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King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack
Overview
King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C20.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5, after 3 plies of opening development.
It is a direct variation of King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Kiddie Countergambit, Mellon Gambit.
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
- C20
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 3
- Parent
- King's Pawn Game
- Direct variations
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
3,636,569 games · White 50.4% / Draw 4.6% / Black 45.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nc6 | 2,173,594 | |
| d6 | 513,409 | |
| Qf6 | 421,911 | |
| Nf6 | 339,165 | |
| Qe7 | 87,174 | |
| g6 | 35,329 | |
| Bc5 | 27,295 | |
| Bd6 | 11,013 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:54:34
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