D89
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation
Key moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4/Bg5
The Russian System and other sidelines where White avoids the main Exchange Variation. These lines lead to less theoretical but still rich positions.
History & Notable Players
Employed by many Russian grandmasters as a practical alternative to the Exchange Variation.
Top Players in this Opening
Related Openings
D80 - Grünfeld Defense258D81 - Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation40D82 - Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack97D83 - Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit64D84 - Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted28D85 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation1329D86 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation237D87 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation220D88 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation30
Best Games
Aronian,L vs Shirov,A1/2-1/2
WCh Candidates Finals 2007Notable
Jussupow,A vs Leko,P1/2-1/2
34th Olympiad 2000Notable
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Shirov, Alexei1/2-1/2
WCC cand 1998Notable
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Shirov, Alexei1/2-1/2
WCC cand 1998Notable
Larsen, Bent vs Soderborg, Berndt0-1
WchT U26 1957Notable
Topalov,V vs Shirov,A1-0
XXV SuperGM 2008
Topalov,V vs Shirov,A1-0
Corus A 2007
Gulko,B vs Khalifman,A1/2-1/2
36th Olympiad 2004
Jussupow, Artur vs Leko, Peter1/2-1/2
Ubeda 1997
Jussupow, Artur vs Anand, Viswanathan0-1
Candidats FIDE m2 1994
Jussupow, Artur vs Timman, Jan H1/2-1/2
EUCup f 1988
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Kasparov, Gary1/2-1/2
URS-ch55 1988
Jussupow, Artur vs Kasparov, Gary1/2-1/2
URS-ch55 1988
Christiansen, Larry Mark vs Kortschnoj, Viktor0-1
Reggio Emilia8788 1987
Caruana,F vs Vachier Lagrave,M1/2-1/2
GM 2009
Carlsen,M vs L'Ami,E0-1
GM Classic 2004
Kharlov,A vs Mamedyarov,S1/2-1/2
3rd IECC 2002
Cramling,P vs Shirov,A1/2-1/2
TCh-ESP 2000
Mock, Stefan vs Navara, David1/2-1/2
Regionalliga NW9798 1998
Timman, Jan H vs Hellers, Ferdinand0-1
Sigeman & Co 1997