blackmar Gambit 57 games
Top players' games in the Queen's Pawn Game, reviewed
Every Queen's Pawn Game line
- Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation 54,715 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation 53,415 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense 19,538 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation 16,669 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: London System 13,505 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System 10,647 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System 6,004 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6 5,714 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan 4,833 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack 3,227 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit 3,078 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Krause Variation 2,769 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack 2,326 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo Variation 2,291 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Gossip Variation 1,234 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Hübsch Gambit 1,126 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack 993 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Anti-Colle 797 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation, Main Line 617 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Traditional Colle 543 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Irish Gambit 377 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Alburt Defense 375 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening 339 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense 317 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Dutch System 282 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation 274 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre 250 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack 240 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack 211 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit, Morris Countergambit 170 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit, Morris Countergambit Accepted 115 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Shaviliuk Gambit 104 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chandler Gambit 100 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Grünfeld Formation 98 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit Accepted 97 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov, Richter Attack 71 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Euwe Variation, Modern Line 59 games
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation 56 games
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