D91
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System
Key moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
The Grünfeld Defence is a hypermodern opening where Black allows White to build a big pawn centre, then attacks it with pieces and the ...c5 break. The central tension creates exciting, tactical positions.
History & Notable Players
Introduced by Ernst Grünfeld in 1922. It became a world-class weapon through Vasily Smyslov and Bobby Fischer, and was later used extensively by Garry Kasparov in his World Championship matches.
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D90 - Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Variation233D92 - Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack92D93 - Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation126D94 - Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense382D95 - Grünfeld Defense: Pachman Variation68D96 - Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation55D97 - Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation309D98 - Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Keres Variation59D99 - Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation43
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