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Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D96.
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 9 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Grünfeld Defense.
It continues primarily into one named line, Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 10 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- D96
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 9
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 10
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Variations (1)
Show all 10 sub-variations (full subtree)
- D97 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation 13-ply
- D97 Byrne Variation 14-ply
- D97 Hungarian Variation 14-ply
- D97 Levenfish Variation 14-ply
- D97 Prins Variation 14-ply
- D98 Smyslov Variation 14-ply
- D97 Szabo Variation 14-ply
- D98 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Keres Variation 21-ply
- D99 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Smyslov Variation 17-ply
- D99 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Yugoslav Variation 18-ply