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D85

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line

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Overview

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D85.

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 20 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. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+.

It is a variation of Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Grünfeld Defense.

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ECO code
D85
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
20
Parent
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation

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