Opening name: Queen's Pawn Game
Opening line: 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3
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Winning percentages
White: 708 (31.68%)
Black: 698 (31.23%)
Draws: 829 (37.09%)
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation
This move is not played as much, at least on the master level, since the knight blocks the c-pawn from pressuring the center. Black usually responds with 2...Nf6, but a number of other moves are safe.
Most popular responses
2...Nf6 (Richter-Veresov Attack) Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (23639114 games)
2...Bf5 (Unnamed) The Alburt Defense is a rare line of the Queen's Pawn Game. This line has only appeared 32 times in 365chess.com's Master Database of over 500,000 games(as of September 13, 2020). Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (2675509 games)
Engine Evaluation
Depth: 42
Score: -0.08
Best Move: Nf6
PV Line: 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2
Historical games for Queen's Pawn Game
| Game | Result | Year |
| Carlsen, M. (2832) vs Nakamura, Hi (2785) | 1/2-1/2 | 2017 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru (2784) vs Kramnik, Vladimir (2803) | 1/2-1/2 | 2013 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru (2774) vs Kramnik, Vladimir (2785) | 0-1 | 2011 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru (2784) vs Caruana, Fabiano (2774) | 1-0 | 2013 |
| Jobava, Ba (2702) vs Carlsen, M. (2840) | 0-1 | 2016 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru (2784) vs Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2753) | 1-0 | 2013 |
| Rapport, R. (2731) vs Giri, A. (2783) | 0-1 | 2019 |
| Nakamura, Hi (2775) vs Fressinet, L. (2717) | 1/2-1/2 | 2014 |
| Van Foreest, Jorden (2714) vs Giri, A. (2773) | 1/2-1/2 | 2022 |
| Rapport, R. (2735) vs Shankland, S. (2731) | 0-1 | 2019 |