Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2
The Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A48, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 48 times by this move order. White won 42%, 6% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 6… c5 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 6… c5 7. O-O b6 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Nc7)
- ECO
- A48
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 13 | |
| 2000+ | 35 | |
| All | 48 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… c5 | 27 (56%) | |
| 6… c6 | 7 (15%) | |
| 6… Bg4 | 4 (8%) | |
| 6… Bf5 | 2 (4%) | |
| 6… Nc6 | 2 (4%) | |
| 6… a6 | 2 (4%) | |
| 6… Nbd7 | 1 (2%) | |
| 6… e6 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
606 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 31%, draw 27%, Black 42%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2820) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2760) 1/2-1/2 · GCT Rapid Paris 2021 · 2021-06-18
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2806) – GM Peter Svidler (2714) 1/2-1/2 · Saint Louis Rapid 2021 · 2021-08-11
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2840) – GM A.R. Saleh Salem (2656) 1-0 · World Blitz 2016 · 2016-12-29
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2648) – GM Javokhir Sindarov (2721) 0-1 · Comet Open Titled Winners · 2025-10-18
- GM Matthias Bluebaum (2670) – GM Alexander Donchenko (2634) 0-1 · German Masters 2023 · 2023-12-15
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (4. Bf4 Bg7) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7
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, Tarzan Attack 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.