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Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Hungarian Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Hungarian Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D97.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6, after 14 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Grünfeld Defense.
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- ECO code
- D97
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 14
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