A46: Queen's pawn, Yusupov-Rubinstein system

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3

Queen's pawn, Yusupov-Rubinstein system

A46 Sub-variants:

Queen's pawn game
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3

Queen's pawn, Torre attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5

Queen's pawn, Torre attack, Wagner gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e4

Queen's pawn, Yusupov-Rubinstein system
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3

Doery defence
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 Ne4

Overview

Games on Database:

10128

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

33.9%

34.2%

31.9%

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Played frequently by:

White
Georg Danner	96 games
Artur Jussupow	73 games
Dragan Kosic	57 games

Black
Normunds Miezis	18 games
Gyula Sax	18 games
Xue Zhao	17 games

Possible continuations:

3... b6

5291

32.5 %

35.5 %

32 %

3... c5

2996

32.4 %

33.5 %

34 %

3... d5

1509

40.3 %

32.9 %

26.8 %

3... Be7

158

41.8 %

27.8 %

30.4 %

3... g6

61

36.1 %

21.3 %

42.6 %

3... Nc6

37

56.8 %

18.9 %

24.3 %

3... d6

36

30.6 %

22.2 %

47.2 %

3... Bb4+

19

36.8 %

26.3 %

36.8 %

3... a6

13

38.5 %

38.5 %

23.1 %

3... c6

4

50 %

25 %

25 %