Grünfeld Defense — opening family

59 catalogued lines · ECO A56–E60

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

Main continuations

Nf3 · 23 cxd5 · 15 Bf4 · 6 Bg5 · 2 f3 · 2 Qb3 · 1 e3 · 1 g4 · 1 h4 · 1

All 59 lines

Name	ECO	Main line length
Grünfeld Defense	D80	6 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit	D80	7 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation	D80	7 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Zaitsev Gambit	D80	7 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation	D80	7 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation	D81	7 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack	D82	7 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation	D90	7 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation	E60	8 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation	D90	8 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation	D85	8 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation	D94	9 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System	D91	9 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack	D92	9 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation	D96	9 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Variation	D90	9 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Nadanian Attack	D85	9 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit	D83	10 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation	D94	11 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation	D83	11 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation	D93	11 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Paris Variation	D94	11 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Opocensky Variation	D94	11 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Vienna Variation	D95	11 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation, Murrey Attack	D80	11 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Botvinnik Variation	D95	12 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation	D80	12 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation	D97	13 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Smyslov Defense	D94	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense	D94	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Reshevsky Gambit	D83	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation	D83	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation	D85	13 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation	D86	13 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Szabo Variation	D97	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Levenfish Variation	D97	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Hungarian Variation	D97	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Prins Variation	D97	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Byrne Variation	D97	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation	D98	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation	D85	14 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Kramnik's Line	D85	15 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation	D85	15 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Pachman Variation	D95	15 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch	A56	16 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted	D84	15 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Simagin's Lesser Variation	D86	16 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation	D87	16 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation	D86	16 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Simagin's Improved Variation	D86	16 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation	D99	17 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Yugoslav Variation	D99	18 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation	D86	18 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line	D85	20 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation	D88	21 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Keres Variation	D98	21 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation	D87	23 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation	D89	26 plies
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Sokolsky Variation	D89	27 plies