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Queen's Pawn Game

1. d4

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Black to move

Legal moves
20
Games in the next 4 moves
361,790
Different positions among them
127,851
Named lines from here
1,338

See it on the mapOn the opening map

The other great first move. The d-pawn is protected by the queen, so 1. d4 tends to lead to slower, more strategic games than 1. e4; the Queen’s Gambit, the Indian defences and the Dutch all start here.

It is reached after a single move: 1. d4.

Black is to move and has 20 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 361,790 different games. Those games reach 127,851 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 2.8 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 1,338 further lines after this position, such as Indian Defense (1... Nf6) and Dutch Defense (1... f5).

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Queen's Pawn Game
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 361,790 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game

Named lines from here

Famous games through this position

Botvinnik's Bishop SacrificeBotvinnik – Capablanca, AVRO 1938, move 1Botvinnik beats former world champion Capablanca with a bishop sacrifice on move 30. The Immortal Zugzwang GameSämisch – Nimzowitsch, Copenhagen 1923, move 1White still has plenty of pieces, but every move he could make loses. Rubinstein's ImmortalRotlewi – Rubinstein, Łódź 1907, move 1Rubinstein sacrifices his queen; then his bishops and rooks close in on White's king. The Gold Coins GameLevitsky – Marshall, Breslau 1912, move 1Marshall's last move, his queen to g3, was so beautiful that, the story goes, spectators showered the board with gold coins. The King HuntEd. Lasker – Thomas, London 1912, move 1After a queen sacrifice Black's king is driven from h7 all the way to g1 and mated there.

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