Chess openings / Grünfeld Defense
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation (D90) starts 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7. In 6,309 games between strong players, White wins 48%, 14% are drawn and Black wins 39%; the most played move is 5.cxd5 (32%).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7
- ECO
- D90
- Games between strong players
- 6,309
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.cxd5 | 32% (2,029) | – | |
| 5.Bg5 | 25% (1,557) | Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System | |
| 5.Qb3 | 16% (981) | Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation | |
| 5.e3 | 11% (660) | Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation | |
| 5.Bf4 | 8% (486) | Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack | |
| 5.h4 | 6% (361) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Grünfeld Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
More Grünfeld Defense lines
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation 5,663 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation 3,456 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation 1,229 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation 740 games
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation 569 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
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