E60 · Indian · a defense for Black
Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.g3Bg74.Bg2d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation63k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
32%20k53%
21%13k53%
2.7%1.7k43%
2%1.3k50%
1.3%80547%
1%61055%
0.7%42250%
0.5%32048%
0.4%22846%
Famous games in this line2.5k master games
Leko, Peter (2762) – Topalov, Veselin (2813)Kramnik, Vladimir (2810) – Grischuk, Alexander (2764)Nakamura, Hikaru (2774) – Topalov, Veselin (2775)Leko, Peter (2762) – Carlsen, Magnus (2772)Carlsen, M. (2837) – Artemiev, V. (2691)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2739) – Anand, Viswanathan (2788)Tkachiev, Vladislav (2672) – Kasparov, Garry (2849)Wang, Hao (2752) – Topalov, Veselin (2767)Heroes of this opening Topalov, Veselin · Nakamura, Hikaru · Carlsen, M.
- Family
- Grünfeld Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E60
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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Ernst Grünfeld introduced ...d5 against the fianchetto structures in 1922 and promptly beat future world champion Alekhine with it. Thirteen-year-old Bobby Fischer's 'Game of the Century' against Donald Byrne — the queen sacrifice every chess kid learns — was a Grünfeld. Give White the center, then chop it down.
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