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For Neo-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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Opening lines
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. f3 d5
FEN: rnbqkb1r/ppp1pp1p/5np1/3p4/2PP4/5P2/PP2P1PP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 4
D70 · Neo-Grünfeld Defense
3 PGN · 3 FEN
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 - Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with Nf3:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 d5 - Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5
D72 · Neo-Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2
D73 · Neo-Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3
D74 · Neo-Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
D76 · Neo-Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6
D77 · Neo-Grünfeld Defense
3 PGN · 3 FEN
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 - Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Modern Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 - Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Polgar Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Nc6
D78 · Neo-Grünfeld Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Original Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5
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