Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (4… c5 5. Nbd2)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2
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. e3 c5 5. Nbd2. 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 5 times by this move order. White won 40%, 0% were drawn and Black won 60%. The most popular continuation is 5… Nc6 (40% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.03 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 5… Nbd7 6. a4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. c3)
- ECO
- D03
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 5 | |
| All | 5 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Nc6 | 2 (40%) | |
| 5… c4 | 1 (20%) | |
| 5… cxd4 | 1 (20%) | |
| 5… Be7 | 1 (20%) |
Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 60%, draw 0%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Lalith, B. (2495) – GM Jozsef Horvath (2386) 1-0 · 22nd BCC Open 2025 · 2025-04-19
- GM Milen Vasilev (2473) – Elia Mariano (2162) 1-0 · 35th Georgi Tringov Open · 2013-02-05
- Remy Rushbrooke (2158) – FM Rose Atwell (2383) 0-1 · 1st 3-0 Thu 14th May 2026 · 2026-05-14
- WFM Shubhi Gupta (2049) – WFM Nasrin Babayeva (1936) 1-0 · Titled Tue 7th Jan Early · 2025-01-07
- Natasa Richterova (1244) – Frantisek Rezny (1562) 0-1 · 6th Brno Open 2015 · 2015-11-18
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack and its sub-variations
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (2… Nf6 3. Bg5) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5
Continuations
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (5… Nc6 6. c3) D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3
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.