Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Welling Variation
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Bg4
The Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Welling Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Bg4. 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 288 times by this move order. White won 50%, 6% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 3. h3 (27% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.20 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 3. Nc3 f6 4. f3 Bh5 5. Bh4 e6)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Bg4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 137 | |
| 1500-1999 | 131 | |
| 2000+ | 20 | |
| All | 288 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. h3 | 77 (27%) | |
| 3. f3 | 51 (18%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 42 (15%) | |
| 3. Nc3 | 30 (10%) | |
| 3. c3 | 21 (7%) | |
| 3. Nd2 | 18 (6%) | |
| 3. c4 | 12 (4%) | |
| 3. Qd3 | 11 (4%) |
Master games
9 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 56%, draw 0%, Black 44%). The strongest:
- GM Alexandr Fier (2557) – FM Leonardo Vincenti (2241) 1-0 · 1st 3-0 Thu 30th Jul 2026 · 2026-07-30
- IM Bjorn Thorfinnsson (2411) – FM Karl McPhillips (2220) 0-1 · 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 · 2020-01-12
- FM Boyd McCamon (2260) – FM Wojciech Przybylski (2308) 0-1 · Titled Tue 4th Jun Late · 2024-06-04
- WFM Daria Yurasova (2064) – FM Henning Holinka (2291) 1-0 · Titled Tue 4th Feb Late · 2025-02-04
- CM Miroslav Simonovic (2115) – Bryan Weisz (1924) 0-1 · Titled Tue 10th Jan Late · 2023-01-10
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5
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.