Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (5. c3 Nbd7)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7
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. c3 Nbd7. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 6 times by this move order. White won 33%, 0% were drawn and Black won 67%. The most popular continuation is 6. Bd3 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.05 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O)
- ECO
- D03
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 5 | |
| All | 6 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Bd3 | 4 (67%) | |
| 6. Bb5 | 1 (17%) | |
| 6. Nbd2 Torre Attack (5… Nbd7 6. Nbd2) | 1 (17%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ralll71 (1993) – dociv (1965) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- Nikolayzoro (1838) – Riley_de_Kelson (1890) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 1800 + 0s
- stantonious (1767) – mjs8 (1906) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
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… Nbd7 6. Nbd2) D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2
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.