Grünfeld Defense
ECO: D80Closed Games1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Grünfeld Defense
The Grünfeld Defense is catalogued under ECO code D80, in the Closed Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5, with Black playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Grünfeld Defense has 59 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann AttackD82 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4
- Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon GambitD80 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.g4
- Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov VariationD80 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.f3
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated VariationD81 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3
- Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm VariationD80 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights VariationD90 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3
- Grünfeld Defense: Zaitsev GambitD80 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange VariationD85 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
Other lines of the Grünfeld Defense
- Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust VariationE60 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights VariationD90 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Nadanian AttackD85 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Na4
- Grünfeld Defense: Flohr VariationD90 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian VariationD96 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille VariationD94 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian AttackD92 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian SystemD91 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5