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Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D90.
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 7 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3.
It branches immediately from Grünfeld Defense in the opening tree.
It continues primarily into one named line, Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 22 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- D90
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 7
- Parent
- Grünfeld Defense
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 22
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Variations (1)
Show all 22 sub-variations (full subtree)
- D90 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation 8-ply
- D90 Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Variation 9-ply
- D96 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation 9-ply
- D94 Burille Variation 9-ply
- D92 Hungarian Attack 9-ply
- D91 Petrosian System 9-ply
- D94 Grünfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation 11-ply
- D94 Grünfeld Defense: Opocensky Variation 11-ply
- D97 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation 13-ply
- D93 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation 11-ply
- D94 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Paris Variation 11-ply
- D95 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Vienna Variation 11-ply
- D95 Grünfeld Defense: Botvinnik Variation 12-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