Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (4. Bf4 Bg7)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7
The Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A48, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 276 times by this move order. White won 48%, 7% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 5. e3 (47% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O b6)
- ECO
- A48
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 18 | |
| 1500-1999 | 76 | |
| 2000+ | 182 | |
| All | 276 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. e3 | 130 (47%) | |
| 5. Nb5 | 73 (26%) | |
| 5. Qd2 Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack | 52 (19%) | |
| 5. h3 | 12 (4%) | |
| 5. Qc1 | 3 (1%) | |
| 5. h4 | 2 (1%) | |
| 5. Be5 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5. e4 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
1,082 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 22%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2859) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2736) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com SpeedChess 2022 · 2022-12-16
- GM Levon Aronian (2797) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2793) 1-0 · Gibraltar Masters TB 2018 · 2018-02-01
- GM Levon Aronian (2781) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2784) 1/2-1/2 · Airthings Masters KO 2020 · 2020-12-31
- GM Levon Aronian (2781) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2784) 0-1 · chess.com Speed 2020 · 2020-12-02
- GM Levon Aronian (2781) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2784) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com Speed 2020 · 2020-12-02
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Logan-007 (2655) – MeeTion01 (2852) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- Vahe_S (2737) – hyo_lee (2664) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Gertrude_Weichsel (2541) – Koblizek (2706) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (3… d5 4. Bf4) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4
Continuations
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack A48 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation A48 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2
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: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation, Main Line A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Dutch System A80
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.