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Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.cxd5Nxd55.e4Nxc36.bxc3Bg77.Bc4O-O8.Ne2Qd7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation362 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
80%29047%
16%5853%
1.9%729%
1.1%475%
0.3%10%
0.3%10%
0.3%1100%
Famous games in this line85 master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2751) – Yermolinsky, Alex (2597)19991–0Gustafsson, Jan (2614) – Avrukh, Boris (2652)2005½–½Milov, Vadim (2640) – Yermolinsky, Alex (2625)1998½–½Karpov, Anatoly (2715) – Gavrikov, Viktor (2545)19881–0Seirawan, Yasser (2647) – Yermolinsky, Alex (2596)20001–0Hort, Vlastimil (2620) – Gulko, Boris F (2585)19771–0Polugaevsky, Lev (2620) – Gulko, Boris F (2565)1978½–½Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel (2532) – Roiz, Michael (2647)2009½–½
Heroes of this opening Kramnik, Vladimir · Karpov, Anatoly · Seirawan, Yasser · Hort, Vlastimil
Family
Grünfeld Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D86
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Qd7
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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From the archives

Ernst Grünfeld introduced the counter-strike ...d5 in 1922 and beat the future world champion Alekhine with it in Vienna that November. Thirteen-year-old Bobby Fischer's 'Game of the Century' against Donald Byrne — the queen sacrifice every chess kid learns — transposed into the same opening. Give White the centre, then chop it down.

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