D00: Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5

Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit

D00 Sub-variants:

Queen's pawn game
1. d4 d5

Queen's pawn, Mason variation
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4

Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5

Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5

Blackmar gambit
1. d4 d5 2. e4

Queen's pawn, stonewall attack
1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3

Queen's pawn, Chigorin variation
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3

Queen's pawn, Anti-Veresov
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bg4

Blackmar-Diemer gambit
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4

Blackmar-Diemer, Euwe defence
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6

Blackmar-Diemer, Lemberg counter-gambit
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 e5

Overview

Games on Database:

1293

Last Played:

Mar 2025

Overall score:

31.9%

33.6%

34.6%

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Played frequently by:

White
Boris Grachev	20 games
Slobodan Kovacevic	9 games
Antoaneta Stefanova	9 games

Black
Vladimir Potkin	7 games
Dragisa Blagojevic	6 games
Matthias Bluebaum	6 games

Possible continuations:

3. e3

1074

33.1 %

34.2 %

32.8 %

3. c3

78

19.2 %

32.1 %

48.7 %

3. e4

48

25 %

29.2 %

45.8 %

3. Nc3

39

35.9 %

35.9 %

28.2 %

3. dxc5

30

30 %

23.3 %

46.7 %

3. Bxb8

12

25 %

33.3 %

41.7 %

3. Nf3

11

36.4 %

27.3 %

36.4 %