E60
Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Qc2
In the Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack is a chess opening classified under ECO code E60. It is reached after the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Qc2: 5 moves in, with Black to play.
Learn its typical plans and pawn structures rather than memorizing moves — that’s what holds up over the board.
Club players rarely lose the Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.
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