Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation, Main Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O
The Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation, Main Line is a chess opening classified as ECO A48, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O. 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 128 times by this move order. White won 50%, 10% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 6. Bd3 (47% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.15 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 6. c3 c5 7. Be2 h6 8. Bf4 Nc6)
- ECO
- A48
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/5np1/3p2B1/3P4/4PN2/PPPN1PPP/R2QKB1R w KQ - 1 6- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 16 | |
| 2000+ | 111 | |
| All | 128 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Bd3 | 60 (47%) | |
| 6. Be2 | 41 (32%) | |
| 6. c3 | 10 (8%) | |
| 6. h3 | 9 (7%) | |
| 6. c4 | 7 (5%) | |
| 6. Bxf6 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
1,119 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 23%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2822) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2766) 1/2-1/2 · Saint Louis Blitz 2018 · 2018-08-15
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2808) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2766) 1-0 · GCT Rapid Paris 2018 · 2018-06-22
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2737) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2766) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018 · 2018-09-18
- GM Teimour Radjabov (2713) – GM Anish Giri (2734) 1/2-1/2 · SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 · 2013-12-16
- GM Pentala Harikrishna (2727) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2714) 0-1 · SportAccord Basque 2014 · 2014-12-17
Highest-rated Lichess games
- CoachsinneD (2564) – JAGMM (2625) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- berserkmepls (2569) – sotirakis (2581) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Miura2025 (2541) – CM Wild_of_luck (2580) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 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.