The Torre Attack is a chess opening characterized by the moves:
23-852: Or the Tartakower Variation in the Queen's Pawn Game ( ECO code D03): or the Torre Attack in the East Indian Defence ( ECO code A48): or the Torre Attack in the Indian Defence ( ECO code A47): A common position for White's opening attack on Black's kingside will be with the light-squared bishop at d3 and the dark-squared bishop at g5, and the knights at d2 and f3: White pursues quick and harmonious development, will bolster his d4-pawn by c2–c3, then often enforces e2–e4 to obtain attacking chances on
46-671: A Queen's Pawn Game, 2.c4 and 2.Nf3 usually transpose to a familiar opening such as the Slav Defence , London System , or Dutch Defence . 1...b6 is the English Defence . Common White moves are 2.e4 (which transposes to the Owen Defense ), 2.Nf3, and 2.c4. 1...b5 is the Polish Defence : this is risky and should be played with care. It is better to delay ...b5 until the 2nd move. 1...a6 can quickly transpose to
69-551: A move like 2.Bg5 ( Hodgson Attack ) is considered relatively harmless compared to 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 since there is no knight on f6 for the bishop to harass. White's more common move is 2.c4, the Queen's Gambit , when Black usually chooses between 2...e6 ( Queen's Gambit Declined ), 2...c6 ( Slav Defence ) or 2...dxc4 ( Queen's Gambit Accepted ). White can also play 2.Nf3 which again is not specific as to opening. Then Black may play ...Nf6 (same as above) or ...e6. A Queen's Gambit may arise anyway if White plays c4 soon afterward, but lines like
92-426: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Queen%27s Pawn Game The Queen's Pawn Game is any chess opening starting with the move: It is the second-most popular opening move after 1.e4 ( King's Pawn Game ). The term "Queen's Pawn Game" is usually used to describe openings beginning with 1.d4 where White does not play the Queen's Gambit . The most common Queen's Pawn Game openings are: In
115-679: Is a move that is likely to be made anyway, the move is a flexible response to White's first move. White usually plays 2.c4. Then Black usually plays 2...e6 (typically leading to the Nimzo-Indian , Queen's Indian , or Queen's Gambit Declined ), 2...g6 (leading to the King's Indian or Grünfeld Defence ), or 2...c5 (leading to the Benoni Defence or Benko Gambit ). Rarer tries include 2...e5 ( Budapest Gambit ) and 2...d6 ( Old Indian Defence ). White can also play 2.Nf3, which like Black's move
138-623: Is divided into two major categories based on Black's response: the Queen's Gambit Accepted (QGA) and the Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD). In the QGA, Black plays 2...dxc4, temporarily giving up the center to obtain freer development. In the QGD, Black usually plays to hold d5. Frequently Black will be cramped, but Black aims to exchange pieces and use pawn breaks at c5 and e5 to free Black's game. Technically, any Black response other than 2...dxc4 (or another line with an early ...dxc4 that transposes into
161-608: Is not specific as to opening. A third alternative is the Trompowsky Attack with 2.Bg5. 1...d5 ( Closed Game ) also prevents White from playing 2.e4 unless White wants to venture the dubious Blackmar–Diemer Gambit . 1...d5 is not any worse than 1...Nf6, but committing the pawn to d5 at once makes it somewhat less flexible since Black can no longer play the Indian Defences, although if Black is aiming for Queen's Gambit positions this may be of minor importance. Also,
