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- Caissa Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Indian Defense A45
- Knights Variation A46
- East Indian Defense A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack A48
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Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack
Overview
Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A48.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 8 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
2 named variations grow from this line, including Grünfeld Variation, Tarzan Attack.
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- ECO code
- A48
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
396,536 games · White 46.8% / Draw 5.5% / Black 47.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| e3 | 182,648 | |
| Qd2 | 125,645 | |
| Nb5 | 37,182 | |
| h3 | 17,358 | |
| Ne5 | 8,669 | |
| h4 | 8,105 | |
| e4 | 3,843 | |
| Be5 | 3,043 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:45:14
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