Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Qc2
The Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO E60, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Qc2. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 18 times by this move order. White won 17%, 0% were drawn and Black won 83%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bg7 (94% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 3… Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3)
- ECO
- E60
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Qc2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 8 | |
| 2000+ | 4 | |
| All | 18 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bg7 | 17 (94%) | |
| 3… d6 | 1 (6%) |
Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 57%, draw 0%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- IM Licael Roderick Ticona Rocabado (2322) – IM Diego Rafael Di Berardino (2466) 1-0 · 11th Floripa Open 2025 · 2025-01-22
- GM Marius Manolache (2481) – FM Dmitrii Marcziter (2227) 1-0 · Titled Tue 5th Apr Early · 2022-04-05
- FM Josef Lys (2108) – IM Gabor Nagy (2471) 0-1 · Ceske Budejovice Open · 2019-07-02
- IM L M S T De Silva (2394) – FM Evgeniy Burmakin (2166) 1-0 · Titled Tue 7th Nov Early · 2023-11-07
- GM Marius Manolache (2408) – Ramon Jr. Manon-og (1936) 1-0 · Titled Tue 18th Mar Late · 2025-03-18
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Hadi369 (2191) – KULY08 (2228) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Faruku (2218) – Rukovoditel-1 (2157) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- MaksKartashov8 (2205) – Mostef-96 (2122) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Indian Defense: West Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
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.