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- Chess Codex
- Grünfeld Defense D80
- Brinckmann Attack D82
- Grünfeld Gambit D83
- Capablanca Variation D83
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Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D83 within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
It begins with 14 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Grünfeld Defense.
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- ECO code
- D83
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 14
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