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Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation

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Overview

Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D00.

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 is reached after 3 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3.

It is a direct variation of Queen's Pawn Game.

It is the root of 7 named variations, with Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Alburt Defense, Anti-Veresov, and others among the most studied.

In total, the branch covers 10 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
D00
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
3
Parent
Queen's Pawn Game
Direct variations
7
Total in subtree
10

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Statistics from Lichess

14,957,938 games · White 50.0% / Draw 4.7% / Black 45.3%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Nf66,497,339
e63,262,062
c61,838,068
Bf51,225,772
Nc6985,995
c5549,568
g6145,713
e599,074

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:55:06

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Variations (7)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Queen's Pawn Game:

Show all 10 sub-variations (full subtree)

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