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Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Grünfeld Formation

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Overview

Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Grünfeld Formation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D04.

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 8 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7.

It is a variation of Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
D04
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
8
Parent
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System

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