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Opening· 10 plies

Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A46), reached after 10 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6.

Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation ECO A46
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About this opening

Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A46. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 10 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6.

It belongs to the Queen's Pawn Game family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Torre Attack → Breyer Variation line). The immediate parent line is Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, transitioned via 5…Qb6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.Nf3 e6, 3.Bg5 d5, 4.e3 c5, 5.c3 Qb6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.

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