Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6 (2… e6 3. Bf4)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4
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. 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 10,549 times by this move order. White won 51%, 5% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 3… Nf6 (33% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.12 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 3… Bd6 4. Bxd6 Qxd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. e3)
- ECO
- D02
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 3,510 | |
| 1500-1999 | 5,468 | |
| 2000+ | 1,571 | |
| All | 10,549 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Nf6 London System, with e6 (3. Bf4 Nf6) | 3,522 (33%) | |
| 3… Bd6 | 2,307 (22%) | |
| 3… c5 | 1,832 (17%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 696 (7%) | |
| 3… f5 | 413 (4%) | |
| 3… c6 | 338 (3%) | |
| 3… h6 | 276 (3%) | |
| 3… a6 | 256 (2%) |
Master games
1,312 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 18%, Black 37%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) – GM Matthias Bluebaum (2669) 1-0 · Titled Tue 23rd May Late · 2023-05-23
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2803) – GM Jorden Van Foreest (2680) 1-0 · 87th Tata Steel Masters · 2025-01-19
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2786) – GM Matthias Bluebaum (2668) 0-1 · Titled Tue 3rd Oct Late · 2023-10-03
- GM Igor Kovalenko (2674) – GM So, W. (2760) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 18th Apr Early · 2023-04-18
- GM Praggnanandhaa R (2747) – GM David Anton Guijarro (2669) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Jun Late · 2024-06-11
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation (1… d5 2. Nf3) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3
Continuations
- Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e6 (3. Bf4 Nf6) D02 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6
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.