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The term "Queen's Pawn Game" was then narrowed down to any opening with 1.d4 which was not a Queen's Gambit. Eventually, through the efforts of the hypermodernists , the various Indian Defences (such as the King's Indian , Nimzo-Indian , and Queen's Indian ) became more popular, and as these openings were named, the term "Queen's Pawn Game ...
James Mason (19 November 1849 – 12 January 1905) was an Irish-American chess player, journalist and writer who became one of the world's best half-dozen players in the 1880s. [1] Mason was ranked the number 1 player in the world by Chessmetrics during 11 separate months between August 1877 and June 1878.
Queen's Pawn Game The London System is an opening system in chess where White opens with 1.d4 and develops the dark-squared bishop to f4, then supports the d4-pawn with pawns on e3 and c3. The other bishop is developed to d3 (or occasionally e2) and the knights typically to f3 and d2.
Amazon Attack of the Queen's Pawn Opening – 1.d4 d5 2.Qd3; American Attack of the Dutch Defence, variation of the Staunton Gambit – 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nd2; Amsterdam Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4
Like White's move, Black's move is non-committal as to opening. 2.d4 is identical to 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 (see Queen's Pawn Game). 2.c4 is a common start for the English Opening or it may be brought back to the Queen's Gambit Declined 2.g3 is a common start for the King's Indian Attack.
It is not a terrible move, however, because it is likely to transpose into many solid systems, including a reversed Caro-Kann Defence or Slav Defense (but with an extra tempo for White); the Exchange Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, after 1.c3 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.cxd4 d5; to a solid but passive type of Queen's Pawn Game after 1.c3 Nf6 2.d4 ...
13 Queen's Gambit. 14 Ruy Lopez. 15 Réti Opening. 16 Scotch Game. 17 Sicilian Defense. 18 Vienna Game. 19 References. ... Mason-Keres Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 ...
Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation, Main Line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0; Indian Defense: Colle System, King's Indian Variation: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6; Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4; Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 ...