Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Grünfeld Formation
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7
The Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Grünfeld Formation is a chess opening classified as ECO D04, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7. 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 384 times by this move order. White won 47%, 5% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 5. O-O (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 41; best line 5. O-O c5 6. dxc5 O-O 7. c4 dxc4)
- ECO
- D04
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 111 | |
| 1500-1999 | 225 | |
| 2000+ | 48 | |
| All | 384 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. O-O | 138 (36%) | |
| 5. Nbd2 | 121 (32%) | |
| 5. b3 | 44 (11%) | |
| 5. c3 | 35 (9%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 11 (3%) | |
| 5. c4 | 6 (2%) | |
| 5. Bd2 | 6 (2%) | |
| 5. h3 | 6 (2%) |
Master games
111 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 30%, draw 27%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- IM Saveliy Golubov (2516) – GM Romain Edouard (2622) 1/2-1/2 · Najdorf Mem Open A 2017 · 2017-07-12
- FM Sebastian Mihajlov (2387) – IM Aryan Tari (2553) 1/2-1/2 · Reykjavik Open 2016 · 2016-03-09
- FM Tamas Vanczak (2408) – GM Gergely Kantor (2527) 1/2-1/2 · 16th Arad Open 2023 · 2023-08-13
- IM Peter T Roberson (2440) – IM Meri Arabidze (2440) 1-0 · Titled Tue 13th May Late · 2025-05-13
- WGM Zeinab Mamedjarova (2345) – GM Mariya Muzychuk (2521) 0-1 · TCh-TUR Super League 2018 · 2018-08-03
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM AsanovTimur (2536) – GreatAttacker (2469) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- SluchaynazPOBEDA (2573) – Who_is_who_Berserk (2191) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- sansherbina (2374) – dinrom (2360) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System (2… Nf6 3. e3) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3
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.