Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4
The Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre is a chess opening classified as ECO D02, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3,655 times by this move order. White won 51%, 4% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 3. e3 (23% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.61 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 3. Ne5 Bc8 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6)
- ECO
- D02
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1,635 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,855 | |
| 2000+ | 165 | |
| All | 3,655 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. e3 | 854 (23%) | |
| 3. Ne5 | 637 (17%) | |
| 3. Bf4 | 450 (12%) | |
| 3. c4 | 364 (10%) | |
| 3. Nbd2 | 315 (9%) | |
| 3. Nc3 | 272 (7%) | |
| 3. h3 | 261 (7%) | |
| 3. g3 | 225 (6%) |
Master games
113 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 53%, draw 14%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- Stockfish dev-20260318-d173a06 (3807) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-b5462f11 (3763) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Superfinal 2026 · 2026-04-07
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-b5462f11 (3763) – Stockfish dev-20260318-d173a06 (3807) 1-0 · TCEC 29 Superfinal 2026 · 2026-04-06
- Stockfishdev-20250802-a37b38bd (3731) – KomodoDragon3.3 (3620) 1-0 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-23
- KomodoDragon3.3 (3620) – Stockfishdev-20250802-a37b38bd (3731) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-23
- LCZero0.31-dag-4d98c58-BT5-3700000 (3692) – Ethereal14.40 (3618) 1-0 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-23
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Despaired_One (2508) – GM Atomrod (2582) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- vev35 (2474) – Zemanski73 (2547) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- franekplay (2381) – The_Vengeful_One (2487) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3 d5) 1. Nf3 d5
More Queen's Pawn Game lines (all)
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4) A40
- Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening A40
- Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense A40
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d6) A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo Variation A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Liedmann Gambit A43
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (2. Nc3 d5) A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov, Richter Attack A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (3… d5 4. Bf4) A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (4. Bf4 Bg7) A48
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.