Library/Openings/Queen's Pawn Game/Barry Attack/Tarzan Attack ECO A48
Opening· 9 plies

Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A48), reached after 9 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2.

Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack ECO A48
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About this opening

Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Tarzan Attack is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A48. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 9 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2.

It belongs to the Queen's Pawn Game family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Barry Attack → Tarzan Attack line). The immediate parent line is Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, transitioned via 5.Qd2.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.Nf3 g6, 3.Nc3 d5, 4.Bf4 Bg7, 5.Qd2. 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.