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Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation
Overview
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation is a specific line in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family (ECO D90), arising from a recognised theoretical position.
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, after 8 plies of opening development.
The line refines Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, which traces back to the root opening Grünfeld Defense.
The line splits into 5 documented sub-systems: Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Variation, Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Burille Variation, and others.
In total, the branch covers 21 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- D90
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 5
- Total in subtree
- 21
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Variations (5)
Show all 21 sub-variations (full subtree)
- 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