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Grünfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.Nf3Bg75.e3O-O6.b4

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Grünfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation9.2k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

2.4k50%

1.9k50%

1.1k50%

1.1k48%

1.1k51%

35546%

18756%

18453%

17752%

17145%

Famous games in this line409 master games

Kamsky, Gata (2763) – Gelfand, Boris (2773)2013½–½ Moiseenko, Alexander (2699) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2717)2013½–½ Karjakin, Sergey (2732) – Van Wely, Loek (2677)2008½–½ Ivanchuk, Vassily (2678) – Svidler, Peter (2723)20201–0 Bacrot, Etienne (2729) – Sasikiran, Krishnan (2652)20051–0 Akobian, Varuzhan (2624) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2739)20090–1 Moiseenko, A1. (2707) – Volokitin, And (2638)20140–1 Tomashevsky, Evgeny (2654) – Bu, Xiangzhi (2685)2007½–½

Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, Vassily · Bacrot, Etienne · Ponomariov, Ruslan · Volokitin, And

Family: Grünfeld Defense
Category: Indian
First move: 1.d4
ECO: D94
Line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4

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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