Queen's Pawn Game: London System (2… Nf6 3. Bf4)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4
The Queen's Pawn Game: London System is a chess opening classified as ECO D02, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 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 19,388 times by this move order. White won 50%, 6% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 3… e6 (27% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.04 (Stockfish, depth 52; best line 3… c5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. b3)
- ECO
- D02
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 5,213 | |
| 1500-1999 | 9,757 | |
| 2000+ | 4,418 | |
| All | 19,388 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… e6 | 5,300 (27%) | |
| 3… Bf5 | 3,814 (20%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 3,317 (17%) | |
| 3… c5 | 2,882 (15%) | |
| 3… Bg4 | 1,471 (8%) | |
| 3… g6 | 935 (5%) | |
| 3… c6 | 874 (5%) | |
| 3… h6 | 204 (1%) |
Master games
7,198 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 24%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2847) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2782) 1/2-1/2 · Aimchess US Rapid Prelim · 2021-08-29
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2778) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2832) 0-1 · chess.com SpeedChess 2024 · 2024-08-08
- GM Anish Giri (2785) – GM So, W. (2815) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017 · 2017-05-25
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2762) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2830) 0-1 · Superbet POL Blitz 2024 · 2024-05-11
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2774) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2816) 1/2-1/2 · 31st ECC Open 2015 · 2015-10-24
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: London System and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM gmbrewchess (2971) – FM juancruzariasTDF (2761) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Americanchampion (2823) – NM Andrey11976 (2805) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Americanchampion (2824) – NM Andrey11976 (2804) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6
Continuations
- Queen's Pawn Game: London System (3… c5 4. e3) D02 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3
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.