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Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Irish Gambit
Overview
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Irish Gambit 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.
The line arises from 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c5.
The line refines Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, 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
- 4
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Statistics from Lichess
554,308 games · White 47.5% / Draw 4.3% / Black 48.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| dxc5 | 161,200 | |
| Bf4 | 138,011 | |
| e4 | 99,382 | |
| Nf3 | 75,354 | |
| e3 | 58,418 | |
| Bg5 | 5,205 | |
| f3 | 4,470 | |
| Be3 | 2,620 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:02:51
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