Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5)
1. d4 d5
The Queen's Pawn Game is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5. White is to move. 10 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1,446,959 times by this move order. White won 51%, 5% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 2. c4 (33% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.27 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 2 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 616,509 | |
| 1500-1999 | 691,554 | |
| 2000+ | 138,896 | |
| All | 1,446,959 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2. c4 Queen's Gambit | 478,930 (33%) | |
| 2. Bf4 Accelerated London System | 313,487 (22%) | |
| 2. Nf3 Zukertort Variation (1… d5 2. Nf3) | 245,915 (17%) | |
| 2. e3 Queen's Pawn Game (1… d5 2. e3) | 139,727 (10%) | |
| 2. Nc3 Chigorin Variation (1… d5 2. Nc3) | 130,050 (9%) | |
| 2. e4 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1… d5 2. e4) | 46,775 (3%) | |
| 2. Bg5 Levitsky Attack | 25,654 (2%) | |
| 2. c3 | 19,768 (1%) |
Master games
1,998 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 20%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2766) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2839) 1-0 · Esports World Cup 2025 · 2025-08-01
- GM Vincent Keymer (2767) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2792) 1-0 · 13th Sinquefield Cup · 2026-08-18
- GM Daniil Dubov (2710) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2847) 0-1 · Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021 · 2021-04-03
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2766) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2784) 1/2-1/2 · SuperUnited CRO Blitz 2025 · 2025-07-05
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2816) – GM Quang Liem Le (2729) 0-1 · chess.com SpeedChess 2025 · 2025-10-17
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM gmbrewchess (2993) – Nana_jede_cevape (2878) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- GM sillyMASTER (2841) – GM cutemouse83 (2946) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- GM cutemouse83 (2942) – feeblad (2834) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Continuations
- Amazon Attack D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. Qd3
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1… d5 2. e4) D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e4
- Queen's Gambit D06 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4
- Queen's Pawn Game (1… d5 2. e3) D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. e3
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (1… d5 2. Nc3) D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3
- Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5
- Queen's Pawn Game: Mason Attack D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. f4
- Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation (1… d5 2. Nf3) D02 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3
- Queen's Pawn Game: Zurich Gambit D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. g4
More Queen's Pawn Game lines (all)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening A40
- Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense A40
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d6) A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo Variation A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Liedmann Gambit A43
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (2. Nc3 d5) A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov, Richter Attack A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (3… d5 4. Bf4) A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (4. Bf4 Bg7) A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation A48
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.