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Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.Nf3Bg75.Qa4+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Variation3.8k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
45%1.7k45%
44%1.7k46%
5.6%21142%
2.6%9943%
2.4%9234%
0.1%40%
0%10%
0%10%
Famous games in this line380 master games
Nakamura, Hi (2789) – Caruana, F. (2782)2014½–½Jakovenko, Dmitrij (2742) – Topalov, Veselin (2813)20090–1Wang, Hao (2737) – Aronian, Levon (2815)20120–1Mamedyarov, S. (2746) – Caruana, F. (2804)2016½–½Svidler, P. (2751) – Gelfand, B. (2753)20141–0Wang, Hao (2737) – Grischuk, Alexander (2764)20120–1Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2761) – Giri, Anish (2734)20131–0Bacrot, Etienne (2725) – Morozevich, Alexander (2760)2013½–½
Heroes of this opening Topalov, Veselin · Aronian, Levon · Svidler, P. · Grischuk, Alexander
Family
Grünfeld Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D90
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+
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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