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Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit1.1k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
62%66649%
13%14259%
8.7%9351%
8%8645%
4.2%4557%
3%3248%
0.4%475%
0.2%20%
0.2%2100%
0.1%10%
Famous games in this line11 master games
Drazic, S. (2394) – Sedlak, N. (2604)Gervasio, Ricardo (2369) – Djuric, Stefan (2517)Bersamina, Paulo (2361) – Laylo, D. (2484)Obsivac, Josef (2350) – Pribyl, Josef (2430)Wehmeier, Stefan (2410) – Sygulski, Artur (2360)Deglmann, Ludwig (2270) – Jansa, Vlastimil (2440)Pantaleev, Dimitar (2310) – Radev, Nikolai (2380)Murey, Jacob (2445) – Napolov, V. (2200)Heroes of this opening Sedlak, N. · Djuric, Stefan · Pribyl, Josef · Sygulski, Artur
- Family
- Grünfeld Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D80
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g4
GambitFianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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