Opening family
Queen's Pawn Game Lines and Variations
The Queen's Pawn Game family contains 70 named lines in this opening book, spanning ECO A40 to D05. Use this page as the map, then open individual lines for exact move orders and diagrams.
How to study this family
White
White should use the move order as a checkpoint: finish development, identify the central break, and compare the continuations below before memorizing moves.
Black
Black should ask what White is threatening in the center, then choose development moves that prepare a clean pawn break or a useful exchange.
Start with the shortest line, then branch to the variations that change the pawn structure or tactical target. Memorizing every branch before understanding the family plan is usually wasted work.
Main named lines
- A40 · Queen's Pawn Game
- A40 · Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense
- A41 · Queen's Pawn Game
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Mason Attack
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Zurich Gambit
- D02 · Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
- A40 · Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening
- A45 · Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation
- A80 · Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Dutch System
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Alburt Defense
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Anti-Veresov
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Irish Gambit
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Shaviliuk Gambit
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Shropshire Defense
- D00 · Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Welling Variation
- D02 · Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre
Deep theory branches
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 d5 — Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 — Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation
- 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 — Queen's Pawn Game: London System
- 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bd3 — Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System
- 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 — Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 — Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O — Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation, Main Line
- 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qa5+ — Queen's Pawn Game: London System, Pterodactyl Variation
- 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 — Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan
- 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 — Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 — Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack
- 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 — Queen's Pawn Game: London System
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. c3 — Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Traditional Colle
- 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. b3 — Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 — Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack
- 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 — Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Euwe Variation, Modern Line