New in Chess Classic Knockout 2021: QGD

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Yigor

There is a lot of Queen's Gambit Declined games in the recent knockout tournament. trophies.pngpeshka.png

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/01-01/Carlsen_Magnus-Radjabov_Teimour

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/01-02/Radjabov_Teimour-Carlsen_Magnus

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/01-04/Radjabov_Teimour-Carlsen_Magnus

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/01-04/Firouzja_Alireza-Mamedyarov_Shakhriyar

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/01-01/Nakamura_Hikaru-Le_Quang_Liem

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/01-02/Le_Quang_Liem-Nakamura_Hikaru

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/01-04/Le_Quang_Liem-Nakamura_Hikaru

 

Ilampozhil25

how many 1.d4 games in total( including preliminaries) against 1.e4 games?

oh yeah also games with 1.something else

Yigor

Three Knights variation with 4...Be7 (3 games)

Semi-Tarrasch defense (2 games)

Barmen variation (1 game)

Janowski variation (1 game)

Yigor
Ilampozhil25 wrote:

how many 1.d4 games in total( including preliminaries) against 1.e4 games?

oh yeah also games with 1.something else

 

1. d4  (13 games)

1. e4  (2 games)

1. c4 (1 game) peshka.png

Ilampozhil25

umm i asked including preliminaries

Yigor
Ilampozhil25 wrote:

umm i asked including preliminaries

 

All Queen's Pawn games (QGD, London, Nimzo-Indian, Slav and Semi-Slav) started with 1. d4 anyway. wink.png

Ilampozhil25

no. nf3 d5 d4 nf6 starts with 1.nf3 and is a 1.d4 opening.

JamieDelarosa

Thank you, Yigor!

Yigor
Ilampozhil25 wrote:

no. nf3 d5 d4 nf6 starts with 1.nf3 and is a 1.d4 opening.

 

Ok, but in this tournament all QP games start indeed with 1. d4 so far. peshka.png

Yigor
JamieDelarosa wrote:

Thank you, Yigor!

 

The pleasure is mine, my old friend. wink.png

Yigor

Janowski varition played in Le-Naka game: