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Grünfeld Defense: Pachman Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.e3Bg75.Qb3dxc46.Bxc4O-O7.Nf3Nbd78.Ng5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Grünfeld Defense: Pachman Variation493 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
77%38137%
16%8137%
2.6%1331%
1%50%
0.6%350%
0.6%333%
0.4%225%
0.4%20%
0.2%10%
0.2%10%
Famous games in this line2 master games
Yakubboev, Nodirbek (2605) – Sindarov, Javokhir (2544)2021½–½Knezevic, Milorad (2460) – Navarovszky, Laszlo (2400)1976½–½
Family
Grünfeld Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D95
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Ng5
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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