Tree path 5 levels Grünfeld Defense › Three Knights Variation › Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation › Burille Variation › Grünfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation
- Chess Codex
- Grünfeld Defense D80
- Three Knights Variation D90
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation D90
- Burille Variation D94
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Grünfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D94.
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 11 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, part of the broader Grünfeld Defense system.
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- ECO code
- D94
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 11
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