Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5

ECO D03

The Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack is a chess opening line in the Queen's Pawn Game complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5.

It is catalogued under code D03 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bg5 is chosen by White on move 3.

3 named continuations branch from this position, including the Breyer Variation and the Gossip Variation.

Named variations

• Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation — ECO A46
• Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Gossip Variation — ECO D03
• Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation — ECO D03

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