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Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation
Overview
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D02.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6, after 4 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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
- D02
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 4
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Statistics from Lichess
11,151,388 games · White 54.1% / Draw 4.8% / Black 41.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bf4 | 2,926,797 | |
| e3 | 2,438,334 | |
| c4 | 2,313,654 | |
| g3 | 1,260,077 | |
| Nc3 | 675,241 | |
| Bg5 | 517,717 | |
| c3 | 482,971 | |
| h3 | 153,651 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:03:04
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