Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack
1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3
The Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3. 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 8,617 times by this move order. White won 52%, 4% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 3… e6 (28% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.15 (Stockfish, depth 45; best line 3… c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Be2)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2,720 | |
| 1500-1999 | 5,077 | |
| 2000+ | 820 | |
| All | 8,617 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… e6 | 2,371 (28%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 2,134 (25%) | |
| 3… Bg4 | 1,531 (18%) | |
| 3… c5 | 791 (9%) | |
| 3… g6 | 715 (8%) | |
| 3… c6 | 319 (4%) | |
| 3… a6 | 173 (2%) | |
| 3… b6 | 111 (1%) |
Master games
978 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 15%, Black 44%). The strongest:
- Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39d (3639) – LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2-3 (3598) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 24 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-04-23
- LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2-3 (3598) – Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39d (3639) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 24 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-04-22
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2775) – GM Conrad Holt (2540) 1-0 · Titled Tue 9th May Late · 2023-05-09
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2816) – GM Emin Ohanyan (2488) 1-0 · Comet Open Titled Winners · 2025-10-18
- IM Mansur Gilmanov (2356) – GM Vladislav Artemiev (2701) 0-1 · Titled Tue 8th Nov Early · 2022-11-08
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack and its sub-variations
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game (2. e3 Nf6) 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6
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.