Grünfeld Defense
Grünfeld Defense (D80) starts 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5. In 11,148 games between strong players, White wins 45%, 17% are drawn and Black wins 38%; the most played move is 4.cxd5 (50%).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- ECO
- D80
- Games between strong players
- 11,148
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.cxd5 | 50% (5,619) | – | |
| 4.Nf3 | 33% (3,633) | – | |
| 4.Bg5 | 7% (740) | Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation | |
| 4.Bf4 | 4% (447) | Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack | |
| 4.e3 | 3% (319) | – | |
| 4.Qb3 | 1% (125) | Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from King's Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation 6,309 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation 5,663 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation 740 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack 447 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation 125 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Zaitsev Gambit 68 games
Every Grünfeld Defense line
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation 6,309 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation 5,663 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation 3,456 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System 1,629 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation 1,229 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation 981 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation 889 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation 740 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation 569 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack 517 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack 447 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation 432 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Kramnik's Line 426 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Vienna Variation 318 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation 287 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit 280 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Hungarian Variation 264 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch 264 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Byrne Variation 167 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation 160 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation 125 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Nadanian Attack 116 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Botvinnik Variation 111 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Prins Variation 92 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Smyslov Defense 92 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation 73 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Opocensky Variation 69 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Zaitsev Gambit 68 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation 63 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted 61 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Reshevsky Gambit 58 games
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