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- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Zukertort Variation D02
- Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation D02
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Queen's Pawn Game: Zilbermints Countergambit
Overview
Queen's Pawn Game: Zilbermints Countergambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D02, 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b5, after 6 plies of opening development.
The line refines Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D02
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
724 games · White 51.7% / Draw 5.9% / Black 42.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| cxb5 | 309 | |
| cxd5 | 244 | |
| c5 | 55 | |
| Nc3 | 51 | |
| e3 | 21 | |
| b3 | 18 | |
| g3 | 10 | |
| Bg5 | 5 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:28:48
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