Grunfeld Defense

Grunfeld Defense

The Grunfeld Defense is a hypdermodern defense, meaning that it doesn't try to control the center early on with his pawns. Instead black tries to attack the center with this minor pieces from the sides and then once the foundation is in place, then looks to undermine the center control that white usually has..

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bd4 f6 10. f4 Nf7 11. a4 e5 12. dxe6
Bxe6 13. a5 Nd7 14. a6 b6 15. Bb5 Qe7 16. Nge2 c5 17. Bf2
O-O-O 18. Qa4 f5 19. e5 g5 20. Bc4 Ndxe5 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6
22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. O-O Qc4 24. b4 Qxb4 25. Qc2 Nd3 26. Rfb1 Qc4
27. Ra4 Qe6 28. Nb5 Kb8 29. Ned4 Qe4 30. Nc3 Qe8 31. Qxd3 cxd4
32. Bxd4 Qe6 33. Qf3 Qf7 34. Bxb6 1-0

A famous game

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Igor Kurnosov
Aeroflot Open 2009

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. h4 fxe4 11. h5 gxh5
12. d5 Ne5 13. Bh6 Nec4 14. Qg5 Rf7 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rd4 Qd6
17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Qxh5 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bf5 20. fxe4 Bg4 21. Nge2
Qd2 0-1

Vladimir Kramnik vs Alexey Shirov
World Chess Council 1/1 1998
Chess Opening-Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack (D70)
[Result 0-1]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3
O-O 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.h4 h5 11.Be2 cxd5 12.exd5 N8d7 13.d6
Nf6 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Rd1 Be6 16.Nh3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.b3 Ba6
19.Nd5 e4 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.d7 Qb6 22.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23.Qe3 Bxg5
24.Qxb6 Bxh4+ 25.Kd2 axb6 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Kc2 Rg4 28.Rd2 Be7
29.Rg1 Kg7 30.Nf2 Rf4 31.Nd3 Re4 32.Rgd1 Bb5 33.a4 Bc6 34.Re1
Rxe1 35.Nxe1 Bb4 36.Re2 Bxe1 37.Rxe1 Bxg2 38.Kd2 h4 39.Ke3 Bd5
40.b4 h3 41.Re2 f5 42.Rd2 Be4 43.Kf4 Bg2 44.Rd7+ Kf6 45.Rh7
g5+ 46.Kg3 f4+ 47.Kg4 Ke5 48.b5 0-1

Max Euwe vs Samuel Reshevsky
Amsterdam 1938
Chess opening-Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack
[Result 0-1]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nf3 c6 11. Qb3 cxd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Be2 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3
Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qe3 18. c4 Qxf4 19. O-O Qc7 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Qe3
Bg4 22. Qh6 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 b5 24. cxb5 Qe5 25. Re1 Nxd5 26. Rh3
Qg7 27. Qd2 e6 28. Rd3 Rab8 29. a4 Nb6 30. Qb4 Rbc8 31. a5 Nd5
32. Qb3 Rc5 33. Bf3 Rb8 34. Bxd5 Rcxb5 35. Qa2 exd5 36. Rxd5
Qc3 37. Rf1 Rb2 38. Qa4 Rb1 39. Rdd1 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 a6 41. h3
Rb5 42. Ra1 Kg7 43. Qa2 Qb2 44. Qa4 Rg5 45. Ra2 Qc3 46. Ra1 h5
47. Qa2 Rf5 48. Kh2 g5 49. Qa4 Rf4 50. Qa2 g4 51. hxg4 Qe5
52. g3 Re4 53. Qb1 Re2+ 54. Kh3 hxg4+ 55. Kh4 Rh2+ 56. Kxg4
Qe2+ 0-1

Arthur William Dake vs Jim Schmitt
Pacific Northwest Championship 1949
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack
[Result 1-0]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bc5 Re8 12. d6
N6d7 13. Ba3 cxd6 14. Bxd6 Qb6 15. Qd2 e5 16. Bc4 exf4
17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ 1-0

Borislav Kostic vs Ernst Gruenfeld
11, Teplitz-Schonau it GER 1922
Chess opening-Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange Variation (D85)
[Result 0-1]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4
Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rb1 Na5 14. d5 Rfc8 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
b6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Ng4 Qf4 19. Ne3 Rc5 20. Rbc1 Rac8 21. Rxc5
Rxc5 22. f3 h5 23. g3 Qc7 24. e5 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Qe3 Rc3
27. Qd4 Rc4 28. Qe3 Rc2 29. e6 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd1 fxe6
32. dxe6 Ra5 33. Rd2 Kg7 34. f4 Kf6 35. Re2 g5 36. fxg5+ Kxg5
37. Kg2 Kf5 38. Kf3 Ra3+ 39. Kg2 Ra5 40. Kh3 Ra4 41. Rb2 Kxe6
42. Rb5 Rxa2 43. Rxh5 Rb2 44. Rh8 a5 45. Kg4 a4 46. Ra8 Rb4+
47. Kf3 b5 48. h4 Kf6 49. g4 Rb3+ 50. Ke4 a3 51. Ra6+ Kg7
52. Kf5 b4 53. Ra7 Rf3+ 54. Ke4 Rf2 55. Ke3 Rb2 56. Rxe7+ Kf8
57. Ra7 a2 58. h5 b3 59. h6 Rh2 60. g5 b2 61. Rxa2 Rh3+ 0-1

Laszlo Szabo vs Henry Ernest Atkins
Warsaw ol (Men) 1935
Chess opening-Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Nf3 c5 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 Qc7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Ba3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Be6
13.Qb5 Rfd8 14.Ng5 Bd5 15.Rfc1 h6 16.Nf3 Qd7 17.Bc4 Bxc4
18.Qxc4 e5 19.Bb2 exd4 20.Rd1 Rac8 21.Qb3 Qe6 22.exd4 Qxb3
23.axb3 Rd5 24.Kf1 Rcd8 25.Ke2 a6 26.Rd3 f5 27.Rad1 g5 28.Bc3
Kf7 29.h3 g4 30.hxg4 fxg4 31.Ne5+ Nxe5 32.dxe5 Ke6 33.Rxd5
Rxd5 34.Rxd5 Kxd5 35.e6 Bf8 36.Bg7 Bc5 37.Bxh6 Kxe6 38.Be3
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