Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (5… Nbd7 6. e3)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. c3 Nbd7 6. e3
The Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D03, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. c3 Nbd7 6. e3. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.19 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 6… c5 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Be5)
- ECO
- D03
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. c3 Nbd7 6. e3
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Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 50%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- IM Ricardo De Guzman (2386) – IM Chen Wang (2473) 1/2-1/2 · 24th North American Open · 2014-12-28
- IM Andrejs Strebkovs (2318) – Petr Benes (2114) 1-0 · Plzen Open 2012 · 2012-11-19
- FM Martin Zvarik (2160) – Ondrej Ondracek (2105) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod · 2025-04-06
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (2… Nf6 3. Bg5) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. 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.