Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...e6/2. c4

Queen's Pawn Opening
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation(FEN) rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/4p3/8/2PP4/8/PP2PPPP/RNBQKBNR

Queen's Pawn Opening

2. c4

White keeps the game in the realm of Queen pawn openings with this move.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables see theory table and for notation see algebraic notation.

1. d4 e6 2. c4

	2
	... d5	Nc3 Nf6	= to 1...d5 2. c4 e6
	... Nf6	Nf3 d5	= to 1...Nf6 2. c4 e6
Keres Defence	... Bb4+	=
English Defence	... b6	=
Dutch Defence	... f5	=

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References

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
• Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. ISBN 0-8129-3084-3.
• Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989, 1994). Garry Kasparov, Raymond Keene. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.