Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Euwe Variation, Modern Line
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6
The Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Euwe Variation, Modern Line is a chess opening classified as ECO D02, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6. 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 9 times by this move order. White won 44%, 12% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 5. b3 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 5. Nbd2 Qxb2 6. e4 Nf6 7. exd5 Nxd5)
- ECO
- D02
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| 2000+ | 4 | |
| All | 9 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. b3 | 5 (56%) | |
| 5. Qc1 | 4 (44%) |
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 54%, draw 23%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- FM Wladimir Skulener (2370) – GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2670) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 13th Oct · 2020-10-13
- IM Bjorn Thorfinnsson (2353) – GM Etienne Bacrot (2683) 1-0 · Titled Tue 5th Dec Early · 2023-12-05
- WGM Deysi Cori T. (2414) – GM Vladimir Burmakin (2592) 1-0 · 22nd Montcada Open 2014 · 2014-06-25
- FM Fabian Englert (2304) – GM Zoltan Varga (2459) 1/2-1/2 · FSGM August 2014 · 2014-08-07
- FM Vladislav Voitovich (2256) – FM Konstantin Begunov (2325) 1-0 · Titled Tue 17th Mar 2026 · 2026-03-17
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Edik_4 (2416) – zblabunda (2523) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- Humility56 (2218) – KasparovIsMyPupil (2179) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- viktorslepco (2042) – Sam_Florida2020 (2157) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation (1… d5 2. Nf3) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3
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.