Blunderbase

Grünfeld Defense

The Grünfeld Defense starts 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5. The opening book names 50 variations of it, under ECO A56 to E60.

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All 50 Grünfeld Defense variations

  • A56Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O Nc6
  • D80Gibbon Gambit1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g4
  • D80Lundin Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 c5
  • D80Lutikov Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3
  • D80Lutikov Variation, Murrey Attack1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4
  • D80Stockholm Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5
  • D80Zaitsev Gambit1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. h4
  • D81Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3
  • D82Brinckmann Attack1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4
  • D83Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O
  • D83Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6
  • D83Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1
  • D83Brinckmann Attack, Reshevsky Gambit1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5
  • D84Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7
  • D85Exchange Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
  • D85Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 (also reached by 2 other move orders)
  • D85Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Kramnik's Line1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. h3
  • D85Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+
  • D85Exchange Variation, Nadanian Attack1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4
  • D86Exchange Variation, Classical Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4
  • D86Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Qd7 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • D86Exchange Variation, Simagin's Improved Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Nc6
  • D86Exchange Variation, Simagin's Lesser Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 b6
  • D87Exchange Variation, Seville Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+
  • D87Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O (also reached by 2 other move orders)
  • D89Exchange Variation, Sokolsky Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5
  • D90Flohr Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+
  • D90Three Knights Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • D91Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5
  • D92Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4
  • D93Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3
  • D94Flohr Defense1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5
  • D94Makogonov Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4
  • D94Opocensky Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2
  • D94Smyslov Defense1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4
  • D94Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3
  • D94Three Knights Variation, Paris Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3
  • D95Botvinnik Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6
  • D95Pachman Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Ng5
  • D95Three Knights Variation, Vienna Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3
  • D96Russian Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • D97Russian Variation, Byrne Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6
  • D97Russian Variation, Hungarian Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6
  • D97Russian Variation, Levenfish Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 b6
  • D97Russian Variation, Prins Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6
  • D97Russian Variation, Szabo Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6
  • D98Russian Variation, Keres Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O
  • D98Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • D99Russian Variation, Yugoslav Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 c5
  • E60Counterthrust Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5

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