Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...c6

Irregular Queen's Pawn Opening
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/2p5/8/3P4/8/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKBNR w
Moves: 1.d4 c6
ECO code: A40
Parent: Queens Pawn Opening

Queen's Pawn 1...c6

1....c6 this move is playable but has no destination as an opening as it transposes into something else. Often played to see if White will play 2. e4 and transpose into a Caro-Kann.

Likely possible responses

• 2. c4 or 2. Nf3 Most likely to transpose into a Slav Defence or Semi Slav Defence
• 2. e4 This move order arrives at a Caro Kann Defence

Theory table

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

1. d4 c6

	2	3	4	5	6	7
Slav Defence	c4 d5	Nf3 Nf6	Nc3 dxc4	a4 Bf5	e3 e6	Bxc4 Bb4	=
Caro-Kann Defence	e4 d5	Nc3 dxe4	Nxe4 Bf5	Ng3 Bg6	Nf3 Nd7	h4 h6	=

References

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.