184-923: Is often also called Torre Attack. After 3...Bg7, White usually plays 4.Nbd2 but can also play 4.c3. After 4.Nbd2, common lines include 4...0-0 5.c3 and 4...d5 5.e3 0-0. Loek Van Wely vs. Peter Leko , 1996 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Qe2 h6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Rfe1 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.g3 Bh8 15.f4 Ng7 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Bxe6 Nxe6 19.f5 g5 20.fxe6 gxh4 21.Qg4 Bg7 22.Qxh4 c4 23.Kg2 fxe6 24.Qg4 Rf6 25.Nf3 Rdf8 26.Nd4 h5 27.Qxh5 Rf2 28.Kh3 Qe5 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Nxe6 R8f6 31.Rd8 Kf7 32.Ng5 Kg7 33.Rd7 Rh6 34.Kg4 Bf6 35.Ne6 Kf7 36.Nf4 Rh8 37.h4 Rg8 38.Kh3 Be5 39.Rd5 Bxf4 40.Rf5 Ke6 41.Rxf4 Rxb2 42.h5 b5 43.Rg4 Rxg4 44.Kxg4 Rxa2 45.h6 Rh2 46.Kg5 Ke5 47.g4 a5 48.Rb1 Kxe4 49.Rxb5 a4 50.Ra5 Kd3 51.Kg6 a3 52.h7 e5 53.Rxe5 Rxh7 54.Kxh7 Kxc3 55.Ra5 Kb2 56.g5 a2 57.g6 a1=Q 58.Rxa1 Kxa1 59.g7 c3 60.g8=Q c2 ½–½ This chess opening -related article
207-452: Is rarely met in modern top-flight play as a "Go-to or Primary" system, and statistics suggest that it is not particularly advantageous for White. Due to its calm nature and relative lack of theory, however, it is popular at club level, giving White chances to seize a middlegame initiative. In recent years it has also been used against Black's kingside fianchetto pawn structure. A variation of East Indian Defence , after 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5,
230-567: Is sometimes called the Modern Defence line. White can play 2.e4 to enter the Modern Defence. More commonly, White plays 2.c4. Black may play 2...Nf6 for the King's Indian Defence (same as 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6). More commonly, Black plays 2...Bg7. Then White's moves include 3.Nc3, 3.e4, and 3.Nf3. 3.Nc3 and 3.e4 often lead to the Modern Defence, Averbakh System, as well as 2...d6. White may also play 2.Nf3. Black may respond 2...Nf6 for
253-417: Is still frequently played. With 2.c4, White threatens to exchange a wing pawn (the c-pawn) for a center pawn (Black's d-pawn) in order to dominate the center with e2–e4. Black cannot hold the pawn, for example: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 b5 ? (Black tries to guard their pawn but should pursue development with 3...Nf6 or 3...e5) 4.a4 c6? 5.axb5 cxb5 ?? 6.Qf3 ! winning a piece. The Queen's Gambit
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#1732791630747276-415: Is the chess opening that starts with the moves: It is one of the oldest openings and is still commonly played today. It is traditionally described as a gambit because White appears to sacrifice the c-pawn; however, this could be considered a misnomer as Black cannot retain the pawn without incurring a disadvantage. The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest known openings in chess. It was mentioned in
299-755: Is unique to the 1...e6 move order is the Keres Defence , 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+. This move also allows 2.e4 entering the Pirc Defence . If White avoids this, 2.Nf3 or 2.c4 may lead to a King's Indian or Old Indian Defence , or Black may play 2...Bg4, sometimes called the Wade Defence (A41, see 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 ). 2.c4 e5 is the Rat Defense, English Rat . 1...f5 is the Dutch Defence . Common White moves are 2.g3, 2.Nf3, and 2.c4. 1...g6
322-525: The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ( ECO ), Closed Games (1.d4 d5) are classified under codes D00–D69. Openings where Black does not play 1...d5 are called Semi-Closed Games and classified as: In the 19th century and early 20th century, 1.e4 was by far the most common opening move by White ( Watson 2006 :87), while the different openings starting with 1.d4 were considered somewhat unusual and therefore classed together as "Queen's Pawn Game". As
345-538: The Colle System and Torre Attack are also possible. The Franco-Indian Defence is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1.d4 e6. This play allows White to play 2.e4, entering the French Defence . If White wants to continue with a Queen's Pawn Game however, 2.c4 and 2.Nf3 usually transpose to a familiar opening such as the Queen's Gambit Declined , Nimzo-Indian or Queen's Indian . A line that
