ecocodes
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
After 3...d5 · White to move

Grünfeld Defense

The list files 59 lines under the name Grünfeld Defense, spread over 22 codes (A56, D80–D99, E60). D80 alone holds 7 of them. From the starting position of Grünfeld Defense, the most-travelled continuation is 4.Nf3, with 23 lines. The deepest, Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Sokolsky Variation, runs to 14.d5. At the end of five lines one side is ahead on material; seven names contain the word Gambit.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2c4g6
3Nc3d5

Where the lines split

Fifty-two of the 59 lines continue from 3...d5; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply. The other six reach the opening by a different move order.

  1. 4.Nf323
    1. 4...Bg722
  2. 4.cxd515
    1. 4...Nxd515
  3. 4.Bf46
    1. 4...Bg75
  4. 4.Bg52
    1. 4...Ne41
  5. 4.f32
    1. 4...c51
  6. 4.Qb31
  7. 4.e31
    1. 4...Bg71
  8. 4.g41
  9. 4.h41

Codes holding Grünfeld Defense lines

Volume A

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Volume D

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Volume E

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CodeReference lineLinesLongest line (plies)
A56Benoni Defense1Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch (16)
D80Grünfeld Defense7Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation (12)
D81Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation1Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation (7)
D82Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack1Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack (7)
D83Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit4Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation (14)
D84Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted1Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted (15)
D85Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation7Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line (20)
D86Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation5Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation (18)
D87Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation2Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation (23)
D88Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation1Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation (21)
D89Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation2Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Sokolsky Variation (27)
D90Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation3Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Variation (9)
D91Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System1Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System (9)
D92Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack1Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack (9)
D93Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation1Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation (11)
D94Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation6Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense (14)
D95Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Vienna Variation3Grünfeld Defense: Pachman Variation (15)
D96Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation1Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation (9)
D97Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation6Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Byrne Variation (14)
D98Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation2Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Keres Variation (21)
D99Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation2Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Yugoslav Variation (18)
E60Indian Defense: West Indian Defense1Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation (8)

Longest Grünfeld Defense lines

  1. Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Sokolsky Variation 27
  2. Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation 26
  3. Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation 23
  4. Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation 21
  5. Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Keres Variation 21
  6. Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line 20
  7. Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation 18
  8. Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Yugoslav Variation 18