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Queen's Pawn Game D00
Accelerated London System D00
Steinitz Countergambit D00
Morris Countergambit D00
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Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit, Morris Countergambit Accepted

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Overview

Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit, Morris Countergambit Accepted belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D00, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

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 6 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e4 dxe4 to reach the canonical position.

The line refines Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit, Morris Countergambit, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code: D00
Group: Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies: 6
Parent: Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit, Morris Countergambit

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Statistics from Lichess

21,572 games · White 50.7% / Draw 4.8% / Black 44.5%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
d5	19,471
dxc5	572
Nc3	494
Bb5+	345
Bc4	165
f3	155
c3	128
Bxb8	104

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:28:29

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