Current position
Dutch Defense: Alapin Variation
1.d4
The Queen's Pawn Game starts with 1.d4 and is catalogued under ECO A40, in the flank openings half of the book. The catalog indexes 82 lines inside it, grouped into 49 named variations, and the position after those moves has 1 playable continuation to walk from here.
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Current setup
Move ideas
Takes central space with a protected pawn and frees the queen’s bishop.
Idea: Build a stable center that supports a broad positional setup.
Controls e4 with the f-pawn and signals immediate kingside ambition.
Idea: Build an attacking setup, accepting some looseness around Black’s king.
Repositions the queen to d3, where it influences a new part of the board.
Idea: Coordinate threats carefully while avoiding unnecessary tempi against the queen.
Advances to d6 to claim central space and control nearby key squares.
Idea: Give the pieces room to develop behind a durable central foothold.
Waiting for Lichess game popularity.
Each line below is an indexed entry under Queen's Pawn Game. Open one to load it on the board and keep exploring from that position.
25 more named lines sit inside this family — the tree above walks all of them.
ECO groups openings by the structures they lead to, so these families tend to share plans with the Queen's Pawn Game.