Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening
1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6
The Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening is a chess opening classified as ECO A40, reached after 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,968 times by this move order. White won 49%, 3% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 3. Nc3 (66% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.60 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nf6)
- ECO
- A40
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 301 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,740 | |
| 2000+ | 927 | |
| All | 2,968 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. Nc3 | 1,965 (66%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 429 (14%) | |
| 3. e4 | 343 (12%) | |
| 3. e3 | 121 (4%) | |
| 3. g3 | 32 (1%) | |
| 3. Bf4 | 17 (1%) | |
| 3. d5 | 14 (0%) | |
| 3. b4 | 11 (0%) |
Master games
235 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 49%, draw 10%, Black 41%). The strongest:
- GM So, W. (2747) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2763) 1-0 · CCT Final RR 2024 · 2024-12-17
- GM Adam Kozak (2601) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2744) 0-1 · Titled Tue 23rd Jul Early · 2024-07-23
- GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) – GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) 0-1 · Titled Tue 20th Aug Late · 2024-08-20
- IM Kaan Kucuksari (2473) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2763) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Nov Early · 2024-11-05
- IM Meri Arabidze (2457) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2763) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Nov Early · 2024-11-05
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Comes from
More Queen's Pawn Game lines (all)
- 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
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack 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.