Grünfeld Defense
Black allows White a big pawn center and then attacks it. The root is d4, Nf6, c4, g6, Nc3, d5. After White takes or pushes, Black hits d4 with pieces and with c5. The named lines are the ways White builds that center and the ways Black breaks it.
Play the main line
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Grünfeld Defense
Play the next move in the line.
- d4
- Nf6
- c4
- g6
- Nc3
- d5
Move by move
- White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
- Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
- White pawn moves from c2 to c4.
- Black pawn moves from g7 to g6.
- White knight moves from b1 to c3.
- Black pawn moves from d7 to d5.
Variations
Three Knights Variation9 lines · A56 to D95Gibbon Gambit1 lines · D80Lundin Variation1 lines · D80Lutikov Variation2 lines · D80Stockholm Variation1 lines · D80Zaitsev Gambit1 lines · D80Russian Variation12 lines · D81 to D99Brinckmann Attack6 lines · D82 to D84Exchange Variation17 lines · D85 to D89Flohr Variation1 lines · D90Flohr Defense1 lines · D94Makogonov Variation1 lines · D94Opocensky Variation1 lines · D94Smyslov Defense1 lines · D94Botvinnik Variation1 lines · D95Pachman Variation1 lines · D95Counterthrust Variation1 lines · E60
Named gambits and traps
7 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 7.
- Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit (D80)
- Grünfeld Defense: Zaitsev Gambit (D80)
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit (D83)
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation (D83)
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation (D83)
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Reshevsky Gambit (D83)
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted (D84)
Puzzles from this opening
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Find the move.