As White

Queen's Pawn Opening · Advanced

You start with 1.d4 and c4 to control the centre. Positional games where White gains space and pressures the d5 pawn.

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Lines

1. 5.bxa6 Bxa6

   1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4

2. 1.d4 e6

   1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3

3. 3.Nc3 e6

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bxc4

4. Classical Variation, Noa Variation

   1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4

5. 5.bxa6 g6

   1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4

6. 4.Qc2 O-O

   1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5

7. Modern Variation

   1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4

8. 3.Nc3 e5

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Nf6 5.e4

9. Neo-Orthodox Variation

   1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4

10. 2.c4 c6

    1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bg5 e6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3