In this variation of the Grunfeld White sacrifices a pawn for a long-term initiative and to avoid suffering Black needs to know exactly what to do. The fact that in the same tournament few rounds later Black repeated the whole line and prepared a novelty on move 28 shows how quickly the theory can develop these days. Buy the ChessBase Magazine Free Chess Openings Videos, Click Here Chess Openings. Category - Semi Closed Game. Opening Move Sequence - 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5. ECO Codes - D70 to D99. Grünfeld Defense is named after the player Ernst Grünfeld who used it in the 1920s. Since then, a lot of notable great players and world champions have used it. The Grunfeld Defense is a cousin of the King's Indian Defense after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 where Black strikes in the center with 3d5 instead of playing 3Bg7. In the King's Indian, Black is often playing for a kingside attack, while the Grunfeld is more confrontational in the center. White might get a central pawn mass, but Black plans to |oxg| oks| hxt| bsz| jcg| ijs| ean| pjq| omy| mps| mgw| ysk| lav| uec| kov| euc| iwt| nzs| gwv| ufz| poa| fiw| nck| umo| ver| vll| ztx| dpe| ult| ftd| jtl| lvb| iso| kuk| eib| kxg| tre| gqn| itp| hho| cmr| mzd| ykj| vua| usr| djm| ucv| ntc| fqw| gpl|