Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6 (3. Bf4 Nf6)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6
The Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6 is a chess opening classified as ECO D02, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6. 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 3,522 times by this move order. White won 50%, 5% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4. e3 (77% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 cxd6 6. c4 Bd7)
- ECO
- D02
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 853 | |
| 1500-1999 | 2,021 | |
| 2000+ | 648 | |
| All | 3,522 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. e3 | 2,721 (77%) | |
| 4. Nbd2 | 207 (6%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 168 (5%) | |
| 4. h3 | 148 (4%) | |
| 4. c3 | 105 (3%) | |
| 4. c4 | 44 (1%) | |
| 4. Bg3 | 32 (1%) | |
| 4. a3 | 23 (1%) |
Master games
725 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 54%, draw 17%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2733) – GM Erigaisi Arjun (2778) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com SpeedChess 2024 · 2024-07-25
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2766) – GM Erigaisi Arjun (2718) 1-0 · chess.com SpeedChess 2022 · 2022-11-23
- GM Nihal Sarin (2669) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2737) 1-0 · Bullet Chess Losers 2024 · 2024-06-12
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2862) – GM Andrew Tang (2538) 0-1 · Carlsen-Tang Bullet 2021 · 2021-02-22
- GM Levon Aronian (2781) – GM Erigaisi Arjun (2567) 1-0 · Chess.com SIG Bullet Wild · 2021-04-05
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6 and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6 (2… e6 3. Bf4) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4
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.