Queen's Pawn Game

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Queen's Pawn Game
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Moves 1. d4
ECO A40-A99, D00-D99, E00-E99
Synonym(s) d4
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In the most general sense the term Queen's Pawn Game can refer to any chess opening which starts with

1. d4

It is the second most popular opening move. Its name is now usually used to describe openings in which the game opens with 1. d4 d5 but White does not follow through with an early pawn advance to c4. Some of these openings have individual names as well, e.g. the Trompowsky Attack, Torre Attack, Stonewall Attack, Richter-Veresov Attack, and Colle System.

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In the 19th century and early 20th century, 1.e4 was by far the most common opening move by White (Watson 2006:87), while the different openings starting with 1. d4 were considered somewhat unusual and therefore classed together as "Queen's Pawn Game".

As the merits of 1. d4 started to be explored it was the Queen's Gambit which was played most often, more popular than all other 1.d4 openings combined. The term "Queen's Pawn Game" was then narrowed down to any opening with 1. d4 which was not a Queen's Gambit. Eventually, through the efforts of the hypermodernists, the various Indian Defences, such as the King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian and Queen's Indian, became more popular, and as these openings were named, the term "Queen's Pawn Game" narrowed further.

[edit] Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings

In the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, strict Queen's Pawn Games (1. d4 d5) are classified in the coding series D00-D05. Other openings where Black does not play an early 1...d5 are classified in the A-series.

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Wikibooks
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