Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4
The Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 313,487 times by this move order. White won 51%, 5% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 2… Nf6 (26% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 65; best line 2… c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 156,645 | |
| 1500-1999 | 139,082 | |
| 2000+ | 17,760 | |
| All | 313,487 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… Nf6 | 80,361 (26%) | |
| 2… Nc6 | 77,134 (25%) | |
| 2… e6 | 54,343 (17%) | |
| 2… Bf5 | 47,703 (15%) | |
| 2… c5 Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit | 17,225 (5%) | |
| 2… c6 | 15,095 (5%) | |
| 2… f6 | 4,803 (2%) | |
| 2… g6 | 2,973 (1%) |
Master games
20,969 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 19%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- Stockfish dev15_20220302 (3612) – Igel 3.0.10 (3495) 1-0 · TCEC 22 Premier 2022 · 2022-03-22
- Igel 3.0.10 (3495) – Stockfish dev15_20220302 (3612) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 22 Premier 2022 · 2022-03-19
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2832) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2808) 1-0 · GCT Blitz Paris 2017 · 2017-06-24
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2855) – GM Anish Giri (2785) 1-0 · 9th Masters Final 2016 · 2016-07-22
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2863) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2764) 1-0 · FIDE Steinitz Mem Open · 2020-05-15
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM gmbrewchess (2993) – Nana_jede_cevape (2878) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- LATRANCA (2738) – GM cutemouse83 (2932) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5) 1. d4 d5
Continuations
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5
More Queen's Pawn Game lines (all)
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4) A40
- 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
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.