A40: Queen's pawn, Keres defence

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6

Queen's pawn, Keres defence

A40 Sub-variants:

Queen's pawn
1. d4

Queen's pawn, Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defence
1. d4 Nc6

Queen's pawn, Charlick (Englund) gambit
1. d4 e5

Queen's pawn, Englund gambit
1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6

Queen's pawn, English defence
1. d4 b6

Polish defence
1. d4 b5

Queen's pawn
1. d4 e6

Queen's pawn, Keres defence
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6

Queen's pawn, Franco-Indian (Keres) defence
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+

Modern defence
1. d4 g6

Beefeater defence
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5

Overview

Games on Database:

5142

Last Played:

Apr 2024

Overall score:

34.4%

31.1%

34.5%

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Played frequently by:

White
Ivan Farago	13 games
Alexander Riazantsev	12 games
Victor Mikhalevski	11 games

Black
Attila Czebe	69 games
Jonathan S Speelman	56 games
Edvins Kengis	55 games

Possible continuations:

3. Nc3

1554

31.6 %

28.2 %

40.2 %

3. e4

1262

35.6 %

29.8 %

34.6 %

3. Nf3

1132

31.1 %

33.7 %

35.2 %

3. a3

1062

40.7 %

34.2 %

25.1 %

3. g3

51

37.3 %

35.3 %

27.5 %

3. d5

40

30 %

32.5 %

37.5 %

3. Bf4

19

47.4 %

15.8 %

36.8 %

3. e3

17

17.6 %

23.5 %

58.8 %

3. f3

2

50 %

50 %

3. Nd2

2

50 %

50 %