D96 · Indian · a defense for Black

Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.Nf3Bg75.Qb3
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Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation112k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%80k47%
19%21k43%
4.9%5.5k41%
2.3%2.6k39%
0.9%1.0k47%
0.4%42333%
0.2%24129%
0.2%20432%
0.1%9726%
0.1%9227%
Famous games in this line5.3k master games
Carlsen, M. (2882)Vachier Lagrave, M. (2778)20191–0Anand, V. (2792)Carlsen, M. (2863)2014½–½Carlsen, Magnus (2863)Aronian, Levon (2773)20201–0Carlsen, M. (2881)Giri, A. (2752)20141–0Giri, A. (2797)Grischuk, A. (2810)2015½–½Aronian, L. (2802)Vachier Lagrave, M. (2804)2017½–½Giri, A. (2783)Mamedyarov, S. (2817)2019½–½Anand, Viswanathan (2781)Kasparov, Garry (2812)1999½–½
Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D96
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3
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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