Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation (3… g6 4. e3)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. e3
The Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D03, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. e3. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 102 times by this move order. White won 54%, 4% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bg7 (94% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.09 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 4… Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. h3)
- ECO
- D03
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. e3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 18 | |
| 1500-1999 | 65 | |
| 2000+ | 19 | |
| All | 102 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bg7 | 96 (94%) | |
| 4… Nbd7 | 3 (3%) | |
| 4… a6 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4… Bg4 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4… Bd7 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 20%, draw 10%, Black 70%). The strongest:
- FM Isaac Antonio Garcia Guerrero (2300) – GM Bukavshin, I. (2604) 0-1 · World University Men 2014 · 2014-08-18
- GM R.R. Laxman (2418) – IM Krishnan P. Saravana (2318) 0-1 · MPL ch-IND Blitz 2022 · 2022-04-30
- IM Kamil Stachowiak (2439) – Rafal Faron (2167) 1-0 · ch-POL Blitz 2019 · 2019-04-12
- CM Mateo Rodriguez Polo (2205) – IM Bence Pribelszky (2391) 0-1 · Titled Tue 21st Jan Early · 2025-01-21
- Fernando Diaz (2061) – FM Alexander Herbrig (2295) 0-1 · Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late · 2024-10-22
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation and its sub-variations
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation (3. Bg5 g6) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6
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.