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Volume D · Closed and semi-closed games‹ D91D93 ›
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Reference position · Black to move

D92 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack

D92 holds a single named line. It leaves D90 (Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation) with 5.Bf4. That final move, by the bishop, opens a line for the rook on a1 and the queen on d1. Of all other reference positions, the board of D91 (Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System) comes closest, two squares apart.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2c4g6
3Nc3d5
4Nf3Bg7
5Bf4

The road to D92

  1. 1.d4 … 3...d5six earlier stops: A40, A45, A50, D80, E60, E61
  2. 4.Nf3D90 Three Knights Variation
  3. 4...Bg7D90 Three Knights Variation
  4. 5.Bf4D92

The position after 5.Bf4

White has brought out the knight on c3, knight on f3 and bishop on f4; Black the knight on f6 and bishop on g7. Black could capture with dxc4. Undefended and attacked: the pawn on c4. Black is to move and has 34 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed32Moves spent on pawns22Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e511Squares attacked in the other half84not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from D92

The reference lines of one other code leave D92 from the position after 5.Bf4, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
D935...O-O 6.e3Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
D82Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attackfour squares: g1, f3, g7, f8
D94Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variationfour squares: c1, e2, e3, f4
D96Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variationfour squares: c1, d1, b3, f4
D80Grünfeld Defensesix squares: c1, g1, f3, f4, g7, f8
E62King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchettosix squares: c1, g2, g3, f4, d5, d6
E90King’s Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare Defensessix squares: c1, e2, e4, f4, d5, d6
D15Slav Defense: Three Knights Variationseven squares: c1, f4, c6, g6, c7, g7, f8

Where lines continue from here

One named line filed under other codes passes through the position after 5.Bf4. It belongs to the code listed above.

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