Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6

ECO D02

The Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation is a chess opening line in the Queen's Pawn Game complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6.

It is catalogued under code D02 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nf6 is chosen by Black on move 2.

One named continuation branches from this position: the Pseudo-Catalan.

Named variations

• Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan — ECO D02

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