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For Grünfeld Defense, start at the first position and step through the moves rather than memorizing the final board. After each move, look for the piece that moved and the squares it now influences. The same opening name can cover several branches, so use the selected line’s move order as your reference.
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An ECO code groups opening lines, not one forced position. Step through legal notation from the CC0 Lichess dataset. This is a study viewer, without engine evaluation or a claim that a line is best.
The board shows one representative line for each ECO code. All collected branches and their PGN moves remain listed below.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
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D80 · Grünfeld Defense
7 PGN · 7 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 - Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g4 - Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 - Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 - Grünfeld Defense: Zaitsev Gambit:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. h4 - Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation, Murrey Attack:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4 - Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 c5
D81 · Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3
D82 · Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4
D84 · Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7
D85 · Grünfeld Defense
7 PGN · 7 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Nadanian Attack:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Kramnik's Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. h3 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+
D87 · Grünfeld Defense
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+
D88 · Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4
D89 · Grünfeld Defense
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Sokolsky Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5
D91 · Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5
D92 · Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4
D94 · Grünfeld Defense
6 PGN · 6 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 - Grünfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 - Grünfeld Defense: Opocensky Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 - Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Paris Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 - Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense:
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 - Grünfeld Defense: Smyslov Defense:
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4
D95 · Grünfeld Defense
3 PGN · 3 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Vienna Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 - Grünfeld Defense: Botvinnik Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 - Grünfeld Defense: Pachman Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Ng5
D96 · Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3
D98 · Grünfeld Defense
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 - Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Keres Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O
D99 · Grünfeld Defense
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 - Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Yugoslav Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 c5
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