Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (2… Nf6 3. Bg5)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5
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. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. Black is to move. 7 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 6,787 times by this move order. White won 49%, 5% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 3… e6 (31% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.12 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 3… Ne4 4. Be3 e6 5. c3 Be7 6. g3)
- ECO
- D03
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1,661 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3,707 | |
| 2000+ | 1,419 | |
| All | 6,787 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… e6 | 2,077 (31%) | |
| 3… Ne4 Torre Attack, Gossip Variation | 884 (13%) | |
| 3… Bf5 | 810 (12%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 792 (12%) | |
| 3… h6 | 534 (8%) | |
| 3… Bg4 | 518 (8%) | |
| 3… Nbd7 | 351 (5%) | |
| 3… c5 | 245 (4%) |
Master games
1,291 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 22%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- GM Vladimir Kramnik (2801) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) 0-1 · 5th Zurich Opening Blitz · 2016-02-12
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2740) – GM Vladimir Kramnik (2753) 1-0 · Titled Tue 12th Nov Late · 2024-11-12
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2753) – GM Pentala Harikrishna (2719) 1-0 · Pepe Cuenca Invitational · 2020-04-13
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2766) – GM Volodar Murzin (2666) 1-0 · Titled Tue 24th Jun Early · 2025-06-24
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2728) – GM Kirill Alekseenko (2696) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tuesday 23rd June · 2020-06-23
Search all games of the Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM Wildindian (2739) – FM leonkiller77 (2565) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6
Continuations
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Gossip Variation D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation (3. Bg5 g6) D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (4… c5 5. Nbd2) D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (4… Nbd7 5. Bd3) D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (5. c3 Nbd7) D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (5. c3 Nc6) D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack (5… Nbd7 6. e3) D03 · 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. c3 Nbd7 6. e3
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.