Queen Pawn Openings

This surveys most of the unusual and bizarre things that can happen after White plays the move 1 d4. Notable exclusions from this book are the Veresov (1 d4 Nf6 2 Nc3), the Trompowsky (1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5), the Colle (generally, 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 e3).

1 … d6 Defense

1 d4 d6 2 Nf3 Bg4 [A41]

1 d4 d6 2 c4 e5 [A21]

King's Fianchetto Defense

1 d4 g6 2 c4 Bg7 3 Nc3 [A42]

3 … c5 4 d5 Bxc3+

3 … d6 4 e4 e5 (or 4 … Nc6)

The Blackmar-Diemar Gambit

1 d4 d5 2 e4

The Queen's Knight's Defense and the Two Knights Tango

1 d4 Nc6

1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 e6 3 c4 Nf6

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 Nc6

key transpositions: Chigorin Defense; Guimiard French

The Owens Defense

1 d4 b6 [A40, A50]

key transpositions: Queens Indian Defense

The Birmingham Defense

1 d4 a6

The 1 … h6 Defense

1 d4 h6

The Polish Defense, the Polish Defense Deferred

1 d4 b5 [A40]

1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b5

The Bucker Defenses

1 d4 c5 2 d5 Nf6:

3 c4 Ne4

3 Nf3 c4 (or 3 … b5)

3 Nc3 Qa5

The Stonewall

For White, 1 d4 Nf6 2 e3; for Black, from a Slav, 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 c6 4 Qc2 Bd6

The Englund Gambit

1 d4 e5

The Schmidt Benoni

1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 c5

The quick … e6

1 d4 e6 2 c4 Bb4+ [A40]

1 d4 d5 2 Bg5