Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Gossip Variation
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4
The Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Gossip Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D03, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4. 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 884 times by this move order. White won 47%, 5% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 4. Bh4 (44% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.08 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Nc3 Qa5)
- ECO
- D03
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 115 | |
| 1500-1999 | 326 | |
| 2000+ | 443 | |
| All | 884 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Bh4 | 389 (44%) | |
| 4. Bf4 | 286 (32%) | |
| 4. e3 | 54 (6%) | |
| 4. h4 | 53 (6%) | |
| 4. Nbd2 | 32 (4%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 21 (2%) | |
| 4. Be3 | 19 (2%) | |
| 4. Bc1 | 8 (1%) |
Master games
1,019 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 19%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2775) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) 0-1 · 11th Norway Blitz 2023 · 2023-05-29
- GM Vladimir Kramnik (2812) – GM Anish Giri (2782) 1-0 · GCT Blitz YourNextMove · 2016-06-20
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2801) – GM Anish Giri (2782) 0-1 · chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018 · 2018-09-07
- GM Levon Aronian (2782) – GM Liren Ding (2799) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 2021 · 2021-12-06
- GM Daniil Dubov (2716) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 13th Jun Early · 2023-06-13
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Gossip Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM Wildindian (2739) – FM leonkiller77 (2565) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- IM Angelicanmade (2547) – TancrediScofield (2671) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- teabag91 (2478) – legko2019 (2640) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
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.