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Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D86.
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 16 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Qd7 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Grünfeld Defense.
It continues primarily into one named line, Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation.
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- ECO code
- D86
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 16
- Direct variations
- 1
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