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Opening· 6 plies

Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D03), reached after 6 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6.

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

Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation 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 6 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6.

It belongs to the Queen's Pawn Game family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Torre Attack → Grünfeld Variation line). The immediate parent line is Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, transitioned via 3…g6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.Nf3 Nf6, 3.Bg5 g6. From this position exactly one named continuation is recorded in the encyclopaedia.