Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation D85
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1
- Position after 15 half-moves — Black to move.
- Material is balanced.
- Family “Grünfeld Defense” contains 59 recorded variation(s) here.
Variations of this family
| Name | ECO | Main line length |
|---|---|---|
| Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch | A56 | 16 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense | D80 | 6 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit | D80 | 7 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation | D80 | 12 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation | D80 | 7 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation, Murrey Attack | D80 | 11 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation | D80 | 7 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Zaitsev Gambit | D80 | 7 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation | D81 | 7 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack | D82 | 7 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit | D83 | 10 plies |
| Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation | D83 | 14 plies |