Tree path 4 levels Grünfeld Defense › Exchange Variation › Classical Variation › Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation
- Chess Codex
- Grünfeld Defense D80
- Exchange Variation D85
- Classical Variation D86
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Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D87.
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 23 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation, part of the broader Grünfeld Defense system.
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- ECO code
- D87
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 23
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