Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5
The Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 25,654 times by this move order. White won 52%, 4% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 2… Nf6 (19% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.18 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 2… c5 3. e3 f6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Bg5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 8,541 | |
| 1500-1999 | 14,062 | |
| 2000+ | 3,051 | |
| All | 25,654 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… Nf6 | 4,873 (19%) | |
| 2… h6 | 4,782 (19%) | |
| 2… Nc6 | 4,275 (17%) | |
| 2… f6 | 4,088 (16%) | |
| 2… Bf5 | 2,538 (10%) | |
| 2… c6 | 1,524 (6%) | |
| 2… c5 | 1,241 (5%) | |
| 2… e6 | 650 (3%) |
Master games
4,304 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 18%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- GM Vladislav Artemiev (2708) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2862) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com Speed 2020 · 2020-12-03
- GM Vladislav Artemiev (2731) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2822) 1/2-1/2 · Superbet Blitz 2019 · 2019-11-09
- GM Alexander Morozevich (2770) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2778) 0-1 · Biel Exhibition Blitz · 2012-07-22
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2793) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2754) 0-1 · SuperUnited Blitz 2022 · 2022-07-23
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2785) – GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) 1-0 · Titled Tue 22nd Nov Late · 2022-11-22
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM Chewbacca18 (2793) – Lmkt (2674) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
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- simple_hunter (2656) – Cerrh34 (2694) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5) 1. d4 d5
Continuations
- Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack, Welling Variation D00 · 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Bg4
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.