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crazylasker
hi. can u tell me some openings that lead to an isolated queen pawn position? thanks
Nytik
Queens Gambit Accepted would be the main opening that leads to that sort of position. For example:
SirDavid
I frequently give my opponent one when they play the Guioco Piano.
aansel
Panov Attack in the Caro-Kan leads to such a position.
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 ed ed 4 c4
ericmittens
Panov Attack vs. Caro-Kann, Tarrasch Defence vs. Queen' Gambit, Tarrasch vs. French...various others I can't remember off the top of my head.
BigTy
The c3 sicilian often leads to an IQP for white.
atomichicken
Exchange French:
Scarblac
Nimzo-Indian. E.g., the Karpov system:
@Nyzik: that isn't a QGA, that's a Meran Semi-Slav.
nimzovich
As noted and in addition to those listed by others above:
French Defense
Sicilian Defense
Tarrasch Defense
Queen's Gambit Declined
Queen's Gambit Accepted
Caro-Kahn
Nimzo-Indian
Alekhine's Defense
Scandinavian Defense
Guioco Piano
Goring Gambit
some lines in the Spanish.
As you can surmise, studying IQP positions can may off handsomely.
An outstanding book for that is Alexander Baburin's "Winning Pawn Structures" which covers not only IQP, but also related families such as pawn couples and hanging pawns in both endgame and middlegame settings.
QGA by transposition.
I don't think it is. In the QGA, Black would have played c7-c5 in one go, so White would have to have lost a tempo somewhere as well. And Black doesn't usually go Nbd7 in the QGA.
What would the QGA move order have been? Just that Black plays ...dxc4 at some point (as he so often does in the Slav and Semi-Slav) doesn't make it a QGA.
Zukertort
If White wants an IQP, he can get one in the Colle-Koltanowski. Palliser discusses this option in his book on that opening.
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