E10: Queen's pawn game

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3

Queen's pawn game

E10 Sub-variants:

Queen's pawn game
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3

Blumenfeld counter-gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5

Blumenfeld counter-gambit accepted
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5

Blumenfeld counter-gambit, Dus-Chotimursky variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5

Blumenfeld counter-gambit, Spielmann variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6

Dzindzikhashvili defence
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6

Doery defence
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Ne4

Overview

Games on Database:

131255

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

33.6%

42.1%

24.3%

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Played frequently by:

White
Ivan Farago	423 games
Aleksey Dreev	363 games
Loek Van Wely	351 games

Black
Viktor Korchnoi	299 games
Anatoly Karpov	274 games
Ivan Farago	260 games

Possible continuations:

3... b6

50574

33 %

42.5 %

24.5 %

3... d5

42284

31.7 %

45.8 %

22.5 %

3... Bb4+

23721

35.6 %

40.6 %

23.8 %

3... c5

12634

37.9 %

32 %

30.1 %

3... a6

751

33 %

36.6 %

30.4 %

3... Nc6

544

38.8 %

34.4 %

26.8 %

3... Be7

276

53.3 %

27.2 %

19.6 %

3... h6

210

27.1 %

37.6 %

35.2 %

3... c6

124

50.8 %

26.6 %

22.6 %

3... Ne4

56

55.4 %

23.2 %

21.4 %

3... d6

45

66.7 %

15.6 %

17.8 %

3... g6

30

56.7 %

30 %

3... b5

4

50 %

50 %