Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6
The Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A46, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2 times by this move order. White won 50%, 0% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 6. Qb3 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.03 (Stockfish, depth 35; best line 6. Qb3 Ne4 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Nxd6)
- ECO
- A46
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Qb3 | 1 (50%) | |
| 6. Qc1 | 1 (50%) |
Master games
8 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 25%, draw 50%, Black 25%). The strongest:
- GM Krzysztof Jakubowski (2481) – GM Vladislav Kovalev (2648) 0-1 · Euro Online +2300 Day 1 · 2020-05-29
- GM Lalith, B. (2495) – FM Bakhrom Bakhrillaev (2386) 1/2-1/2 · 18th Agzamov Mem 2025 · 2025-03-25
- IM Petr Pisk (2410) – Robert Wiedner (2140) 1-0 · TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2013-14 · 2014-01-26
- FM Jan Vokoun (2129) – IM Michenka, J. (2323) 1/2-1/2 · 21st Olomouc IM1 2018 · 2018-08-12
- FM Jose Eduardo Bastos O. Maia (2070) – FM Luiz Ney Menna Barreto (2283) 0-1 · 6th Floripa Open 2020 · 2020-01-22
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- pophop (2079) – TAELNA (2057) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 3s
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Comes from
Torre Attack: Classical Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 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: 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
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation 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.