D85 · Indian · a defense for Black

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.cxd5Nxd55.e4Nxc36.bxc3Bg77.Nf3c58.Rb1O-O9.Be2Nc610.d5Bxc3+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line14k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
99%14k70%
0.5%7539%
0%50%
0%225%
Famous games in this line188 master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2730) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2740)19951–0Nakamura, Hikaru (2704) – Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2716)2008½–½Salem, AR. (2603) – Navara, D. (2729)20150–1Shulman, Yuri (2613) – Kamsky, Gata (2702)2010½–½Avrukh, Boris (2614) – Sutovsky, Emil (2697)20041–0Kamsky, Gata (2640) – Timman, Jan H (2630)1991½–½Gelfand, Boris (2685) – Stohl, Igor (2560)19921–0Postny, E. (2644) – Mikhalevski, V. (2571)20151–0
Heroes of this opening Kramnik, Vladimir · Navara, D. · Avrukh, Boris · Gelfand, Boris
Family
Grünfeld Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D85
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Keres VariationD98 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O …Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Yugoslav VariationD99 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O …Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville VariationD87 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O …
From the archives

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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