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D93

Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation

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.

Top Players in this Opening

Geller, Efim P9 gamesReshevsky, Samuel Herman8 gamesPortisch, Lajos7 gamesTimman, Jan H6 gamesBeliavsky, Alexander G6 gamesKasparov, Gary5 gamesLeko, Peter5 gamesShirov,A5 gamesPolugaevsky, Lev4 gamesNajdorf, Miguel4 games

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