Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2
The Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A48, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2. 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 52 times by this move order. White won 54%, 8% were drawn and Black won 38%. The most popular continuation is 5… O-O (40% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 65; best line 5… O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Ne5)
- ECO
- A48
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 13 | |
| 2000+ | 37 | |
| All | 52 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… O-O | 21 (40%) | |
| 5… Ne4 | 10 (19%) | |
| 5… c5 | 7 (13%) | |
| 5… c6 | 5 (10%) | |
| 5… h5 | 3 (6%) | |
| 5… h6 | 3 (6%) | |
| 5… a6 | 1 (2%) | |
| 5… Na6 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
243 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 37%, draw 23%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Christopher Repka (2524) – GM Levon Aronian (2745) 0-1 · American Cup Blitz 2023 · 2023-03-26
- GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2665) – GM Aryan Tari (2584) 1-0 · 79th Tata Steel GpB · 2017-01-17
- GM Volodar Murzin (2664) – GM Ivan Zemlyanskii (2543) 1-0 · World Blitz 2024 · 2024-12-30
- GM Mark L Hebden (2540) – GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2644) 1/2-1/2 · Kilkenny Masters · 2012-11-24
- GM Mark L Hebden (2509) – GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2650) 1/2-1/2 · 103rd ch-GBR 2016 · 2016-08-04
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM fsalguero (2548) – bearpoet (2520) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
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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, Grünfeld Variation 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.