368-714: The Göttingen manuscript of 1490 and was later analyzed by Gioachino Greco in the 17th century. In the 18th century, it was recommended by Philipp Stamma of Aleppo and is sometimes known as the Aleppo Gambit in his honor. During the early period of modern chess, queen pawn openings were not in fashion, and the Queen's Gambit did not become commonplace until the 1873 tournament in Vienna . As Wilhelm Steinitz and Siegbert Tarrasch developed chess theory and increased
391-814: The St. George Defence . 1...e5 ?! is the Englund Gambit : this gives up a pawn for questionable compensation . 1...Na6 is the Australian Defence . 1...g5 ? is the Borg Defense , Borg Gambit: this simply loses a pawn to 2.Bxg5. Bibliography 1.Na3: Durkin 1.a3: Anderssen 1.b3: Nimzowitsch-Larsen 1.Nc3: Dunst 1.c3: Saragossa 1.d3: Mieses 1.e3: Van 't Kruijs 1.Nf3: Zukertort 1.f3: Barnes 1.g3: Benko 1.Nh3: Amar 1.h3: Clemenz Queen%27s Gambit The Queen's Gambit
414-763: The King's Indian, or more commonly, 2...Bg7. Common White responses are 3.e4, 3.c4, and 3.g3. 1...c5 is the Old Benoni Defence : this is a form of the Benoni Defence seldom used. 1...Nc6 is the Queen's Knight Defense (or Mikenas Defense): this can usually transpose to the Chigorin Defense or the Nimzowitsch Defense . This move allows White to play 2.e4, entering the Caro–Kann Defence . If, however, White wants to continue with
437-701: The QGA) is a Queen's Gambit Declined, but the Slav, Albin Countergambit, and Chigorin Defense are generally treated separately. There are so many QGD lines after 2...e6 that many of them are distinctive enough to warrant separate treatment. The Orthodox Defense and the Tarrasch Defense are two important examples. (See Queen's Gambit Declined for more.) After 1.d4 d5 2.c4: If White chooses to fianchetto
460-507: The appreciation of positional play , the Queen's Gambit grew more popular, reaching its zenith in the 1920s and 1930s, and it was played in all but 2 of 34 games in the 1927 World Championship match between José Raúl Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine . After the resumption of international chess activity following World War II , it was less frequently seen as many players moved away from symmetrical openings, tending to use an Indian Defence to combat queen pawn openings; however, it
483-727: The kingside as the Torre bishop pins the f6-knight. If White plays an early c4, the opening will transpose to a number of more common queen pawn openings , such as the Queen's Gambit or one of the various Indian defences . The opening is named after the Mexican grandmaster Carlos Torre Repetto , who beat former World Champion Emanuel Lasker with it. The variation was also employed by Savielly Tartakower , Boris Spassky , and Tigran Petrosian early in his career. Other noted top-level exponents include Alexey Dreev , Pentala Harikrishna , Krishnan Sasikiran and Jan Timman . The Torre Attack
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#1732791630747506-468: The merits of 1.d4 started to be explored, it was the Queen's Gambit which was played most often—more popular than all other 1.d4 openings combined. The term "Queen's Pawn Game" was then narrowed down to any opening with 1.d4 which was not a Queen's Gambit. Eventually, through the efforts of the hypermodernists , the various Indian Defences (such as the King's Indian , Nimzo-Indian , and Queen's Indian ) became more popular, and as these openings were named,
529-401: The term "Queen's Pawn Game" narrowed further. The Black responses given below are ranked in order of popularity according to ChessBase for FIDE-rated games. This move prevents White from establishing a full pawn centre with 2.e4. The opening usually leads to a form of Indian Defence , but can also lead to versions of the Queen's Gambit if Black plays ...d5 at some point. Since 1...Nf6
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