Tree path 5 levels Grünfeld Defense › Exchange Variation › Classical Variation › Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation › Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation
- Chess Codex
- Grünfeld Defense D80
- Exchange Variation D85
- Classical Variation D86
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation D86
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Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under 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 is reached after 18 plies of play, with the move sequence 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 9. O-O b6.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Larsen Variation, part of the broader Grünfeld Defense system.
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- ECO code
- D86
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 18
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