Queen's gambit is historically the most common way to reach IQP positions. Getting there via some other opening such as the Nimzo might be more common nowadays, though.
Question about isolated queen pawns
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Well, so far out of a 1.75 million database. The numbers are percentages, White, then Black
| a. Ruy Lopez: | 4 | 6 |
| b. Italian: | 8 | 4 |
| c. Four Knights: | 2 | 5 |
| d. Vienna: | 2 | 6 |
| e. King's Gambit: | 6 | 13 |
| f. Scotch: | 6 | 6 |
| g. Sicilian: | 7 | 11 |
| h. French: | 13 | 11 |
| i. Caro-Kann: | 21 | 7 |
| j. Scandinvian: | 11 | 2 |
| k. Pirc: | 2 | 5 |
| l. Modern: | 4 | 4 |
| m. Alekhine: | 10 | 7 |
| n. Queen's Gambit: | 14 | 11 |
| o. London System: | 3 | 3 |
| p. King's Indian: | 10 | 3 |
| q. Queen's Indian: | 6 | 8 |
| r. Nizmo-Indian: | 13 | 13 |
| s. Benoni: | 17 | 3 |
| t. Catalan: | 7 | 10 |
| u. Reti: | 8 | 8 |
blueemu wrote:
Queen's gambit is historically the most common way to reach IQP positions. Getting there via some other opening such as the Nimzo might be more common nowadays, though.
So then what would you vote?
rooperi, I added the percentages and Caro-Kann got the highest percentage. I assume you would vote that. You can change or take back your vote. Here are the results. Sorry, I don't know how to edit the first post without making another thread.
a. Ruy Lopez: 0 votes and 0 games
b. Italian: 0 votes and 0 games
c. Four Knights: 0 votes and 0 games
d. Vienna: 0 votes and 0 games
e. King's Gambit: 0 votes and 0 games
f. Scotch: 0 votes and 0 games
g. Sicilian: 0 votes and 0 games
h. French: 0 votes and 0 games
i. Caro-Kann: 1 votes and 0 games
j. Scandinvian: 0 votes and 0 games
k. Pirc: 0 votes and 0 games
l. Modern: 0 votes and 0 games
m. Alekhine: 0 votes and 0 games
n. Queen's Gambit: 0 votes and 0 games
o. London System: 0 votes and 0 games
p. King's Indian: 0 votes and 0 games
q. Queen's Indian: 0 votes and 0 games
r. Nizmo-Indian: 0 votes and 0 games
s. Benoni: 0 votes and 0 games
t. Catalan: 0 votes and 0 games
u. Reti: 0 votes and 0 games
I've thought an intresting study might be what opening are isolated queen pawns most common in? There are many openings that reach isolated queen pawn structures often, but I'm not sure which one reaches the structure most common. You can vote on the opening. You can also post your games with isolated queen pawns. I know some of these openings are very unlikely to reach isolated queen pawn structures, but I think all openings have a possibility.
List of openings:
a. Ruy Lopez: 0 votes and 0 games
b. Italian: 0 votes and 0 games
c. Four Knights: 0 votes and 0 games
d. Vienna: 0 votes and 0 games
e. King's Gambit: 0 votes and 0 games
f. Scotch: 0 votes and 0 games
g. Sicilian: 0 votes and 0 games
h. French: 0 votes and 0 games
i. Caro-Kann: 0 votes and 0 games
j. Scandinvian: 0 votes and 0 games
k. Pirc: 0 votes and 0 games
l. Modern: 0 votes and 0 games
m. Alekhine: 0 votes and 0 games
n. Queen's Gambit: 0 votes and 0 games
o. London System: 0 votes and 0 games
p. King's Indian: 0 votes and 0 games
q. Queen's Indian: 0 votes and 0 games
r. Nizmo-Indian: 0 votes and 0 games
s. Benoni: 0 votes and 0 games
t. Catalan: 0 votes and 0 games
u. Reti: 0 votes and 0 games
v. other openings (There are obviously openings that I haven't posted. You may add to the list. Please do not add variations.)