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Opening· 5 plies

Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D03), reached after 5 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5.

Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack ECO D03
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About this opening

Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D03. ECO group D (D00–D99) covers closed games and semi-closed games beginning 1.d4 d5, covering the Queen's Gambit, Slav, Grünfeld and related queen-pawn structures. This particular variation is reached after 5 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5.

It belongs to the Queen's Pawn Game family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Torre Attack line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.Nf3 Nf6, 3.Bg5. From this position 3 named continuations are recorded in the encyclopaedia, each leading to a distinct theoretical line.

Use the interactive board above to walk through the moves position-by-position. Click any move in the navigation to step backwards, or use the keyboard arrow keys. The list of recorded continuations sits directly below the board. For statistical data — how often master-level players have reached this position, White's win-rate, draw frequency, Black's score — see the panel in the right column.

Caissly's coverage of D03 extends through every named sub-variation in this line and across all four locales (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian). Where editorial commentary exists for a specific variation it appears as the page body; otherwise the page presents the structural data, board, and statistics as shown here.