Tree path 4 levels Grünfeld Defense › Exchange Variation › Classical Variation › Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation
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Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D88.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
The line arises from 21 plies — specifically the moves 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 cxd4 11. cxd4.
It is a variation of Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Grünfeld Defense.
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- ECO code
- D88
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 21
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