Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (5. c3 Nc6)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6
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 Nc6. 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 35 times by this move order. White won 51%, 9% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 6. Bd3 (60% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.26 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 c4)
- ECO
- D03
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 20 | |
| 2000+ | 14 | |
| All | 35 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Bd3 Torre Attack (5… Nc6 6. Bd3) | 21 (60%) | |
| 6. Nbd2 | 12 (34%) | |
| 6. dxc5 | 1 (3%) | |
| 6. Ne5 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
21 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 19%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Dmitry Kryakvin (2583) – GM Kirill Alekseenko (2563) 0-1 · TCh-RUS Blitz 2017 · 2017-10-05
- Jyrki Parkkinen (2164) – Jari Jarvenpaa (2276) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-FIN SM 2012-13 · 2013-03-10
- Mauri Lehtosaari (2183) – FM Henri Koskinen (2247) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-FIN 2018-19 · 2018-12-08
- WFM Shubhi Gupta (1953) – GM Alexander Bagrationi (2439) 0-1 · Titled Tue 26th Mar Early · 2024-03-26
- WGM Chunhong Ning (2257) – Berndt, Ma. (2072) 1/2-1/2 · World Senior Teams +50 · 2025-02-20
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM HelloItsDmitri (2571) – SmirnovAleksey (2551) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Ivazina (2373) – longtempochess75 (2254) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
- Logist3 (2209) – gjsign (2213) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
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. Bd3) D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3
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.