Zukertort Opening: Quiet System
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3
The Zukertort Opening: Quiet System is a chess opening classified as ECO A05, reached after 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3. It is a line of the Zukertort Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,334 times by this move order. White won 48%, 5% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 2… g6 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.08 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 2… c5 3. d4 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Be2)
- ECO
- A05
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 552 | |
| 1500-1999 | 831 | |
| 2000+ | 951 | |
| All | 2,334 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… g6 | 831 (36%) | |
| 2… d5 | 524 (22%) | |
| 2… e6 | 319 (14%) | |
| 2… Nc6 | 216 (9%) | |
| 2… d6 | 145 (6%) | |
| 2… c5 | 120 (5%) | |
| 2… b6 | 63 (3%) | |
| 2… e5 | 58 (2%) |
Master games
3,035 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 19%, Black 37%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2804) 1-0 · GCT Rapid YourNextMove · 2016-06-18
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2767) 1/2-1/2 · SpeedChess Final 2024 · 2024-09-06
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2785) – GM Sergey Karjakin (2781) 1-0 · GCT Blitz Paris 2017 · 2017-06-24
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2804) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2757) 0-1 · Chess.com Classic Winners · 2025-05-21
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2785) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2761) 1/2-1/2 · GCT Blitz Paris 2017 · 2017-06-25
Search all games of the Zukertort Opening: Quiet System and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM Guary1 (2814) – IM roggefeller (2768) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- FM Guary1 (2844) – FM The_Fawkes (2690) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- FM Guary1 (2792) – FM stanbad1 (2719) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3 Nf6) 1. Nf3 Nf6
More Zukertort Opening lines (all)
- Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3) A04
- Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense A04
- Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense, Drunken Knight Variation A04
- Zukertort Opening: Basman Defense A04
- Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense A04
- Zukertort Opening: Drunken Cavalry Variation A04
- Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation A04
- Zukertort Opening: Herrstrom Gambit A04
- Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto A04
- Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit A04
- Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred A04
- Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation A04
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.