A40: Queen's pawn, English defence

1. d4 b6

Queen's pawn, English 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:

2057

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

45.1%

24.1%

30.8%

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Played frequently by:

White
Alexander Alekhine	5 games
Rikard Medancic	4 games
Sergio Garza Marco	3 games

Black
Pavel Blatny	48 games
Branko Filipovic	43 games
Branko Lovric	20 games

Possible continuations:

2. e4

805

48.3 %

22.1 %

29.6 %

2. c4

744

44 %

24.3 %

31.7 %

2. Nf3

371

41.8 %

27.5 %

30.7 %

2. Bf4

54

40.7 %

22.2 %

37 %

2. Bg5

34

50 %

23.5 %

26.5 %

2. e3

22

27.3 %

31.8 %

40.9 %

2. Nc3

13

53.8 %

15.4 %

30.8 %

2. f3

4

25 %

25 %

50 %

2. f4

4

25 %

50 %

25 %

2. g3

2

100 %