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Queen's Pawn Game
Overview
Queen's Pawn Game is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A41.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 2 plies and takes 1. d4 d6 to reach the canonical position.
It branches immediately from Queen's Pawn Game in the opening tree.
3 named variations grow from this line, including Old Indian Defense, Robatsch Defense, Wade Defense.
Together the deeper variations number 7 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- A41
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 2
- Parent
- Queen's Pawn Game
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 7
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Statistics from Lichess
23,375,505 games · White 48.9% / Draw 5.1% / Black 46.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| c4 | 9,076,176 | |
| Nf3 | 4,279,265 | |
| e4 | 3,304,002 | |
| Bf4 | 3,110,590 | |
| e3 | 1,319,230 | |
| Nc3 | 943,074 | |
| Bg5 | 398,759 | |
| c3 | 268,396 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:49:15
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