Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Simagin's Improved Variation D86
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Nc6
- Position after 16 half-moves — White 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 |