Indian · a defense for Black
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3d54.Qb3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation34k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
71%24k50%
18%6.2k44%
5.9%2.0k44%
2.9%99743%
1.1%39345%
0.7%22845%
0.6%21238%
0.1%3338%
0.1%2444%
0%650%
Famous games in this line539 master games
Nakamura, Hi (2814) – Caruana, F. (2808)Carlsen, Magnus (2776) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2779)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2787) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2752)Erigaisi, Arjun (2799) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2737)Topalov, Veselin (2796) – Kamsky, Gata (2725)Svidler, P. (2751) – Gelfand, B. (2753)Carlsen, Magnus (2776) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2717)Kramnik, Vladimir (2772) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2719)Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar · Gelfand, B. · Carlsen, Magnus
- Family
- Grünfeld Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D81
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3
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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