Queen's Pawn Game: Zurich Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. g4
The Queen's Pawn Game: Zurich Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. g4. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 173 times by this move order. White won 36%, 6% were drawn and Black won 58%. The most popular continuation is 2… Bxg4 (39% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.49 (Stockfish, depth 28; best line 2… Bxg4 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. g4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 140 | |
| 1500-1999 | 29 | |
| 2000+ | 4 | |
| All | 173 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… Bxg4 | 68 (39%) | |
| 2… Nc6 | 35 (20%) | |
| 2… Nf6 | 19 (11%) | |
| 2… e6 | 18 (10%) | |
| 2… g5 | 7 (4%) | |
| 2… e5 | 6 (3%) | |
| 2… c6 | 5 (3%) | |
| 2… c5 | 5 (3%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- FM Vitaly Rodchenkov (2330) – IM Karina Ambartsumova (2382) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 13th July · 2021-07-13
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5) 1. d4 d5
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.