D89 · Indian · a defense for Black
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Sokolsky Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.cxd5Nxd55.e4Nxc36.bxc3Bg77.Bc4c58.Ne2O-O9.O-ONc610.Be3Bg411.f3Na512.Bd3cxd413.cxd4Be614.d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Sokolsky Variation11k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
92%10k53%
6.8%74542%
0.3%3822%
0.1%1533%
0.1%110%
0.1%642%
0%40%
0%367%
0%10%
0%1100%
Famous games in this line305 master games
Topalov, Veselin (2780) – Shirov, Alexei (2755)Topalov, Veselin (2783) – Shirov, Alexei (2715)Aronian, Levon (2759) – Shirov, Alexei (2699)Jakovenko, Dmitrij (2736) – Areshchenko, Alexander (2664)Van Wely, Loek (2655) – Sutovsky, Emil (2674)Papenin, Nikolai (2649) – Voss, Maximilian (2665)Salem, AR. (2690) – Paravyan, D. (2617)Korobov, A. (2687) – Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (2603)Heroes of this opening Topalov, Veselin · Van Wely, Loek · Paravyan, D.
- Family
- Grünfeld Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D89
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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